Chapter 544

The two men looked at each other, and only then did they realize Jean saw through their facade.

Edgar walked over a few steps, “Susan told you?”

Jean blinked, “I threatened Susan. Don’t blame her.”

The man held her fingers, “I didn’t intend to hide it from you.” “I understand that you are worried about us.”

She was referring to her and the child.

While beaming, Jean withdrew her hand, “But keep in mind that I’m not delicate. The more information you withhold from me, the more I’ll want to know, and the sooner I need to figure it out on my own. Why not tell me right away?”

Nathan was thrown into an awkward third-wheel situation.

He coughed for attention, “This is too much public display affection for my liking. I’ll leave you two some room.”

“About that lawyer, I’ll handle it,” Nathan said as he left.

Lawyer?

It appears that things are going bad to worse. Again.

Edbert genuinely wanted Edgar to experience some consequences, exactly as Jean had expected.

“Let’s chat,” she spoke softly, her fingertips grazing the back of his hand.

Edgar’s eyes somewhat darkened.

He explained to Jean, “A villager was collecting firewood when he heard a woman sobbing nearby at a mountain. He went by and discovered Xena there.”

He paused momentarily.

What a scene it was…

unwilling to disclose the next information. “Officer Bunnings contacted me, and he said that Xena had been

see the repressed

he wasn’t acting this way because of his overt admiration for Xena, but rather because he believed the girl’s predicament was tragic. In this entire situation,

escape from the

Jean spoke softly, “whether it was Uncle Edbert’s doing,

itself poor; charity gives

one’s

in another, if he

gave his pawn no opportunity to

I shouldn’t be too forgiving,”

“We can send her somewhere or call her relatives. There is always

It’s alright.”

the following several days, they saw sporadic visits from reporters and

eyes were

they all insisted that Edgar was somehow involved in this

particular, the reporters’ questions were becoming rather absurd based on

that the security guard escort

dressed herself and said, “Let’s go. I’ll accompany

he would visit the legal office today to resolve Xena’s issue when he called late last night. Although Jean was aware of it, she

best relax at home, I’ll go alone,” the man

scared that if you hit someone in public, you will truly be on the headlines tomorrow,” she said as

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to let her follow since he was powerless to stop

the legal office, “Mr. Royden, your uncle has arrived. The location has also been vetted, and

work they

when she stepped inside the elevator,

a fire escape, the door didn’t seem to be accessible. It was a direct connection from the

unknown risks in this

Please enter, Mr. Royden.”

seated in a wheelchair with sorrowful

opposition to them with

Robert Martin, Edgar’s

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