Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 236 Who Gets Punished First

Upon seeing Eric walk out with me, Jack looked slightly surprised but quickly masked his reaction.

Half an hour later, we arrived at the Brown residence. When we stepped inside, I saw my parents sitting on the living room couch, looking utterly miserable. As I approached, they gave me an apologetic look. "Jae..."

I smiled and shook my head, then followed them upstairs.

Jack knocked on Elsa's door, his voice dripping with gentleness. "Elsa, come out, okay?"

From inside the room came a muffled voice. "Jack, I just want to be alone for a while. I know everyone thinks badly of me right now. I just want some time to myself to atone."

I let out a mocking laugh. Atone? What a joke.

The sound of my laughter immediately displeased Jack. He shot me a glare before continuing in a soothing tone, "No one blames you. You were only trying to help me and the company. Everyone just misunderstood you-especially Jane. She's here to apologize to you."

A brief silence followed before Elsa's voice came again, filled with cautious hope. "Really?"

I fought back the urge to kick the door down and replied coldly, "I'm here."

The door creaked open the next second, and Elsa peeked out timidly.

by so quickly that if

I'm sorry. I misunderstood you. But I swear I never meant to set Jack up. Brown Group is Mom's and Dad's legacy. I just want

one blames you. Don't worry, everyone knows it was just a misunderstanding. Jane came here to make amends,

at

mean I was actually going

slowly opened the door. She stood

lifted her head and glanced at the others, her tone laced with a soft plea. "Can I have a moment alone

head slightly,

Here we went again.

turned to glance

gaze to the others, I said calmly, "It's okay. You all can

was left with just

right by the staircase, the people sitting on the couch downstairs

a watchful eye on our every move. The rest of them remained silent, the atmosphere thick

she saw the wariness in my eyes, she took

murmured. "Why don't you want me to join Brown

met her gaze, unfazed. So, this