Neil hummed in response before hanging up.

Jeremiah taunted brazenly, “Let me see whether you’re powerful or not!”

Around five minutes later, Jeremiah’s phone rang. When he noticed the caller, blood drained from his face.

It’s Neil!

Neil explained, “You’ve offended Mr. Campbell too. Starting from tomorrow, you don’t have to come to work anymore. Other than that, you’ve also embezzled funds from the company and forced consumers to make purchases from the service areas. I will make sure to get down to the bottom of the whole incident.”

Thud!

Jeremiah’s phone fell to the floor. As though struck by a bolt of lightning, he froze. Feeling a coldness creep from his feet to his whole body, the man started shaking.

Donald… truly did it!

“Y-Y-You…” Jeremiah sputtered. He then coughed uncontrollably, feeling as though blood was about to come out of his throat.

Shortly after, the door was pushed open by three righteous-looking men. They declared, “Jeremiah Stern, you are under arrest for your involvement in multiple occupational crimes.”

Jeremiah was not a public official but had opened a restaurant in the service areas during his stint. Working with the transportation company, they forced people who stopped by the service areas to make unwanted purchases while raising the price of a plate of pasta to fifty each.

person at the service areas. Worse still,

already

from his body, Jeremiah let the policemen

again. This time around, the silence

Donald while Adrian was still kneeling on the ground, his

he turned toward Ysabel and Beatrice abruptly, pleading, “Ysabel, albeit I’m a distant

look of pity appeared on Ysabel’s face as she pulled on

Donald remained

sister. Please help me out!”

Beatrice uttered gently, “Donald, don’t be

are you begging me? It’s not like it was my request to

was baffled, not quite understanding Donald’s

well. However, before long, his phone rang again. “Mr. Stern, we found some useful information. The one behind the demolition is none

What the hell?

Donald. “You’re not the Mr. Campbell that Neil mentioned? It’s Lord

not you? Did

Donald replied. To him, the conversation had taken an interesting

from the ground immediately. His voice was cold as he remarked, “So, you’re telling me these were Lord

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