Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade

No sooner had Edmund’s words left his mouth than a resounding slap struck his face. The force of the blow left him dazed, and it took him quite a while to comprehend what had just happened.

Covering his burning face, Edmund looked at Arthur with a wronged expression and asked in astonishment, “Mr. Hart, why did you do that?”

Although I am the one who falsely accused Alex of stealing, nobody else knows about it! On the surface, I have helped the company catch a thief who wanted to steal confidential information. Instead of rewarding me, Mr. Hart slapped me. Can it be that he doesn’t fully understand what is going on?

Even if Edmund racked his brains, it would never occur to him that Alex was someone important.

From the way Arthur looked at Edmund, it was clear that he felt the urge to tear the latter apart. This idiot simply has no brains at all. He still doesn’t realize just how outrageous his mistake is.

“Edmund, who do you think stole the company’s trade secrets?” Arthur asked again.

Edmund didn’t hesitate to point his finger at Alex and declared with a righteous look on his face, “Mr. Hart, this is the man I caught stealing from the company!”

Bam!

met with a fierce slap from Arthur. This time, the force was

How dare you accuse him of stealing company

owns the

He didn’t know whether it was caused by Arthur’s slap or his unwillingness to accept

knew that Arthur would

just a live-in son-in-law of the Jenningses, who has already divorced Heather.

the most was that Alex was working as a food delivery rider

face and chuckled lightly. “Edmund, I never said I was a food delivery rider. Even if I were, that doesn’t give you the right

already soaked with sweat, as what he had done today was simply unforgivable. Since Alex was the chairman of the tech dome, offending such an important

knelt down. before Alex and begged, “I’m sorry, Mr. Jefferson! I really didn’t know you were the chairman. I only made the mistake because I was confused. Please, on the account that we’re

a stinky delivery guy like me as a classmate?” Alex

“This… this…”

then said, “Mr. Jefferson, I have gone too far by saying such words. I’ll slap my own mouth to show my remorse. Mr. Jefferson, please, I beg you to let me off the hook for the sake of our