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in anymore.

“I’ve investigated everything! Celia was the one who insulted Grace in her own boutique and showed

off until she got exposed and kicked out for getting tickets from a scalper,” he said.

Then, he tossed a recording device onto the desk. “These are the recorded confessions from every

household staff member we’ve had for the past three years.

“All of them said that you treated Grace like a maid. You yelled at her and demanded she cook for us

and wash our clothes–even our underwear!”

Susan pouted after getting exposed.

“She volunteered. She had it coming! She should have considered that we would treat her like that

when she shamelessly married you,” she grumbled.

“Is that how you all think of her?” Benjamin asked.

He had never thought his seemingly harmonious family was this evil.

For the past three years, Grace had dealt with a heavy workload as his secretary, only to come back

home to Susan and Celia, who were making her life difficult on purpose.

But she had never said a word about all this, and he had barely cared, if at all. He really had been a

terrible husband, huh?

“Not only did you bully her at home, but you also destroyed her things in her own store! With Celia’s

arrogant attitude, she just had to get herself into more trouble!

“She needs to stay in jail for three years and learn her lesson first,” Benjamin decided.

Susan was about to defend Celia, but one glare from Benjamin sent her back to the couch reluctantly,

with gritted teeth.

Benjamin tugged off his tie in frustration, then looked up at Yvonne.

She had been silent the whole time, but the judgment in his eyes made it hard for her to breathe.

“You knew who Grace Lewis was. Why did you pretend not to know anything? Why did you even send

someone to follow her and take those misleading photos?” he asked.

Yvonne was speechless. She hadn’t thought he would have found out about that.

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“Larry has already contacted a hospital in Fronda. You’ll love for Frenda in three days.”

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Yvonne was reluctant to go abroad. She begged him softly, “I don’t want to go, Benjamin. 1 want to

stay here with you and the baby.”

Benjamin’s expression never changed. He didn’t budge, so Yvonne grabbed his arm and started crying

“Even if you won’t do it for the baby, do it for my sister, Danielle, She only died because of her

association with your family. You can’t do this to me…

“I know we were responsible for her death, but you still need to leave,”

Yvonne slumped onto the couch in response,

Benjamin was feeling, suffocated under the weight of the sins that had been committed in his house.

Just then, Timothy’s call came right on time,

“Bro, have you checked social media?” Timothy asked on the other end,

At first, Benjamin thought he was talking about the article that had insulted Grace, so he said, “That’s

fake news. The police have already asked to take it down.”

“Are we even talking about the same thing? Take a look–your family’s getting torn to shreds online, Get

your PR department to take care of it.”

Hanging up the phone, Benjamin checked the news immediately,

His face fell when he saw what was happening. Another storm gathered in his eyes.

Grace’s response had been swift and merciless.

Yvonne had paid for an article with fake news to hurt her, so she had responded with a hit piece of her

own.

Benjamin quickly asked Larry to take it down.

Unfortunately, that was impossible.

Apparently, the editor–in–chief of GEM Magazine had demanded that the article stay up three days.

Hence, no one else in the industry dared touch it.

When he heard that, Benjamin was so furious that he smashed several shot glasses.

In Halo Bar, Timothy was opening champagne bottles like a madman. “Come on! Let’s celebrate my

return to Pamore! Drink up, guys!”

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Frederick and his other friends cheered. “We missed you, buddy! We’re waiting for you to start

“Come on, come on! Cheers!”

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After a few shots, Timothy noticed Benjamin had been downing shot after shot in the corner. He knew

why Benjamin was so low, so he went over to comfort him.

“Don’t be sad. There’s plenty of fish in the sea, and you should be glad you got out of the

marriage death trap. Just ignore whatever’s in the news.”

“That woman’s gone too far.” Frederick was already red in the face as he stumbled over to sit on the

couch, breathing heavily.

“Truly, women are the most fearsome beings on earth.”

“That’s where you lost mè. We’re all men, so let’s be real here, Who started it?” Timothy didn’t agree

with Frederick, so he started arguing.

He had always been honest with his friends, so he always said what was on his mind.

“Ben’s the one who cheated first and became a dad without his wife knowing! Yvonne can’t deny that

she was his mistress, can she?” he asked.

Frederick was so drunk, he could barely open his eyes. Yet he was still arguing with Timothy.

“Even if Ben had cheated first, Grace sent her own sister–in–law to jail! She went too far by humiliating

the Hawkins this much!”

As for Timothy, he didn’t expect his friends to ignore the facts. So he started talking more and more

enthusiastically.

“You call that going too far? If I had been his ex–wife and he had betrayed me after treating me like a

slave, I would have gone even further!”

“Ben made a mistake that all men would have made. Why can’t his wife forgive him for that?” Frederick

made talking nonsense sound like perfect logic.

“I’m telling you, if my wife treated me like that, I would divorce her!” Frederick continued, .insisting on

his illogical argument.

Both sides battled on, but Benjamin remained silent.

As he sat between them, he kept drinking at a pace that was sure to get him drunk. Sure enough, he

was slumped over the couch in just a few moments.

However, Frederick was still talking, so Timothy walked away. He didn’t want to waste his time arguing

with someone who didn’t have morals.

As Timothy tried to find a staff member who would carry Benjamin out of here, he glanced at the stage

and spotted a gorgeous figure at the center.