Charles walked into his room. His eyes fell on the woman sitting casually on the sofa.She was busy flipping through a business magazine on the table."Aunt Xaviera? What's wrong? It's unusual for you to come to my workplace without being invited." Charles smiled mockingly, and he dropped his weight on the work chair. He refused to sit in the same place as his aunt."I'm a member of the Duke family, too, and I've even been a member of this family longer than you. So, I don't need anyone's permission to come here." Xaviera replied in a sarcastic tone. She challenged her nephew, who seemed relaxed, even inclined to look down on her while ignoring her presence in the room."Didn't I give you a choice? Get out of the Duke family nicely, or I will forcibly remove you. With the sentence I said, you should be able to judge that you are no longer a member of the Duke family. It's just a matter of time and then you will officially become a stranger in this family." Charles played with the pen
As the week passed, nothing suspicious happened. From Rose, who was always watching Elizabeth, to Will, who was always stalking Ken's movements, there was no vital information they could get.Charles also didn't get any more pressure from his aunt. Xaviera seemed to have disappeared from her life because she only confined herself to her house after the reporters always stood crowded in front of her house to get information about the scandal that had spread widely."Looks like the time has come." Charles got out of his car. He walked quickly to avoid the reporters or paparazzi who could have been following his movements.Arriving at the building, Charles immediately walked to one of the rooms that displayed a famous TV show that usually provided news about the scandals of celebrities and famous people."Mr. Charles, welcome." A female host extended her hand to shake hands with Charles."Thank you, Miss ...." Charles raised one eyebrow in question."My name is Giselle. I am the host of
Xaviera's eyes bulged as she realized the mistake she had made. She held the press conference to humiliate Charles and ruin her niece's good name. She wanted the people out there who adored Charles to dislike him."How... how did you get here?" Xaviera asked in a trembling tone, a look of shock visible on her face."Me? Of course, exposing all the scandals you've done. Don't you know that the television station I visited to expose all your needs is the same one you went to today?" Charles chuckled. He was delighted when he saw the reaction shown by his aunt."Wh-what?" Xaviera immediately opened her phone and then looked back at the replay of Charles' clarification. Her hands shook as she realized the man's words were true."How can that be? You!" Xaviera walked up to Charles. She intended to punch the man, but her movements were halted as she realized that countless eyes were currently watching her."Why did you stop? Go ahead, hit me." Charles grinned.Xaviera exhaled harshly, then
Charles decided to meet the woman who was none other than Elizabeth. Charles needed more explanation from the woman. Charles met Elizabeth to ask many questions, including asking for an explanation about his older brother who he thought was dead. He also asked who Elizabeth was in favor of. "Elizabeth, can you tell me everything? Actually I already know about you, but I just want to make sure whether the information I get is true or not.""Why are you confirming with me directly? Aren't you afraid that I might lie?""I trust you, especially after you told me the information that I have a brother." Charles said confidently.Elizabeth exhaled her breath. "Alright. I'll explain everything. Where do I start, huh?""I am Xaviera's twin sister, I am married. However, bad luck befell me because I was raped and it really traumatized me a lot. You must know the perpetrator who raped me, right?""Since the rape, I've stopped menstruating and often feel nauseous. I wasn't pregnant at the tim
Xaviera was furious. She felt like her pride was being trampled on. After Charles's treatment of her, she felt very fed up. She went by car to meet up with Ken again. She needed peace of mind and she needed him to help her get revenge on the Duke family quickly. "You'll see, Charles. You think, by dropping me from the Duke family, will make you win? I'll avenge everything after this!" Xaviera had no one here anymore. The Duke family had discarded her and that made her very ashamed. Ken was her only goal at the moment. That man also had to do his part to help her solve this problem. Moments later, she had arrived at Ken's place. Xaviera immediately banged on the door as usual to make people see her."Ken! Open the door! Hurry up or I'll break the door down!" Xaviera was disgusted at the people who saw her. The news of her being dropped from the Duke family must have spread. Especially now that she came again after the news of her scandal had already spread widely. "What's m
News of Xaviera's death was widespread. There were many opinions that led to hating the Duke's family. However, it was easy for Charles to expose it all. "Did you know that woman was going to die?" Will asked Charles who looked calm after hearing Xaviera's death. "Yes, more or less like that. After all, that woman was too arrogant to realize that she had crossed her limits a long time ago." Charles laughed after saying that. That foolish woman chose to enter the crocodile cage with full awareness. Charles had known that it would happen. Elizabeth had given him a warning and sure enough, everything happened exactly as the woman had said. "So, what should we do after this?" Rose asked again."We'll investigate Ken for Xaviera's death." "Why investigate. Isn't it obvious that Ken killed that woman?"Charles exhaled harshly. "I did all this not to help Xaviera, but to destroy Ken! Do you understand?"They both nodded their heads. "You find out the chronology of Xaviera's dea
Bad statements about Charles continued to spread. He let his men take care of it all so that he wouldn't have to follow the news anymore.Charles is now focusing on the company he is managing. He can't be caught off guard by the news that is cornering him. Ken must be thinking of ways to attack him so he must anticipate all the bad possibilities that will happen. "People's statements are increasingly cornering the Duke family, what should we do?" The report came to Charles who was thinking of ways to defend his company. "Is the news spreading to the detriment of the family or the company?" Charles asked. "No.""Then, you take care of that matter. I have to take care of the company so that it won't falter and be easily destroyed by other companies." Charles gave the order. "Rose, arrange a meeting with Elizabeth. I need to make sure that she is willing to work with me and is willing to carry out the plan that I have laid out." "What can Elizabeth do?" Rose asked, she didn't
"Has Ken's death been confirmed?" Charles asked for confirmation.Elizabeth nodded. "Of course. The man is lifeless. There's no way he can live again. Don't you take my word for it? Do I look like someone who likes to spread fake news? Besides, didn't you see for yourself that the man was dead?" Elizabeth was a little offended that Charles didn't seem to believe her words."It's not like that. I just didn't expect him to die this easily.""What is clear is that he is already dead.""Alright. I'll tell Grandpa the news. It's good news to me. Ken deserved to die."Charles went to see Michael, his grandfather. The old man was relaxing in the den smoking a cigar. The large window in the room was open so that the smoke could escape freely.Relaxing while smoking a cigar had become Michael's habit during his leisure time. There were tons of books in the reading room. Strangely enough, Michael only liked collecting those books. Of all the books in his collection, perhaps only ten percent had