Maxwell sighed and turned around. He was walking back to the mansion when he bumped into another person. This time, it was his son, Lucas.

“Aren’t you going to work today?” Maxwell asked with concern, though it seemed to have not landed well with Lucas.

Lucas glanced at his father coldly. “I’m going right now,” he said neutrally.

Maxwell was used to being treated so coldly by Lucas, so he thought nothing of it and walked back to the mansion.

The atmosphere inside the mansion was very gloomy. Phoebe and Anya were still hugging each other, crying.

Maxwell simply glanced at them and walked upstairs to wash his hand in his attached bathroom without asking anything. It was as if nothing happened at all.

“For god’s sake, will you two just stop crying?! Especially you, Anya. You should be ashamed

were grossly swollen

tears. “Dad, Anya was

finish her sentence. “Is this how you raised your daughter? Anya must’ve learned all those dirty tricks from you! After all, you’re the type that’s willing to

hardened, but she broke out in sobs again. “Dad, Mom, you’d rather believe the words of an outsider instead of mine and Anya’s?! Yes, it’s true Anya was the mastermind behind the online scandal, but hasn’t it ever crossed your mind that she’s doing it to bring justice to all the people who

could say anything, Beatrice—who was massaging her temples—butted in impatiently, “We’ll find out in three days whether Corinne stole Josephine’s

crying now, and go do what you’re supposed to do. I swear you two

after that. She quickly pulled Anya up, and the two of them went back to their

alright, old dear?” asked Cedric worriedly. “Shall I ask for the doctor to

“No, that won’t be necessary. I’m fine. I just need

visibly relaxed after he heard

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