Chris was completely dumbfounded to be pointed out by
Edward. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected Edward to do so. He
didn't do anything, but somehow he got involved. "Tell me honestly, did
you have anything to do with my dad's death?" Edward glared and shouted.
"No! It had nothing to do with me! I don't know anything!" Chris shook
his head in fear, cold sweat dripping down his forehead. "You don't know,
or you don't want to tell?" Edward narrowed his eyes menacingly. "Mr.
Spanner, I really have no idea! This is all a misunderstanding!" Chris
started to plead, every inch of his body was begging for mercy. Although
he knew Edward was taking the opportunity to settle their personal
grudge, he couldn't say a word. "Huh! It seems like you won't spill
without some pressure. Come, beat him up!" Edward ordered, and two
officers immediately took action. "Wait!" James suddenly stopped them.
"Do you know who he is? He's Chris Nolan of Nolan Pharmaceuticals! He's
also very close with Mr. Anderson! If you dared touch a hair on him, Mr.
Anderson would not let it slide!" "There! Uncle Travis, you heard it.
This guy is related to Hunter Anderson! He must be one of the murderers!"
Edward suddenly became excited, as if he had caught Chris admitting to
the crime. "So you're Hunter's accomplice that killed my brother?" Travis
glared at him. There were two main suspects in this case. One was Hunter
Anderson, and the other was Dahlia Nicholson. This man was connected to
both of these people, so he was obviously involved. "No! It wasn't me!"
Chris was slightly startled, and he quickly shook his head. "I have
nothing to do with Mr. Anderson! I don't know anything at all. This whole
thing was a misunderstanding from start to finish!" "Chris, why do you
have to be afraid of them? You have Mr. Anderson to help you. They
wouldn't dare to touch you!" James proclaimed proudly. "Shut the fuck
up!" Chris was so terrified he threw his arms around and landed a slap on
James' face. Mr. Anderson was nothing! This guy was a general commanding
thousands of troops! Who could stop someone like him if he goes mad?
"Chris… Why did you hit me?" James held onto his face in pain. "Didn't
you give Mr. Anderson a phone call to save my sister when Sir Spanner was
messing with her? Did I say something wrong?" "Fuck you! How dare you
speak nonsense! Shut up!" Chris was about to cry. Beads of sweat were
forming on his forehead. Was this guy an idiot? Couldn't he read the
room? "We have a witness and physical evidence! I'd like to see you
explain yourself!" Edward gloated. He just wanted to
take advantage of the situation. He didn't expect to actually get
results. "Edward, this guy is bullshitting! I didn't do anything. It was
a complete coincidence that Mr. Anderson showed up that day! They were
the ones giving me all the credit willingly!" Chris had no choice but to
tell the truth as the situation started to get out of hand. "Huh? Didn't
you help my sister?" James was very confused. "In your dreams!" Chris
berated angrily. "Who am I to request for Mr. Anderson? You should really
use your brains! If I had that power, I wouldn't go bankrupt!" "What?
Bankrupt?" The entire Nicholson family was shocked by his words. They
couldn't react for a moment. "At this point, I won't bother to hide
anymore. Dustin was right. Nolan Pharmaceuticals is under investigation,
and we're going bankrupt. Now, it's just an empty shell!" Chris could no
longer be bothered. He would do anything to be set apart from the
Nicholson family. "You're not joking, are you? You said the company was
going public. How could it go bankrupt?" Florence was dumbfounded. "Going
public? That's bullshit! I just said that to fool all of you! There's no
such thing on earth! I wouldn't even think of you if the dividends
existed! Stop dreaming!" Chris had a grim expression on his face. He was
blabbing about everything at this moment. He would do anything to draw a
line between himself and the Nicholson family to save his life. "You mean
you've been lying to us?" Florence was shocked and in disbelief. "That's
right! I just wanted to snag some money and run away. Who knew you'd be
dumb enough to believe it!" Chris sneered. "You monster! How could you
cheat us of our money? Pay us back!" Florence shrieked and jumped at
Chris. That was her retirement money. She had invested everything to get
the bonus. Who knew it would all be in vain? It was as if her whole world
had collapsed! "You sly wolf! We trusted you! How could you cheat us of
our money? You're an animal! Give us back the money!" The others were
also agitated and started to protest, but they were quickly forced back
by the armed guards. Only Florence was quick enough to leave a scratch
mark on Chris's face. "The money is gone! Truth be told, I've transferred
all the funds overseas. You should just give up!" Chris came completely
clean. His words were like a knife, stabbed through their chests. They
had never felt more regret! If they had known this, they wouldn't have
been greedy and believed in Chris's nonsense. "Why would you do this?"
Dahlia frowned in confusion. She never expected Chris's capital increase
would be a scam. Moreover, Dustin was being kind when he tried to tell
her the Nolan family was going bankrupt. However, no one believed him.
This was really a big slap in the face! "Why? Of course, it was for
money! I'll have women when I have money. You should all know this!"
Chris snickered.
"So the partnership with the
Harmon family had nothing to do with you either?" Dahlia asked
tentatively. "That's right!" Chris admitted to it plainly. "My dad never
called the Harmon family. They made the decision themselves. I just took
advantage of the situation! The funny thing was you all believed me
without a doubt!" Dahlia was completely dumbfounded. Everything turned
out to be a misunderstanding. Chris never helped her in any way and even
cheated her of her money. The worst part was that he had taken credit for
everything and kept her in the dark. He had such wild ambitions! The
question was, who had helped her behind her back if it wasn't Chris?