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.

case, I’ll just sit idly by too. I don’t care about the ledger or Xander’s daughter. Y’all can do whatever you please. We’ll see

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took a sip of his coffee, the steam rising as his

paused his document signing.

would jump off 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 and Mr. Middleton’s girlfriend.

that he would commit suicide, nor

“Yes, these events were

scoffed, and Beathan continued, “But last night, I thought of something. Even if we find the ledger,

asked, “What do you

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,”

are you suggesting we

of law, but he was suggesting unlawful actions. His profession and his conduct were

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

gaze and pondered. No one knew

cup down with a clink, breaking Charles’s train of thought and drawing Bryan and

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 Emelie would risk everything to avenge a father that she barely

suggest taking a life on a

were even more ruthless than their fathers back