Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle

Chapter 86

“Why cannot you take me out of this place?” Lawrence hissed at Mr. Thompson, the legal head of LH GROUP. Next to Mr. Thompson was another lawyer that is working with him. He glared at the two. “What they have were all hearsay!”

Mr. Thompson held Lawrence’s gaze with a steely glint in his eyes. “We understand your frustration, Mr. Lockhart. We are already working on getting you out as soon as possible,” he said, his voice calm but firm. “However, the FBI does not operate on hunches. They have evidence, and unfortunately, it’s quite damning.”

Atty. Arian Smith, the other lawyer that he hired, chimed in. “The witness testimonies, financial records, and even those seemingly insignificant documents you dismissed as ‘hearsay’ – they all paint a very clear picture, Mr. Lockhart.”

“I am paying you for these things. Can you not make it go away? I am innocent. I have nothing to do with smuggling and those other things that they accused me of doing!” Lawrence gritted his teeth. He was not upset about these accusations as he was almost positive that they had nothing against him. What he was angry about was seeing Sofia’s face when they arrested him. “Those things were just pictures anyone can paint! Lies and exaggerations to bring me down!”

Mr. Thompson leaned forward, his voice dropping to a low murmur. “The picture they’ve painted, Mr. Lockhart, involves a complex web of shell companies, suspicious money transfers, and shipments arriving from known smuggling routes. It’s a web that, unfortunately, seems to lead directly back to you.”

Lawrence’s face flushed a deep crimson, his bluster fading. The color drained from his knuckles as he gripped the armrest of the chair.

“There’s no way they can prove I knew anything about this!” he sputtered, but the defiance in his voice lacked its earlier conviction.

“The burden of proof lies with the prosecution,” Mr. Thompson acknowledged. “Our job is to poke holes in their case, to raise doubts. But right now, Mr. Lockhart, the evidence is stacked against you. Our best hope lies in convincing the judge that the case is weak enough to be thrown out before trial.

He paused, letting the weight of his words sink in. “However, if the case goes to trial, and they manage to present a compelling narrative with all this evidence…well, let’s just say the future for LH Group, and for you, Mr. Lockhart, wouldn’t be pretty.”

“What do you mean compelling evidence? They can’t have any evidence since I had nothing to do with it!” Lawrence said. He made sure to get rid of any evidence that included Mrs. Phelps who stumbled upon their operation by accident. Everything has been taken care of.

“The evidence-”

“What evidence are you talking about!?”

“We understand your anger, Mr. Lockhart. But anger won’t help us here. We need to focus on the facts, and the facts they’ve presented paint a very different picture.” Mr. Thompson said.

“What facts?” Lawrence roared, his voice laced with desperation. They are pulling things out of thin air! I have been framed, I tell you! Framed by Sofia, that ungrateful little-” Lawrence took a deep breath as he tried to calm himself down. “Tell me about the company…” he had been in this place for hours now. Moreover, the shareholders saw his arrests. He was certain that this would have certain effects on his relationship with them! “What about Sofia? Did she do anything?”

No. His current concern was not Sofia but that smirking man who stood behind him during his arrest. Alexander Beaumont. It was not a coincidence that Dr. Mulach was arrested by the FBI just a few months ago. The one behind everything must be Alexander Beaumont.

“Miss Lockhart is currently not doing anything. However, we need to focus on more pressing matters.” Atty Smith said.

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What could be

shoulders slumping slightly. “The news of our arrest has become a media frenzy. News vans are swarming the building, reporters are camped outside, and the shareholders are in an

of him in handcuffs, plastered across

croaked, his voice barely a whisper. “What are they

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“The stock price is plummeting. Investors

back in his chair, the bravado he had displayed earlier completely gone. This was not just about the

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scheme!” She must be laughing at home

a hold of her during the funeral, but Mr. Beaumont seemed to have increased all security personnel and the media were thrown out. I tried to see her, but Mr. Beaumont is currently doing

Grandmother…

Lawrence frowned.

it was Eulanda who did this instead?

this place. Do you understand me?” Lawrence hissed. First and foremost, he needed to get out of this

The news about his arrest was not good. He needed some diversion— something that the PR of the company could easily solve. Covering up a scandal with another scandal has been normalized in the industry. “And I want it to last

on the specifics. Right now… we are going to wait for the agent

The lawyer’s calm demeanor was a stark contrast to the storm raging inside Lawrence.

your basic

“Of course, I will get bail!

the accusations…” he trailed off, leaving the sentence unfinished. “However, smuggling charges are usually bailable so we do not have to worry about that.”

in his throat.

“Next

Thompson continued, “we’ll fight for your release. We’ll need to see the evidence the FBI has against you and

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defense strategy,

Strategies.

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damage control plan. We can’t erase your

asked, desperate for any crumb of good

a pre-emptive press conference announcing your full cooperation with the investigation. Or a

were all bandages on a gaping wound. But in the absence of

opening pierced the

flat. “Time for booking. Please

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