The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 621 David Broke Down In Tears

After chatting with Gwendolyn, Cedrick went to the interrogation room.

Neville had been waiting at the door for a while.

The door to the interrogation room opened, revealing a spacious room with a table in the middle.

David sat there obediently, not even pulling on a cigarette.

Seeing Cedrick enter, David immediately tried to stand up but was held down by two police officers of both sides and made to sit back down. “Cedrick, I was on a business trip. Why did you suddenly call me back?”

Cedrick fixated his dark, piercing gaze on David in silence.

A series of dull thuds sounded as he strode in wearing his military boots.

He walked to a table several meters opposite David and sat down. Only then did he start to speak. “Uncle David, if you were on a business trip, why were you living so pathetically, staying in an ordinary motel and eating cheap food? You were obviously avoiding me.”

His deep and composed voice didn’t reveal a hint of his emotions, but his overwhelming presence was oppressive.

David’s countenance stiffened slightly before he swiftly forced an amicable smile. “What are you talking about? Why would I hide from you? I was on a business trip to Livingsfill and unexpectedly lost my ID and wallet, so I borrowed some money from an old friend and had to economize.”

Cedrick wasn’t interested in listening to him beat around the bush, so he glanced at Neville.

Neville fathomed his boss’ intention and bowed respectfully. Before leaving, he instructed the police officers to secure David’s hands to the handcuffs on the interrogation table. Then, he led the other officers out of the room.

After the heavy door of the spacious interrogation room was closed, only Cedrick and David were left alone inside.

He narrowed

taken aback by

Cedrick had always been friendly to David and his family, never making things difficult or treating them harshly. At

David’s family had been living more comfortably than when Valentino was in charge.

“Cedrick, you—”

chase. “Uncle David, I’ve figured out pretty much the whole truth about my parents’ car accident. Are you still going to keep me in

his eyes and slumped weakly like

at

accident, were you the one sitting in the

David nodded. “Yes,”

and I attended a social gathering, and we both drank a lot. I wanted to call a driver, but he insisted on driving himself, so 1 agreed. I clearly remember

said expressionlessly.

day, Yael mentioned how Dad favored Zack and wasn’t willing to hand over the position of successor to him. Yael wanted to win me over to help him, but I refused. We argued, and I chose to ignore him. I remember I was sitting in the backseat while he drove. I fell asleep in the back, but when I woke up, Logan, Dad, and many police officers were staring at me. I did indeed drink a considerable amount of alcohol that day, so much so that I was in a daze. After being forced to sober up, 1 was taken by my dad to the ancestral hall and severely beaten. Yael insisted that I was driving, and we argued about it. However, due to how drunk I was, I kept thinking that I must have blacked out and everything that happened earlier

with sincerity. “Cedrick, please believe me. I thought about this matter many times afterward, and I’m sure it wasn’t my imagination. Yael framed me on purpose. I harbored no ill intention toward

so guilty that you escaped to Livingsfill to hide? And why didn’t you explain the

helped conceal it

matter?”

situation and reminded Yael and me not to mention it again. Zack was Dad’s favorite son. Dad was brokenhearted for a long while because of his death, so I felt it wasn’t appropriate to bring up the truth then.

sentence, Cedrick snorted. “You’re finally

suffocating atmosphere filled the air

You were only two or three years old then, utterly incapable of contending with Yael. Doing that would only make you Yael’s target. Although your parents’ accident wasn’t my doing. I was at the scene. Yael insisted on driving, and

Triss father and mother throughout the years. I didn’t dare to remarry because I feared it would affect her mental health. I-I really can’t bear to leave her side before seeing

speech, David’s eyes reddened, and his voice choked with emotions. He genuinely treasured his only daughter

he was afraid that Cedrick would discover the truth about the

nor had the