Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 480 Stop Shielding Your Mother–in–Law

In the top left corner of the screen, Charles smirked. “Mr. Middleton, busy day, huh? You’re only half an hour late.”

William explained, “There was an urgent personal matter, so I had to attend to it first. Sorry to keep everyone waiting.”

Bryan, who was on the top right corner of the screen, was in his office based on his background.

He was signing documents and said slowly, “Mr. Middleton, don’t mind Mr. Davis. He was just joking. We’ve only been here for five minutes.”

“Just five minutes? I must have been mistaken then,” Charles said.

Charles was listening to opera music in the background. The song that was playing was called “The Betrayal of Eleanor Blake“. He was humming to the tune and tapping his fingers on his knee following the rhythm.

In a sing–song voice, he said, “My memory’s been a bit fuzzy lately. I always thought that all four of our families had a hand in backing Xander into a corner. Turns out, it was just the Davis family. No wonder I’ve been the only one scrambling about while the rest of you sat idly by.

care about the ledger or Xander’s daughter. Y’all can do whatever you please. We’ll see whose name is implicated

on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and

sip of his coffee, the steam rising as his

paused his document signing.

the building. “We thought that he would give us the ledger if we asked. We also thought we could control Xander’s daughter, considering her position as Mr. Swanson’s secretary

Edward to be so loyal that he would commit suicide, nor did we expect her daughter to

these

last night, I thought of something. Even if we find

asked, “What do you

possibility that photographs had been taken or copies had been made. If Xander’s daughter intends to take revenge, even if we get the original ledger, she can always use copies to stir up trouble,”

a lawyer, are you

the rule of law, but he was suggesting unlawful actions. His profession and his conduct were indeed a contradiction.

smiled innocently. “Not at all. I’m simply providing a different

lowered his gaze and pondered. No one knew what he was considering.

clink, breaking Charles’s train of thought and drawing Bryan and

“We don’t know if Edward possessed the ledger while he was alive, and we don’t know if Edward had entrusted it to Emelie. We also cannot be sure that

a whim? The

ruthless than their fathers