A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Chapter 1629 Power Struggle

“What do we do now, Your Majesty?” Morrison asked quietly.

Aaron held his breath on the other side of the door and leaned closer.

“How dare they engage in corruption!” came Dylan’s livid outburst from within the study. “You are to gather evidence on them immediately, and we will nab them all the first chance we get.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Morrison replied. “Consider it done.”

Aaron heard the footsteps from outside the door and hid at once, departing stealthily after Morrison left.

Corruption? Who did he mean? Could it be one of Grandma’s men?

Aaron narrowed his eyes in contempt for their behavior. At the thought of what his father and Arielle did to him, however, he headed toward his grandmother’s quarters with a grim smile.

“Grandma,” Aaron greeted Nancy softly. She was seated at her desk, dealing with some official business, when Monisha waved him in.

delighted by his

especially happy and relieved that Aaron

the woman asked, smiling so broadly that her eyes

did not know how to feel about how little his grandmother had smiled at him in the past compared to

today. Father spoke to me earlier,

piercing gaze fell upon him at the news. “What did your

afraid of her. He

about you and him and wants me to pick a side,” he said coolly as he narrowed his

those words. Aaron had pledged himself

business,” she declared as she returned Aaron’s gaze. “You cannot remain wholly ignorant as

I do not wish

widened at

in power. Just as well. If he ever dares to express any interest…

I was leaving Father’s study, Grandma,” Aaron added as he stared at his grandmother’s narrowed eyes. “I overheard them talking about corruption and that they’ll

drained