Chapter 14


    Chapter 14 You Were The One Behind All Of This


    “Yeah. My time is up, but I’m still perfectly fine, aren’t I?”


    Walt’s entire demeanor oozed of sarcasm.


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    As soon as he spoke, his phone rang abruptly. It was his father calling.


    When the call connected, his father’s furious voice came from the other end.


    “You b******! Which big shot have you offended?”


    “The Wace family is in trouble because of you. I’ll be d***ed if you’re not dead by the time I’m done


    giving you a beating!”


    What?


    Walt was stupefied. What the hell is going on?


    Before he could make sense of anything, the call ended with a loud crashing sound, as his father lost


    his temper and threw his phone onto the ground.


    Then, he received another call.


    “Sir, I have bad news. The loan contract of two hundred million that we’d signedst week was abruptly


    terminated by the bank!”


    “W… What? Why?”


    Walt eximed in shock.


    “The bank said that it’s over for the Wace family and that if they’d given us a loan, they’d have to face


    grave consequences!”


    “F*** those pricks! They’re the ones who are going to be done for, not the Wace family!”


    Walt angrily hung up the call, but his phone immediately rang with another call.


    His phone was bombarded by never ending calls


    “Mr. Wace, something bad has happened. The fire safety department has said that we’ve failed the


    inspection and that they’re going to forcibly shut the factory down!”


    “Mr. Wace, three of our suppliers have announced that they will no longer supply ourpany!”


    “Mr. Wace, your father has been arrested by the police.”


    One bad news came after the other. Walt’s face paled slightly and his whole body began to tremble


    uncontrobly.


    Beads of cold sweat had gathered across his forehead. A look of horror was sprawled across his face


    when he turned to stare at Alex in disbelief.


    “It’s you… It’s you, isn’t it?”


    “Aren’t you just a live-in son-inw? How could you possibly have the power to pull this off?”


    Alex countered in an apathetic manner, “Remember what I’d said the day before? I said that I’d make


    you kneel and beg me for mercy today.”


    Thud!


    Walt’s legs gave out beneath him and he fell to his knees before Alex. A single text message from him


    had the ability to bring down the entire Wace family. A power like that was simply terrifying.


    Walt was paralyzed with fear.


    He realized that he had messed with the wrong person.


    Alex Jefferson hid it so well!


    There’s definitely a force powerful beyond imagination that is supporting him from the shadows!


    “Alex… Mr. Jefferson… I made a mistake. I know it now. I was an ignorant fool, so please give me


    another chance!”


    Putting his hands together, he pleaded, “Please spare my family.”


    He kowtowed profusely while he begged, banging his forehead against the ground until it bled.


    Everyone present couldn’t believe their eyes.


    They stared at him wide-eyed, in disbelief with jaws that were hanging open.


    Alex Jefferson, a live-in son-inw, was able to take down the entire Wace family with merely a text


    message.


    Not only that, rather, the heir of the Wace family, Walt Wace, was on his knees, kowtowing as he


    begged Alex for mercy.


    They couldn’t help but wonder if Alex, their former ss rep, was just a mere live-in son-inw.


    Even Heather’s eyes had widened in shock.


    She fixated her eyes on her own husband who seemed so foreign to her now.


    Indeed, the current Alex was apletely unfamiliar person.


    She suddenly recalled that Alex had repeatedly insisted that he could give her thirty million to help the


    Jennings family.


    However, she couldn’t bring herself to believe him at that time, as she had thought that he was


    overestimating his capabilities.


    But now…


    Bitterness rose in her heart.


    She knew that even with their rtionship of five years, it would be impossible to go back to how they


    were in the beginning after today.


    A cracked ss could never be restored to how it originally was.


    Just like how once a bucket of water toppled onto the ground, the droplets could never be recollected.


    A gap had already formed between them.


    A gap that could no longer be sealed.


    Concurrently, she was beside herself with rage.


    Alex had lied to her about his true powers.


    He would rather be a live-in son-inw who was ridiculed by her mother every day than expose his true


    identity.


    This man was frightening and detestable!


    “Alex, no, Mr. Jefferson. No, Mr. Jefferson! Please spare my family. If you show us mercy, I’ll be your


    loyal dog from now on!”


    Walt was petrified.


    He was from a wealthy and influential family, and he had enjoyed the luxurious life that came with his


    status from a young age.


    Hence, he found it hard to adapt to his fall from grace.


    The worst part of it was that his father had been arrested by the police.


    He believed that one word from Alex would doom his father to a lifetime in prison.


    Whether he could survive in prison was entirely dependent on how generous Alex and the forces


    behind him were feeling.


    Adding on the fact that he had plotted to take revenge on Heather as well as humiliated Alex, would


    Alex never let him go?


    Of course not.


    Sure enough, a group of police officers rushed in just then.


    “Who is Walt Wace?” One of the police officers asked.


    Fear coursed through Walt’s veins and he almost passed out from it.


    What he was most afraid of hade true!


    “Sir. Sir! Please, I beg you. We were once ssmates, weren’t we? Please spare me. I promise I’ll do


    anything for you if you let me go!”


    Walt burst into tears. The blood from his forehead mixed with the tears streaming down his face,


    making him appear very unsightly.


    The others did not dare to move an inch upon seeing the police.


    “Take all of them in for investigation. I’m sure that you’ll find dirt on at least a handful of them.” Alex


    kicked Walt away and told the police.


    Weren’t these dear old ssmates of mine having so much fun throwing insults at me earlier?


    Today, I’ll teach them all a lesson.


    The expressions of Alex’s former ssmates turned ghastly when they heard what he had uttered.


    Alex had crushed the Wace family like a bug, and they were nowhere as powerful as the Wace


    family.


    “Alex, we were wrong. We should have never made fun of you. We don’t deserve to be called humans!”


    Many of them started to beg for leniency.


    Unfortunately for them, Alex did not have the slightest interest in their pleas. All he did was stand there


    in silence.


    The police officers were unfamiliar with Alex, but seeing as he spoke with such authority, they could


    instantly guess his identity.


    He must be the person who had set a target on the Wace family, instigating this whole incident.


    Since significant figures were also involved in this, it went without saying that they would not dare to


    step on Alex’s toes.


    “Take all of them away.” The leading police officer ordered, and his subordinates swiftly escorted


    everyone out.


    Since the police did not know who Heather was, they were about to take her into custody.


    “She’s my wife,” Alex muttered tersely.


    The officer who was holding Heather jolted in shock and hastily released her.


    Heather felt as though she was dreaming when she saw everyone being taken into custody.


    Alex nced at the blood that he had vomited earlier before turning on his heels to head out.


    “Alex!” Heather yelled through gritted teeth.


    Alex stopped in his tracks but did not turn around.


    “You were the one behind all of this, right?” Heather asked in a solemn voice.