Chapter 13
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She hated that look. It made her want to run. Bracing her hands against the floor, she slowly pushed herself up, masking her discomfort with forced
composure.
She said, “I really don’t know where Mr. Jackson is. Instead of interrogating me, why don’t you just call him?”
“Yes, yes, call him!” Belinda hurriedly fumbled for her phone and dialed Harry’s number.
A second later, the faint sound of a ringing phone echoed from the study next door.
Arthur and Belinda exchanged a look before rushing toward the study.
The moment they pushed open the door, the strong stench of alcohol hit them in the face. Turning on the lights, they found Harry slumped against the wall, surrounded by empty liquor bottles.
The sudden brightness made him frown. Slowly, he opened his eyes.
Arthur’s anger surged at the sight. “Look at yourself! Just look at what you’ve become!”
Harry lazily shook the empty bottle in his hand. Finding it dry, he tossed it aside without a care.
Arthur’s face turned red with rage. “Tell me why did you suddenly terminate our partnership with the Connor Group? They’re one of our most important
business allies.
“And what about William and Agnes’s engagement? Did you even think about how this would affect the company? Did you even consider Agnes’s feelings?”
Harry let out a hoarse, drunken chuckle, a mocking smirk curling at his lips. “Did William think about any of that when he had people torture Camila?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Harry sneered and pushed himself up unsteadily. “William had prisoners in jail beat Camila. Slap her. Force her to kneel. Make her drink toilet water. Stab her with needles. Do you know why she has a limp? Because they broke her leg.”
With each horrifying detail he listed, Arthur and Belinda’s eyes widened in shock. “That’s impossible.”
Without another word, Harry tapped a few times on his phone. A moment later, both Arthur and Belinda’s phones buzzed.
“See for yourselves. This is what Sebastian found,” Harry said.
On their screens, lines of cold, hard text and a series of gut–wrenching photos laid bare the brutal abuse Camila had suffered in prison.
Belinda gasped, covering her mouth with trembling hands as tears streamed down her face.
Arthur’s expression grew increasingly grim. His brows furrowed deeply, and he remained silent for a long moment before finally speaking, “Harry, you acted too impulsively.”
Harry’s face remained emotionless as he met his father’s gaze. “So you’re saying I should’ve just stood by and watched my own sister get tortured without doing anything?”
Arthur didn’t answer right away. Instead, he let out a heavy sigh. “This was a reckless move. Ending our partnership with the Connor Group only hurts the Jackson Group.”
As if to confirm his words, his phone rang again.
After answering the call, his expression darkened further. “Harry, because of your decision, the Jackson Group has lost 300 million dollars.”
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Harry’s fingers twitched slightly. His lips parted as if to say something, but in the end, he simply pressed them into a tight line, remaining silent.
Meanwhile, Belinda had already lost her composure. She paced anxiously, wringing her hands. “What do we do now? How do we fix this?”
Arthur let out a slow, steady breath. “The only solution is to restore our partnership with the Connor Group.”
With that, he dialed William’s number. As soon as the call connected, the air in the study grew thick with tension.
Arthur’s expression shifted constantly as the conversation went on–at times his brows were deeply furrowed, at others, they loosened slightly.
Finally, the call ended. He slowly lowered his phone.
Belinda, her voice laced with trembling anticipation, asked, “What did William say?”
Arthur’s expression was unreadable as he answered, “He’s willing to resume our partnership–on one condition, Camila must go to the hospital tomorrow and beg before Emily to apologize.”
At that moment, a voice suddenly cut through the heavy silence. “Camila, it’s so late… Why are you standing outside Harry’s study?” It was Agnes.
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