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…
was unwilling to disclose the next information. “Officer Bunnings contacted me, and he said that Xena had been calling my name,” he
the repressed
admiration for Xena, but rather because he believed the girl’s predicament was tragic. In this entire situation, she was innocent. All Xena wanted was a wealthy father who could truly
from the
spoke softly, “whether it was Uncle Edbert’s doing, she would
itself poor; charity
one’s doing,
was in another, if he is
no opportunity to
be
“We can send her somewhere or call her relatives. There is always a place where
It’s alright.”
following several days, they saw sporadic
eyes were
what type of proof they held, but they all insisted that Edgar was somehow
the reporters’ questions were becoming
to formally request that the security guard
herself and said, “Let’s go. I’ll accompany
the legal office today to resolve Xena’s issue when he called late last night. Although Jean was aware of it, she pretended to be uninvolved in
I’ll go
truly be on the headlines tomorrow,” she said
ii
had to let her follow since he was
meet the two of them as they arrived at the entrance of the legal office, “Mr. Royden, your uncle has arrived. The location has also been vetted, and each employee has
work they perform is
stepped inside the elevator, Jean deliberately
though it looked like a fire escape, the door didn’t seem to be accessible. It was a direct connection from the
were still unknown
Please enter, Mr. Royden.”
opened, revealing Edbert seated in a wheelchair with sorrowful eyes. A thermos was in George’s hand
opposition to them
Martin,
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