Chapter 63: Coercion

Anthony’s POV:

After doing everything we could at the store, Jennifer and I headed back to the royal palace.

The elders already knew about my mother’s disappearance.

They asked me to bring Jennifer back.

It seemed they wanted to make a fuss of things.

The truth was, Jennifer didn’t have to come.

But thinking about how she was to be my wife, I figured it’d be good for her to face the elders better sooner than later.

Thus, I followed the request of the elders and brought her with me.

To my surprise, the elders seemed to be gearing up towards putting all the blame on Jennifer.

They insisted she was to blame for my mother’s disappearance.

“It’s Jennifer’s duty to protect Mrs.Jones, but she disappeared right under her nose.She should take responsibility.”

“Yes.Jennifer needs to be punished!” These elders were adamant.

“Jennifer didn’t do anything wrong. She didn’t know any of this was going to happen!” I defended Jennifer.

“Mr.Jones, there is a rumor that you are obsessed with Jennifer.Seeing you defend her like this, I think they’re not just rumors.You still haven’t found out what happened back then.Is this woman more important than your mother? You’re slowly losing yourself!”

One of the elders spoke sadly.

This elder was one of my trusted confidants.

He had been supporting my fight against Austin.

We hadn’t found out who had killed my father, and the elders had been asking me to investigate.

Even so, I didn’t expect them to argue with me about this.

Since the topic was brought up, the other elders chimed in.

“Yes.There was a rumor that Mr.Jones has become indolent because of a she-wolf.”

“I wonder what else Mr.Jones will do for this she- wolf?”

“So, do you really want to blame Jennifer for my mother’s disappearance?” I asked coldly.

I really couldn’t stand it anymore.

Those old guys were so preoccupied with putting Jennifer down that they weren’t even looking for my mother.

I narrowed my eyes in suspicion.

there was

must’ve been a ploy to shoot me down, and who else would plan such a thing other than Austin? Speaking

don’t we ask Jennifer to bring back Elizabeth within three days? If she fails, we

“No way!” I refuted.

my mother’s disappearance.How could anyone find

as I said that, Jennifer

fulfill.I’ll do it.They

mission so recklessly was

as usual and held my hand

deeply about your mother.I’ve been worried sick about

go with you,”

tell she felt bad about my mother’s

she didn’t tell me, I

a kind-hearted and

a thing alone, so I made

Jennifer’s POV:

where should we

really worried

wasn’t great, and with the kidnapping, I was

sooner we found her, the

Austin.I think he has hidden

is behind this, then my mother’s safety is guaranteed.He must’ve done this just to

for a bit, I realized

usually stayed in the

hadn’t seen many

who had the most motive

was behind this, we didn’t have

let’s split up.We’ll find her sooner that

dangerous.I need to

obviously opposed to my

myself, and you should take care of yourself too.What’s important now is finding

hand a reassuring squeeze,

on my cheek and whispered,

will.” I stood on tiptoe and kissed him on

Then, we parted ways.

a tip

palace was a complicated piece of

many secret rooms within its depths,

kidnapped Elizabeth, it made sense for him

the authenticity of this

lead, and consequently, my only chance

it was better than wandering around aimlessly,

was in poor

to find her

royal palace and started

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