Riches in Disguise

Chapter 13

Joshua never thought his carefully constructed image would crumble so quickly.

"Let me explain! It's not what you think. It's Sophia! She's mad because I lied to her. She set me up!" he babbled, desperate to save his reputation.

"My dad owns Spring Harvest Agro-Tech! Imperia Manor belongs to me, and so does this car! Don't fall for her lies-"

Before Joshua could finish speaking, Alan pressed a button on a recorder and pointed the microphone at him. "Everything you just said can be used as evidence of debt evasion in court. Joshua, feel free to say more if you'd like."

Seeing the recorder, Joshua instantly clammed up. Getting caught for fraud could land him in jail.

Still bewildered, Tom stepped forward. "Excuse me, sir. Could I ask whose lawyer you are?"

Alan responded, "I represent the Spring Harvest Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, and I'm also the personal attorney of the foundation's founder. My name is Alan Dignam. Here's my card."

business card and glanced at it. "And how is Joshua related

to his misuse of the funds and his dishonest behavior, we terminated

Zack and Louis were dumbstruck. That was exactly when Joshua had told them his bank account had been

and anger wash over their faces, I didn't feel the slightest bit of pity. They had chosen to fawn over Joshua, so

owe me 1,800 dollars! Pay me back now,

You owe me 1,600 dollars! Pay it

and lunged at Joshua, aiming to

them off. At this point, any hope of salvaging the situation was gone. His only option was to

and shoved Joshua, not giving him a

you'd pay

pay me back the 2,200 you owe me!