The atmosphere in the grand hall of the city hall was tense and serious. The audience wasprised


    of important officials and business representatives from Sna City and all across the nation.


    At that moment, Onder Hodgson was delivering a keynote speech onstage. Members of Congress


    and business representatives sat in the front rows, while family members like Daisy were arranged to


    be seated in the back.


    As the only daughter of the Schmidt family, Daisy was especially important in high society. Still, today''s


    event was mostly their husbands'' arena. As a spouse, she had no say in the event.


    An attention-seeker, she was displeased at the treatment at the event, especially knowing that she was


    the reason behind Timothy''s career sess.


    Without the support of the Schmidt Group, the guidance of Victor Schmidt, and her meticulously crafted


    public persona, Timothy would never have achieved sess smoothly.


    The more she thought over it, the happier she felt. It took her mind off the horrible feeling upon learning


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    of Timothy''s multiple affairs.


    One day, she vowed to be seated in the front row as the mayor''s wife. With that in mind, she


    straightened up in her seat with a haughty demeanor.


    The guests around her exchanged gossip. "Look at that smug expression on her face! All I could see


    was her nostrils ring."


    "Isn''t that right? The election hasn''t kicked off yet, but she seems confident in her husband''s victory.


    What gives her that confidence?"


    "Daisy Schmidt still thinks she''s important because she''s a Schmidt, but she has lost her social


    standing after marrying into the Clemons family. Rumors had it that she begged her family for money to


    finance her husband''s electoral campaign. Because of that, the Schmidts are annoyed at her, but she


    still walks around feeling good about herself."


    "I don''t have confidence in Clemons. He looks like a corrupted man. If he and his wife are in power, the


    citizens will be in trouble."


    Despite being surrounded by the meanments, Daisy did not take them seriously. To her, the


    guests were envious of her social standing and her husband''s future sess.


    Mayor Hodgson ended his speech. Thundering apuse filled the air. The emcee returned to the stage


    and announced, "Let''s wee Congressman Timothy Clemons, who will introduce the three-year


    Timothy glided onto the stage amidst the attention and apuse. Daisy nearly stood up to p for him,


    too eager to show off their rtionship to the world.


    Standing in front of the microphone, Timothy beamed radiantly and began, "Ladies and gentlemen,


    next, I will be introducing Sna City''s—"


    He froze in horror when he turned to look at the screen. Concern clouded his initially cheerful face. He


    appeared as though he was struck by lightning.


    Instead of the anticipated PowerPoint slides, the screen disyed a handwritten invoice, clearly


    recording the details of the bribe he had taken, from the date and the time to the location. Bribes of


    different amounts ranging from tens of thousands to millions were listed clearly.


    He trembled in shock while Daisy''s mind went nk. Her blood froze as her face paled. She nearly


    fainted on the spot.


    Meanwhile, the audience started whispering to each other. "What are those? They don''t look like


    presentation slides to me."


    "Hmm, those look like invoices—records of bribery!"


    "Timothy Clemons'' name is written on those invoices. He''s taken those bribes, I assume."


    Soon, the screen disyed a series of candid photos on autoy. The photos showed Timothy


    entering private clubs, receiving expensive jewelry, and even entering the lounge of the private club


    with two wavy-haired women in his arms.


    The photos caused a stir in the audience and dropped a bomb on the media representatives.