Chapter 141

After nearly a week, Elspeth finally walked out of the prosecutor’s office, looking completely wiped out and smelling like a durroster.

Sans makeup, she looked dull as dishwater. Her usually well–maintained face now looked a decade older, with strands of gray hair pesking through

She dodged the swarm of reporters as she didn’t want to let them see her current situation. She couldn’t bear to go home looking like that terrified that if Frederic saw her, the image she had carefully maintained would shatter in a matter of seconds.

So. Glynnis accompanied her to a beauty salon in secret. She took a shower, got a fresh set of clothes plucked out the gray hairs, and put on light makeup to brighten her face before she dared to face the world again.

“You should go see Acacia before heading home.”

Elspeth adjusted her bun in the mirror and said grimly. “She’s my niece after all I heard she tried to end her life I can’t just ignore her current situation. I need to put on a kind and gentle front for your dad”

She had been maintaining that image for twenty–five years, it couldn’t collapse now!

“Mom! Acacia actually resorted to a suicide gimmick

Although Glynnis despised Acacia, the thought of the bloody bathroom still sent a shiver up her spine.

“Regardless of whether Thaddeus will be affected by her plot if something goes wrong or if people don’t find out in time she might actually bite the big one. She really played hardball with hersel

“How could they not find out in time!” Elspeth put away her mirror, raising an eyebrow in jest

Glynnis paused, suddenly realizing something “Mom! You knew all along?”

Elspeth put her finger to her lios, signaling for her to keep her mouth shut

Having Acacia use “suicide” as an extreme method to manipulate Thaddeus was Elspett’s idea.

Back in the day. Elspeth used that trick to arouse Frederic’s sympathy and protective instinct, which led to her successful entry into the Abernathy family, and her standing

today.

it was Acadia who helped him step out of the shadows and see

keep recalling

isn’t the best choice, I can’t let Thaddeus and

prosecutor’s office. Every time she thought of Evacre she wished she

swear I fight you to the

might be a big shot in that little town of Skyrim, but Emsworth is still our Aberratty group’s ture We’ll have plenty of opportunities to deal with that with Glynis gritted her teeth, vowing to

hospital room and got the information that both Frederic and Thaddels were there

open the door.

would you do such

of both families, Elspeth held Acacia tightly, sobbing uncontrolladly. “Why are we so unlucht We get

please don’t” Acacia also played her part

uncontrollably. What was supposed to

Thaddeus stood by, expressionless.

aura and indifference frightened her and made her

would always be the first to comfort het, to stay by her

that tenderness at that time was gone without a

gradually fading,

tree women sobbed in each other’s arms. Frederic’s brows

come here. We

minutes later,

and continued to say. 7 thought I’d never see you again. These past few days I have been in so much paint I was

wife’s haggard face and felt a pang in his

at that time left him in no mood to comfort her, even if he

the wall started

CEO of the K Group Ca**ius signing a cooperation agreement with Mr. Bartley and other

exchanged contracts with Mr. Bartley, ther

screen his grid on the coffee cup was tight, his veins were pooping out, his heart

moment Frederic’s face

thought was in their

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