In the end, they failed to convince Cooper to stay.

During this whole time, Maddie did not dare look up once. She figured these thoughts must have gone through Cooper’s mind: How can Joel’s father-in-law be this crude? Why did Joel marry a woman of such a background? Was this how the matriarch of the Fletcher Family was brought up? The Fletchers are such a disgrace!

Sophia announced, “We’re leaving now!”

There was nothing much she could do in this situation either, but the damage had been done. She did not plan on apologizing or paying for his medical bills; not even for a rabies shot.

Just then, Joel walked through the door. He had already heard of what happened. Seeing the somber look on Cooper’s face, he gave a sincere apology. “I’m so sorry you had to see this.”

Cooper did not answer him and simply stormed off.

The situation left Joel feeling both frustrated and embarrassed.

Inside the conference room, Maddie felt even more ashamed to face Joel and the Fletcher Family. She kept her head down and let her tears continue to fall.

Before she had a chance to speak, a fiery slap landed on her cheek, making half of her face go numb.

A voice exploded like thunder by her ear. “Maddie Evans! The nerve you have to show up here!”

Seeing how she let the ‘Linus Family’ slip away with just a few words, and how she ruined Clive and Tawny’s marriage once again, Mr. Evans pointed at her and bellowed, “Get down on your knees! Now!”

But, she remained where she was and only continued to weep in silence. She was not crying because she had gotten reprimanded, but because she brought shame onto Joel.

When Mr. Evans saw that she did not budge, he raised his hand to slap her again. This time, however, another hand stretched out from beside Maddie and caught Mr. Evans’ arm with strength so exceptional that it sent a sharp pain through his bones.

“Ow! That hurts!”

uniform had walked up right

“Joel! It’s you. Let go of my hand! I’m your

it turned out, it was Maddie’s husband who

Evans filled with rage and went to surround

to punch him, Joel pulled out a

A gun!

time, the sound of neat footsteps came from outside. A group of armed soldiers in green military uniform shuffled in immediately with countless guns pointed at

“The guest house has

a strong front when he realized that Joel was trying to send them away. “What’s so great

like we’ve never seen soldiers before! The Minister of the County Armed Forces

at Mr. Evans who was fuming with anger and spoke to him with a straight face. “I sent the county magistrate and mayor to await all of you

that Joel was able to call out the county magistrate made them scared out of

construction worker, the county magistrate was equivalent to a god in their small county. They were like mice

you gave orders to the county

and turned to leave the conference room. With his back toward Mr. Evans, he said, “Because we’re family, I pulled some strings this

upset. “Stop right there. I’m going to call the reporters right now and expose you. I’ll make sure you face

his phone to show that he was going to make

second there and took Maddie out of the room by

how she left the place. All she could hear were the insults the Evans

senses, she was already in the car with Joel beside

was then that she let out a sorrowful wail and began sobbing

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