Charles stared down Christopher's innocent-looking face as rage overtook him.

Just when he was about to blow up, James gave him a chilling look that woke Charles to his senses.

James expressed during the car ride that Bella possibly was not the one who was out to get him.

His mind wandered back to their conversation. "If Bella wanted to ruin you, she would've done it when you got a little too close with her sister. Why wait until now?

"Besides, only I and one other person know all the details about your little thing."

"Who is it? Who is ruining me? I want to make him pay!"

"Astrid."

"That's right! That bitch! She must have ratted me out to reduce her own sentence. I will make sure she stays behind bars."

do much behind bars. The police couldn't have collected all the evidence. It's clear someone was

could it be?" Charles

Christopher. Besides, I checked Astrid's visitation records, and he visited her recently. But Dad is in favor of Christopher right now, so it won't do us any good to confront him directly. We need to get in Dad's good books again before

my

get ourselves in any more trouble. You worked hard, James, but Chris was instrumental in

some good news to share." James cut

made a face

news? What is it?" Overjoyed, Lance could turn a blind eye to James' rude

"Bring it in."

a document in hand at James' command. The secretary handed

confusion and flipped through it with a frown. Soon, he burst into

great, James. When did you close the deal on this? This is a

smile on Christopher's face froze, and his fists

the project for a long time, but I didn't want to tell you before

have my own way of doing things. I don't speak my mind like Chris." "That's true. Chris was a wild child before.

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