Chapter 540
In the heart of downtown, the scandal involving Byron was spreading like wildfire, despite the Chambers Group’s desperate attempts to quash it. Byron’s reputation was tanking faster than a lead balloon, and it seemed like everyone was lining up to kick him while he was down, eager for a front–row seat to the Chambers Group’s unfolding drama.
Adding fuel to the fire was the sudden appearance of a previously unknown heiress from the Ashbourne family, which only served to thicken the plot and keep the public interest at a fever pitch.
With the heat refusing to die down, Byron remained squarely in the crosshairs of the police.
Jeff had even swallowed his pride and begged the Chief of Police for leniency, but as luck would have it, the billionaire tycoon Emeric chose that moment to make a rare and explosive return to the trending news cycle!
The office TV suddenly cut to a breaking news segment.
There he was, Emeric, after the post–ribbon–cutting ceremony for a new venture, was fielding questions from the press.
Ashbourne, regarding the live stream incident the other day, the young woman claiming to
with offense, firing back without a hint of courtesy, “Which rag are you with? With that slow uptake, you dare
aura emanating from him was suffocating, leaving everyone around too intimidated to even breathe.
reporter who raised the question trembled, with her hand that held the microphone
young and still in school. Her mother and she prefer to keep a low profile, and I didn’t want
crowd was stunned.
had
daughter’s sake, Chairman Ashbourne was throwing no punches in the direction of the Chambers family!
with barely contained fury, as he spat venomously into the camera, “Jeff, if you have an ounce of
rage, fumbled with the remote to switch off the TV.
too well that Emeric was a man of action, not just words. This was not an idle threat – it was an open
his head. “Without that live stream, I might have been able to intervene. But now, with the whole country watching
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