NovelEndChapter 295 That night, Penelope and Tyler didn't sleep a wink.
The next morning, an anonymous message landed on their phones.
The instructions were simple: Penelope was to sue Serena, and she had to get her hands on the antique. Everything else was none of her business. If she didn't do exactly as told, the sender threatened to release a damning aurecording to the public.
Panic seized Penelope.
Her affair with Tyler was scandalous enough—a case of marital infidelity, nothing more. But if the world found out she had once considered killing Xander, just to secure a good marriage for her daughter... she'd be crucified by public opinion.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThat, she could almost endure. But if the Grayson family ever learned that the engagement wasn't Xander's idea and was something she'd orchestrated behind his back, they'd never forgive her.
She didn't even hesitate. She agreed to press charges against Serena.
Less than forty-eight hours later, the mysterious puppet master arranged for Nestor Leighton to take over her case.
Penelope tried, subtly, to find out who had hired him, but Nestor Leighton never let anything slip.
She'd thought that with Nestor on her side, victory was guaranteed.
But no one could have anticipated that Serena would bring out Giles-the legendary attorney who hadn't taken a case in three years.
The memory made Penelope's gaze grow cold and steely.
"Penelope..." Tyler's voice was anxious as he watched her, unable to read her stormy expression. "If we lose this case, that person will ruin us. If they release that recording-" Penelope snapped out of her thoughts and glanced at Tyler with weary impatience. "I told you to look into it. Did you find anything or not?" Tyler hesitated, searching for the right words.
Ever since the recording device appeared, Penelope had ordered him to investigate the origins of the Tri-Glaze Pottery, hoping to track down whoever was pulling the strings.
But- "Out with it. We've been married for years-there's no need to beat around the bush." Tyler stole another glance at her before finally speaking. "Well... the Tri-Glaze Pottery-it belongs to Xander." Penelope's face went pale. "What did you say?!" *** After leaving the bar, Serena felt like a new person.
The tear stains on her cheeks had dried.
"I'm heading home," she said, waving and smiling at William.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWilliam nodded slightly, watching Serena walk away before turning around.
That's when he noticed Fern, suddenly standing behind him as if he'd materialized out of nowhere. William's eyes flickered, but his expression didn't change.
"Well, well, Mr. William-are we finally seeing a miracle? The ice king is thawing." William shot him a cold warning. "Don't say things like that in front of Serena." Fern raised his eyebrows in surprise, watching as William turned his wheelchair and slowly made his way toward the bar.
After a brief hesitation, Fern strode
forward and started pushing William's wheelchair himself. "No wonder saw her crying into your jacket just now. You didn't ever look ΕΥ annoyed-if anything, you seemed gentler than ever. Remember that actress who tried to cry on your shoulder? You told her to get lost." William turned his head slowly, fixing Fern with a flat, emotionless stare.
But Fern knew that look-he was angry.
Quickly, Fern made a zipping-his-mouth gesture. C'Alright, I'll e sput up Enjoy your drink." With that, he slipped away in a flash.
Yet as he Wdn't resist glancing back at i's solitary figure and smiled
He and William had been friends for years, but this was the first the'd as the seem William let a woman into his circle.
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