Chapter 568

At this moment, Frederic’s eye muscles twitched, his mind a whirlwind of chaos.

Amidst the turmoil, there was a profound sense of unease and fear.

“I have no clue what Mr. Thaddeus meant,” Dennis managed, his forehead beading with cold sweat. He was caught between a rock and a hard place, and any slip of the tongue could spell disaster on both fronts.

“You said earlier that Cynthia’s death might have been foul play? That Thaddeus said Elspeth did it? Does he have proof? Does he?”

“You really need to ask Mr. Thaddeus, I truly don’t know.”

Frederic released his grip, his hands veined and trembling. His shoulders felt as though they bore the weight of mountains, pressing down inexorably, as each breath became more laborious to draw.

The confident aura he had upon arrival was now nowhere to be seen.

He could accept, tolerate, and stoop as low as possible. Elspeth had trampled over every boundary.

Even now, his disdain for the scheming woman was complete, but for the greater good of the Abernathy Group, for the sake of his reputation as the chairman, he swallowed bitter pills, feigning deafness and muteness time and again!

not accept the fact that Elspeth

began to delude himself, to hypnotize

anger, meant to guilt

agony, Dennis cautiously ventured, “Mr. Abernathy, do you

do anything!”

trial is imminent, there’s much you have to do. Don’t get distracted! Right now, there’s nothing

Abernathy Group chairman, so it was inevitable that some of the backlash would affect Frederic and

press conference I asked you to arrange?” Frederic steadied himself, his suit

Tomorrow afternoon at three, the conference will

gaze complex and melancholic as he looked towards Cynthia’s gravestone, his

a long moment, he spoke with

the cemetery, Thaddeus‘ stern visage was pale as a winter’s

feeling as though she held blocks of ice, and

“Thaddeus, I

where

his arms around her, his calloused palm caressing her cheek as he suppressed his sorrow and whispered, “You’re afraid that by revealing Elspeth as my mother’s killer to Frederic too soon, it might compromise your quest for justice. You fear that his love for my mother might not be strong enough to withstand the pressures of upholding

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