Chapter 244
Caleb was shocked by Ethan’s words.
Noah interrupted, “Ethan, you can’t do that.”
Ethan said, “Noah, if we don’t do as I said, Caleb will end up in prison like Luke. If you can help him, I’ll change my mind.”
Noah knew it was a difficult situation.
He gave a bitter smile, “Alice’s the victim. She has done nothing wrong. It was because Chloe stirred up between Caleb and Alice that things came to such a pass. Why did you ask Alice to compromise?”
He continued, “We are a family. Although there has been a misunderstanding, why not resolve it privately? We don’t need to handle each other,
do we?”
In Ethan’s mind, Alice wasn’t sensible enough. She refused to yield and sacrifice at all.
Noah was so angry that words failed him for a while.
Ethan turned to Caleb.“If you don’t do as I said, you’ll go to prison. Alice won’t let off.”
Caleb remained silent. He didn’t want to go to prison. It would ruin him.
He had yet to win a best actor award.
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Chloe seized the opportunity and acted cutesy.“Ethan, don’t be angry. It’s probably because of me that Alice left home.”
Ethan instantly felt guilty.“Sorry for what you suffered. I’ll give you a charity foundation to manage.”
A gleam of triumph came into Chloe’s eyes. It went exactly as her father had expected.
She feigned modesty.“Ethan, I may not be capable
“I believe you. You can do it.”
enough now, but I’ll try my best.”
Caleb shouted furiously, “Ethan, how could you harbor Chloe and give her the foundation as compensation? Didn’t you say it was for Alice?”
“I know Chloe well. I don’t need you to remind me.”
Ethan added calmly, “Alice doesn’t want to compromise even a little. Chloe suffered. This is compensation for her.”
Chloe lowered her head and said insincerely, “Ethan, I’d rather not have it.”
“Chloe, stop pretending!”
Seeing Chloe acting pitiful, Caleb shouted in anger, “I have to ruin your face today and make you suffer the same pain as me.”
“Ethan, I’m scared.”
Ethan stood in front of Chloe and said, “You are too kind. If he hurts
“Ethan, are you threatening me?”
Caleb found it unbelievable.
s you again, do what Alice did and expose him publicly.”
Ethan scoffed, “Caleb, listen, don’t hurt Chloe again. Or you will suffer the consequences. Chloe, let’s go.”
Chloe breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her trick had worked. She indeed didn’t want to be beaten anymore.
Caleb glared at Chloe’s back, furious.
He turned to Noah.“Noah, is Ethan insane?”
Noah smiled bitterly, “Caleb, I warned you the same, right? I said you’d regret this.”
Caleb didn’t know what to say for a while. He was dejected.
He hadn’t expected things to come to such a pass.
“What should I do?”
“You attacked Alice, so you’re at fault. You are the one who should apologize and compensate her, not Chloe.”
Caleb could hardly remain calm. He was disfigured. He didn’t want to go out.
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After class, Alice saw online reports of Caleb’s fans causing trouble at school.
It didn’t create much of a stit
As the police were still investigating, no one would jump to conclusions so early.
However, when she was browsing the news, she suddenly saw John’s name on the trending topic.
What was going on?
John had given an interview in which he was asked if Julia’s visit to the wedding shop meant that she was about to marry into the Wilson family.
He denied it directly and stated that his elder brother had nothing to do with Julia. They would not be engaged. It was only a rumor. Besides, his elder brother had a girlfriend, and they were in a stable relationship.
What he said went viral
Alice was convinced by John’s words. Julia clearly wouldn’t marry into the Wilson family.
Max had been boasting about it before.
Now it was Alice’s turn to mock at Max.
Since Alice and Lana delayed for a while, most of the students had left when they walked out of the classroom.
She happened to see Max on the phone.“Delete all the news! Julia is engaged to the heir of the Wilson family. John is lying!”
Max was furious.
John’s nonsense had made her the target of ridicule.
When Alice passed by her, Max put down her phone with an odd face.“Alice, you’re laughing at me, right? John is lying. The Wilson family will announce the engagement soon.”
Alice replied calmly, “Congratulations in advance.”
“You’re wise not trying to compete with my elder sister. She is the most outstanding wealthy lady in Washington and has grown up together with the heir of the Wilson family since childhood.”
Max wore a cocky expression.
Alice left without saying anything.
Lana whispered to her, “Max’s bullying case was dropped. The victim’s family dropped the lawsuit.”
“How could it be? Isn’t the evidence certain?”
“That’s how it was supposed to be, but the Wilson family intervened, and in the end, another classmate of Max’s took the blame. Max had boasted about it in class before.”
Alice remembered the bullying video on Max’s phone. The victims had suffered terribly.
The one who bullied them, however, paid no price for it.
Ethan’s statement about the Garcia family’s involvement in the hit–and–run back then occurred to Alice. He had also said someone in the car escaped. Alice suspected that the driver, who was jailed, was simply a scapegoat.
The real culprit was still at large.
Surprisingly, the driver of the Welch family was also suspicious.
Alice was confused. What exactly had happened back then?
Was Chloe’s father connected to the Garcia family?
“Alice, your phone’s ringing.”
Alice regained her senses at Lana’s words. It was a call from Jack.
Alice wore a smile and took the call, “Hello.”
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Is your class over? I’ll come get you.”
Alice remembered Jack’s promise to take her somewhere after she was discharged.
She felt somewhat excited.
She pursed her lips and replied, “Okay, but I need to go to the team’s base to do some work first.”
“Alright, I’ll be there later.”
After Alice agreed on a time with Jack, she noticed Lana’s expression and asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“A call from your boyfriend? You look happy,”
Alice coughed. “Something like that.”
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Upon their arrival at the base, Alice declared, “Listen, you guys play games versus me one by one, and I will check how much progress you have
made.”
But the atmosphere was a little strange,
A senior walked up to Alice. She cast a glance at the office upstairs and said, “Alice, someone’s here to see you.”
Alice went upstairs suspiciously and saw several bodyguards waiting outside the office.
She pushed the door open and entered. Caleb, wearing a hat, sunglasses and a mask that covered almost his entire face, came into view.
Alice said coldly, “What are you doing here? I’ve said everything I needed to say on the phone.”
To her surprise, Caleb stood up and removed his sunglasses, looking tired and weary.
