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!

could not accept the fact that Elspeth might

began to delude himself, to hypnotize

earlier words were said in anger, meant to

“Mr.

Don’t do anything!”

much you have to do. Don’t get

on the horizon, the internet was awash with her scandalous deeds. She was the wife of the Abernathy Group chairman, so it was inevitable that some of the backlash would affect Frederic

on the press conference I asked you to arrange?” Frederic steadied himself,

three,

melancholic as he looked towards Cynthia’s gravestone, his fingers curled so tightly they threatened to

a long moment, he spoke with a heavy voice, “Let’s

stern

taut hands with hers, feeling as though she held blocks of ice, and

after a moment’s hesitation, she spoke gently, “Thaddeus, I hope you understand why I stopped

know where your heart is.”

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

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