Chapter 557

Byron let loose with a string of expletives that would make a sailor blush, his eyes blazing with fury, “Avery, you son of a–how dare you even speak to me. At least I share a bloodline with Matthew, and he looked after me growing up. But who the hell are you? You’re nothing but a bastard born from a fling with a bodyguard, and you have the gall to covet the Chambers Group’s fortune?!”

Harvey stared daggers at the foul–mouthed man, his fists clenching tight with anger.

Yet, Avery maintained a faint and enigmatic smile as if Byron’s words were water off a duck’s back.

“If it weren’t for your scheming, my affairs with those women won’t be exposed, and I wouldn’t be under police investigation, and things wouldn’t have escalated to this mess! The real instigator is you! It’s all on you!”

“Byron, do you really think I’m the instigator here?”

Avery gently pushed his wire–rimmed glasses up his nose with a slender and pale finger and spoke evenly, “Do you truly believe that Matthew you’ve idolized all your life cares about family ties? That the fact you’ve ended up in this mess has nothing to do with him at all?”

“Avery, even now you’re trying to drive a wedge between us? How low can you get?” Byron was seething with hatred from every pore.

“I may not like you, but at least I never used you, and I certainly never wanted you dead.”

Avery looked at him helplessly, “I’m just trying to reclaim what’s rightfully mine.”

“What… what are you getting at?” Even Byron, in his slow–wittedness, sensed the undercurrent in Avery’s words; his heart started to race.

“During your days in jail, you must have pondered one question: why you, of all people, got slapped with a charge of hiring a hitman. Don’t you want to know the real truth? Who’s made you rot away in here?”

Though Byron didn’t trust him, he was hell–bent on getting to the bottom of things, so he slowly sat back down.

Avery motioned with his finger, and Harvey placed a stack of photos before Byron.

As he flipped through them, his mind exploded like a nuclear bomb going off; his face turned crimson, and his eyes turned bulged with shock!

“You recognize Quincy, right? He’s Matthew’s guy. He’s been in touch with your goons, and I’ve checked their accounts–there’s been a deposit of three hundred thousand, from an offshore account. The cops can’t trace the sender. But, I think these photos make it crystal clear who wired the money, don’t they?” Avery’s eyes gleamed mischievously behind his glasses.

The photos in Byron’s hands were nearly crushed; his eyes were bloodshot, “Impossible, how could it be, how could Matthew?”

“Do this to you?”

Avery crossed his legs nonchalantly, with a cruel smirk on his lips, “He ‘helped‘ you out, not out of family loyalty, but to regain Dad’s favor. But the girl was set to switch sides, and to testify against you for assault. He had no choice but to silence her. The risk was huge–if it worked, fine. If not, someone had to take the fall.”

“So he used my people to cover his tracks? And if it blew up, he could pin it all on me?!” Byron gasped for air as if he was choked.

of your right–hand man’s family. Isn’t all this evidence enough

back? Matthew’s thrown you under the bus; he plays the saint in front of you, and even tries to snatch your shares. Man, he really

for a

Matthew as his guiding light, his flesh and blood, but it turned out he had been used as a pawn in his

“Harvey, that’s enough,”

“My brother’s already under enough pressure. Don’t add to his troubles.”

father’s sons, and we grew up together. No matter what, I couldn’t frame you for murder. That would be squeezing you dry and tossing you

to you, but you have to give me all the evidence on

course, I’ll hand it

Avery placed a prepared manila envelope in front of him, “This contains all the evidence I’ve gathered. It might not be enough to convict Matthew of hiring a hitman, but it should help you overturn your confession.

so you’ll need to talk

of the envelope, Byron weighed his options, and with a resolute heart–he signed his name on

his eyes fierce and

you get out, I’ll personally come to pick you up with all

“With the shares you’ve got now, you can take on

Avery’s eyes narrowed with a

Not just Matthew.

and every one of them. They’d all pay, and none

center, Harvey clapped his hands

Well done, sir! Your share in the Chambers Group has

his pleasure, “That’s why I’ve

thought his life insurance was Jeff. Hah, he couldn’t

was his share in the Chambers Group. Now, as a person, he’s worthless to this world. Get rid

his eyes darkening

laugh at the thought of him clinging to those shares as

to had been bought

he have left to count on?

might as well plead with the

Velvet Haven, Avery received a call

the cash ready? And the plane?”

spoke in a tone notably more cordial, “All set, and you can get the money right away. You can leave tomorrow, but be extremely careful. The Abernathy, Ashbourne, and Fairhaven groups are all after

you! We can

can do anything you want right now, except meeting with me.”

like putting a

will you get the money to me?

a secret location, and I’ll text you the address

“And the plane?”

following or hunting you, you

I’ve had enough of this dump!” Eden

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