Hayden mmed his cane against the floor hard.

The thunderous crack intimidated everyone in the room.

The aggrieved look on Nadine’s face vanished instantly.

Hayden didn’t miss the momentary panic and unease flickering

in her eyes.

Jericho spoke up, “Hayden, nowadays, evidence matters. You

don’t have any evidence. How could you…”

“Evidence? When you framed Romi, where was your evidence?

How rich that you suddenly care about evidence when it suits

you.” Hayden tightened his grip on the cane. “You’re the CEO of

the Bowman Group, yet you show favoritism so tantly. Be

careful, Jericho. Keep this up, and it’s only a matter of time

before someone gets the goods on you.”

“Hayden, that’s enough.” Lenora signaled Kashton with her

eyes. “Kash isn’t feeling well today. Perhaps save the talk for

another day, right? Surely, you don’t wanna scare him…”

Kashton, of course, picked up on her cue.

He immediately slid off the sofa and walked toward Hayden.

“Great-grandpa, don’t stay mad, alright? Or your beard will

grow longer…”

He sessfully defused Hayden’s anger.

Looking down at Kashton, Hayden said sternly, “It’ste.

Kashton will stay here tonight. Lenora will take care of him.

You two, leave.”

Jericho wanted to say something, but didn’t.

“Also…” Hayden stood up, his gaze falling upon Jericho. “I heard

Romi hasn’te back to Landwin Vi. Take her home. Or I’ll

kick you out.”

After saying this, he quickly walked upstairs while taking

Kashton’s hand.

Kashton looked back at Jericho but didn’t dare to say anything.

***

After returning home, Romina took a shower andy in bed.

Her fever had gone down, and she wasn’t feeling as dizzy

anymore.

Rolling over, she saw the bag on the nightstand. She sat up, took

out a ck sheet of paper of fine quality, andy down again to

look at it against the light.

Joaquin Bowman, the CEO of Prima Group.

Hershes shivered as her gaze fell upon those words.

He was undoubtedly the most powerful person in the Bowman

family.

She pulled out her phone and saved his number.

Who knew? Perhaps she’d need his help someday.

She exited the contact list, and a string of numbers suddenly

shed across her screen.

2015

She recognized it at once.

It was Jericho’s number.

After being released, she bought a new SIM card. But she knew

all too well-tracking down her new number was easy peasy

for him.

She pondered for a few seconds before answering.

Jericho’s deep voice came through at once. “I don’t care where

you are now. Go back to Landwin Vi tomorrow!””

The things he had said in Joaquin’s study echoed in her mind.

Those nders pricked her heart like a sharp knife.

But she felt no pain. Instead, she just wanted tough.

She said, her voice icy, “Mr. Bowman, are you drunk or what? Everyone heard me say I’m divorcing you. And now, you’re asking me to go back to Landwin Vi? Did I not make myself clear enough? Or you’re just ying dumb?”

Jericho fell into silence.

If Romina didn’te back tomorrow, Hayden would probably kick him out the day after.

She didn’t know that.

He said, “I wanna talk to you about the divorce. I’ll be waiting

for you tomorrow evening at home. Without a proper answer, I won’t sign the papers.”

“What’s there to talk about?”

Romina couldn’t help but tighten her grip on the phone.

She was set to get a divorce.

For those years in that cell, divorce was all she could think

about.

His request caught her off guard.

“Come back tomorrow if you want me to sign. If I don’t see you,

I don’t mind dragging this out.”

Jericho hung up without giving her a chance to say anything.

Frowning, she was furious as her gaze fell upon the darkened

screen.

Nadine was the love of his life. Now that he could finally be with her openly, why wasn’t he signing?