Chapter 831:

Alan froze. He stopped what he was doing, took the iPad, and scowled at the headline. His brows knotted in confusion and concern.

“What do they mean by ‘for the money’?” Alan snapped, his fury bubbling to the surface. “Can’t these people talk like decent human beings?”

“They don’t know she’s part of the Briggs family,” Toby explained.

“And that gives them the right to talk trash?” Alan exploded. “What if it were just any other woman? So it’s okay to throw around baseless accusations just because someone’s not a public figure?”

Toby stayed silent. He wasn’t about to add fuel to Alan’s fire when the man was already ready to blow.

“Call a press conference right now,” Alan ordered, his voice sharp with resolve. “We’re announcing Freya’s identity.”

The nerve of these people. How could they spew such groundless nonsense about his beloved cousin? Did they honestly believe she had no one in her corner?

“But, sir…”

“Move.”

Toby asked carefully. “She’s always been against revealing who

temper cooled slightly. He frowned, weighing the situation, and realized Toby was right. Freya hated being in the spotlight. But that didn’t mean he could just sit back while people

have any better

speak out

𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓽𝓸 ⲅ𝓪𝓁𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝓈⧸𝓬𝓸𝓶

out

“It looks like Freya took

mind. “You can head out. I’ll go talk to her myself. No need for you to come back to the office for a while—just go home and enjoy the

at Briggs Group was already on leave. But since Alan was still working, Toby had stuck around too. Now, finally,

“Alright,” Toby replied quickly.

he reached the underground garage, a message from Freya popped up on

sent the same message to Ethel when Ethel brought it up earlier. Letting things die down quietly

Freya hadn’t seen coming was that, even though she’d informed Frederick, Alan, and Ethel… she’d forgotten

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