Chapter 259 Wife
But the fact was, Tyrell had traced it back to her!
That driver had already betrayed her!
Cold sweat dripped down Evelyn's forehead.
Seeing Evelyn like this, what didn't Kieran understand?
Although he had just slapped her twice, deep down he had hoped this whole thing was a misunderstanding.
But he never expected it to be true!
"Have you lost your mind? If you wanted to kill Quinton, fine, kill him, but why pin the blame on The Hays family? Do you think The Hays family is easy to mess with? The Hays family may not be what it was a few months ago, but it's still way more powerful than us! Think about when you're going to turn yourself in! I can't help you with this."
After Kieran finished speaking, he left directly.
He didn't like Evelyn.
She was too clever for her own good, looking down on everyone.
Sometimes she didn't even respect him, her own father.
Now that she'd gotten into trouble, as long as it didn't drag him down, he didn't care if she turned herself in or died.
After all, he still had a son.
Though a bit mediocre, with some effort, he could pass on the foundation Evelyn had built over the years to his son.
Evelyn stood there, her heart racing.
She never imagined The Hays family would trace this back to her.
That driver—didn't he care about his daughter's life anymore?
Evelyn pressed her chest, forcing herself to calm down a bit.
Then she called a hospital.
But was told that the patient she had arranged to be there had been taken away.
Evelyn's anger flared up.
"Why didn't you tell me! Didn't I say that without my permission, no one could take her away?"
The person was startled and quickly said, "The other party said you sent them, and they even called you right in front of me. I heard your voice, so I agreed. Wasn't that you on the phone?"
"Of course it wasn't me!"
Evelyn was so angry her hands were shaking.
The person on the phone definitely wasn't her!
They must have used a voice changer and deliberately took the patient away.
No wonder that driver had betrayed her.
"Evelyn, I—"
Whatever the person on the phone said, Evelyn couldn't hear anymore.
She hung up directly, pacing around the room in complete confusion.
"what will she do" she pondered
She had arranged everything so carefully—was it really going to end here?
No! She absolutely wouldn't allow it!
Evelyn clenched her fists tightly.
An hour later, Evelyn went to the Crawford Manor and met with Stanley.
Another hour later, Tyrell called Kieran, saying it was all a misunderstanding and asking him not to hold his rashness against him.
Kieran said of course he wouldn't.
But he was puzzled inside.
What was going on?
He went to ask Evelyn, but Evelyn wouldn't see him.
The bodyguard blocked Kieran at the door. Kieran was furious.
"Do you even see me as your father?"
Evelyn suddenly pushed open the window on the second floor.
"Do you even see me as your daughter?"
Kieran choked, then left with a dark expression.
Two days later, all the online posts about Quinton's car accident were taken down.
There was no trace of it online.
Then a celebrity was exposed for having an affair, and netizens discussed it endlessly, quickly forgetting about the whole thing.
Samuel and Amelia weren't bothered, and didn't continue pushing Quinton's trending topics.
Their intention wasn't to use this incident to destroy Leonard completely anyway.
Of course, if it worked, that would be best, but if it didn't, that was expected too.
They just needed to leave a shadow of this incident in the public's mind. That was enough.
At critical moments, that shadow could play a huge role.
A few more days passed, and Quinton was discharged from the hospital.
The house underwent another thorough cleaning to welcome Quinton home.
But this time, no one made it public. They quietly brought Quinton home.
To outsiders, they still said Quinton was in the hospital.
The whole family gathered together for dinner.
Samuel was there too.
Dinner was very lively.
That evening, Amelia received a call from Maeve.
"Are you adjusting okay?" Amelia asked.
Maeve said, "Pretty well, except I can't get used to the food. I asked my family to send me a chef, should arrive tomorrow."
Amelia asked her, "Have you met Hunter yet?"
Maeve said, "Yeah, I have. He's really nice, very considerate. The day I arrived at the airport, I couldn't find the person who was supposed to pick me up, and some local guy was bothering me. Hunter found me and beat the guy up."
Amelia had no idea about this.
She just heard Maeve say excitedly, "Who would've thought—Hunter looks kind of thin, but he's so strong."
She wasn't sure if Maeve meant that as a compliment.
"But Hunter looks exactly like Lucas, I almost thought he was Lucas. Just with darker skin."
"He's probably just tanned."
As for his original skin tone, Amelia wasn't sure either.
She hadn't seen Hunter in person yet.
They'd only met on video calls.
"Alright, I'm going to have lunch now. It's still noon here."
Because of the time difference, it was still midday where Maeve was.
"Okay, I'm getting ready to wash up and go to bed."
After hanging up, Amelia had a sudden thought—would Maeve and Hunter spark something?
If Maeve married into the family, things would definitely get livelier.
But she quickly dismissed the thought.
Love can't be forced. No matter how much she thought about it, it was up to the two of them.
...
On this day, Lucas wrapped up filming.
This was his first time as a male lead, and in such a big production.
The crew threw a party, and Max came too.
He came to make a statement—Lucas was someone he valued.
With his presence, the post-production team didn't dare slack off.
Lucas toasted Max.
"Thank you for your trust and support. I definitely won't let you down."
Max smiled, his expression somewhat meaningful.
Before leaving, Max said to Lucas, "The person you should thank isn't me."
Lucas was stunned.
"Then who?"
"Right beside you. Think about it yourself."
Max patted his shoulder and got in his car and left.
Lucas was even more confused.
Until he got home and saw Amelia walking toward him with a smile, holding a bouquet of flowers, congratulating him.
"Lucas, congratulations on wrapping your first movie. Your future is bright."
Lucas took the flowers and finally couldn't help asking.
"Amelia, do you know Max?"
Amelia smiled.
"He's one of my people."
Lucas was shocked, so stunned he didn't know what to say.
"Lucas, you just focus on honing your acting skills. Leave everything else to me."
Lucas's throat tightened, his eyes getting a bit teary.
"I should have thought of it. I should have realized earlier."
Why would Aurevia Studio, doing perfectly fine, recruit him, a nobody?
Not only recruit him, but invest heavily in training him.
Basically throwing money at building his popularity.
Then finding a huge production team, giving him the best script to act in, and pairing him with top-tier actresses with both talent and fame.
It was all Amelia helping him behind the scenes.
"Amelia, I—I really don't know what to say."
"You don't need to say anything. Lucas, you deserve to shine on the big screen."
Lucas had the talent. If Aurora Media hadn't been holding him back, he would have made it big long ago.
Amelia just gave him an opportunity.
"Plus, you're helping me make money too. When you become famous, my investment won't be a loss, right?"
Lucas nodded solemnly.
From this moment on, Amelia had become his idol.
He would firmly grasp this opportunity and absolutely not let Amelia's investment in him go to waste.
Before long, New Year's was approaching.
Amelia went shopping at the department store with Faith to pick out New Year's clothes.
After New Year's, Faith would be 24.
Her family had sent ten new outfits, but Faith didn't really like any of them, so Amelia came with her to the department store to choose.
There weren't many nice red outfits. After searching for ages, they didn't find anything they particularly liked.
So they went out shopping again the next day.
They still didn't find clothes they liked, but they did get some good news.
There was a new development in the Infinite Cube building explosion case.
The few of Tristan's men that Amelia's people had caught finally cracked after two months and admitted that the mastermind behind it was the now-deceased Francis.
While Quinton's car accident case couldn't implicate Leonard, this Francis matter couldn't be avoided.
After all, Francis was his son and his usual right-hand man.
Francis represented Leonard.
Quinton's car accident case was brought up again. Before, it only hinted at a connection to Leonard, but this time the news stated it directly.
Someone else reported that he had framed Goldenvale's former mayor Magnus.
Magnus's case was successfully overturned that day.
Multiple corruption incidents were proven to be Leonard's doing, framing others to promote his own people.
And at this moment, someone Leonard never expected stood up to betray him, gathering evidence of all the dirty things he'd done over the years and exposing him.
This person wasn't Tyrell, but Leonard's second wife.
The President erupted in thunderous fury and directly removed Leonard from office for investigation.
Betrayed by his wife, Leonard naturally couldn't withstand the investigation.
The Hays family faction—those who defected did so, those who were implicated were implicated, while The Porter family's allies grew daily.
Besides Goldenvale, The Dobbins family also sided with Micah.
The Hays family completely lost its ability to compete with The Porter family.
Leonard was completely arrested on New Year's Eve.
Amelia hadn't found any New Year's clothes she liked, but her mood was excellent because of The Hays family matter.
This was way more important than New Year's clothes.
Amelia asked Samuel out to dinner.
The location was still All Seasons Table.
This was practically becoming her second home.
As soon as she entered the private room, she couldn't wait to ask Samuel, "What's the deal with Leonard's wife? Why would she report Leonard?"