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.

front of David. He narrowed his pensive gaze, laced with covert

aback by

the latter for so long and because they had never been at odds, Cedrick had always been friendly to David and his family, never making things

Cedrick took over the Jenson family, David’s family had been living more comfortably than when Valentino was in

“Cedrick, you—”

chase. “Uncle David, I’ve figured out pretty much the whole truth about my parents’ car accident.

weakly like a deflated balloon.

resignation. “Since you deliberately sent someone to capture me at Livingsfill, I suppose

day of the accident, were you 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

expressionlessly.

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

times afterward, and I’m sure it wasn’t my imagination. Yael framed me on purpose. I harbored no

why were you so guilty that you escaped to Livingsfill to hide? And why didn’t you explain the situation to Grandpa? Even if you didn’t say anything then,

gazed at his uncle, obviously suppressing his anger. “You not only failed to tell the truth but also helped conceal it for many years. How can you expect me to believe that you have nothing to do with this

matter?”

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

“You’re

filled the air inside the

he looked up at his nephew and continued to explain, “When I saw Dad was raising you personally, I thought it was a blessing for you. After all, Yael was the most powerful among my generation in the Jenson family at that time. If I divulged the truth, and members of the family forced Dad to name you as his successor to compensate for your parents’ misfortune, it would be detrimental to you. 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

roles as Triss father and mother throughout the years.

voice choked with emotions. He genuinely treasured

Cedrick would discover the truth about the past and that Yael would pin

knew he wasn’t competent nor had the ability to gather evidence.