Chapter 114

Chapter 114

The guard grabbed Kris, ready to drag him out, but Kris shrugged him off.

“I know my way out,” he muttered.

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With that, he made his way out of the backstage area and entered the main hall. Murmurs of accusation still filled the room, all directed at his mother, who looked increasingly frustrated.

As he looked at her, suspicion twisted in Kris’s gut. He remembered his mother vehemently telling him that she didn’t want Thalassa anywhere near their lives.

Had she become so obsessed with keeping Thalassa out of his life that she would orchestrate this to make Thalassa hate him even more, ensuring she would never forgive him?

His chest tightened as he approached her. “Mum, you and I need to talk,” he said firmly.

Linda looked at him, her eyes widening in alarm. “Kris, why do you have that expression on your face? You can’t possibly believe—”

She tried to continue, but Kris wasn’t listening. He led the way, giving her no choice but to follow him. The rest of the family trailed behind, and all eyes in the room turned toward them, murmurs following their every step.

Kris approached one of the event organizers. “Can you get my family a room or some space where we can talk privately?” he asked.

The man hesitated for a moment but nodded. “Sure.”

his mother. “I need you to tell me the truth,

like she was the one who’d been asked that question, stepping forward. “Kris, how can you even ask mum that?”

causing susan to flinch and back away, and Kris turned his gaze back on their mother. “Please answer me, mum.

“I didn’t do anything! That stupid woman was trying

her!” Kris snapped, startling her with the sharpness in his

as she retorted. “Why shouldn’t I insult

the one who had the most to

with us,

“Because you

race for the title was really

defensively. “That doesn’t prove

a small length of the office. He tugged so hard

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didn’t pull

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said, stopping his pacing to face his mother again. “If you’re behind it, then not only did you have

that woman is making things up for

that!” Kris

voice filled with hurt. “Did she show you any proof? If she’s so confident in her claim, then surely she has proof.”

everyone was because any evidence linking ‘him‘ to the sabotage had been destroyed. Seeing how his mother was demanding for proof made him feel like he’d been punched in the gut. It was her. It

echoing the

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