Chapter <b>269 </b>
John let out a cold <bugh</b>. “And who else could his woman be If not you?”
Charlotte snapped, <b>“</b><b>You </b>seriously don’t see all the tabloid headlines? He’s been unting his rtionship with some actress all over the media. Are you blind? Why are youing after me?
There was a pause before <b>John’s </b><b>voice </b>turned <b>even </b>colder. “<b>You </b>really don’t know? Sean only broke off the engagement to keep you out of this mess.
Charlotte scoffed. “Wow, that’s generous of him. He’s already gone <b>public </b>with that actress, and you’re still here wasting your time on me?”
A smirk tugged at John’s lips, and he let out a soft chuckle, “Miss Wiley, are you really that clueless, or are you just pretending?
<b>COUSI </b>
Charlotte froze, her eyes widening in disbelief. “<b>What </b>did you just say?”
That actress? She’s his
John’s voice wasced with mocking disdain. “I don’t know whether topliment your acting skills or apud : Sean Jasper for shielding you so well.”
Contusion clouded Charlotte’s <b>face</b>. “<b>What </b>are <b>you </b>talking about?”
As Joseph’s personal bodyguard, John rarely acted on his own. But ever since Chester’s arrest, their operation had taken a major hit. The assassins sent after Sean had either been killed or crippled. Now, in all of Jersey City, Joseph barely had anyone left to rely on
John hade on Joseph’s orders to absct Charlotte With her tied up, injured, andpletely cut off from the outside world, escape was impossible. And once she <bnded </b><b>in </b>Joseph’s <b>hands</b><b>, </b>she wasn’t likely to make it out alive.
Since <b>she </b>was as good as dead, John figured there <b>was </b>no harm in <b>telling </b>her the truth.
“You really didn’t know, huh?” he <b>said</b>. “Alter you almost got yourself killed just by being with Sean, and your dad nearly died because of it too<b>, </b>Sen decided to end things. He figured if you stayed with him, you’d be next. So, be staged a falte scandal with that actress and broke up with you.”
John wasn’t lying. In fact, even <b>he </b><b>and </b>Joseph had fallen for it at first. They genuinely <b>believed </b>Sen had moved on. After all, a spoiled heir dating a starlet was nothing unusual.
The Jasper family yed it smart. They didn’t even tell Vivian, their adopted daughter.
Even she had no idea why Sean and Charlotte had broken up
Not long ago, Chester slipped up while running an errand for Joseph <b>and </b>got caught by Sean’s men. The police stepped <b>in </b><b>and </b>arrested him, and with the Jasper family’s backing, they also raided the dozens ofpanies under Chester’s <b>control</b>.
Thosepanies, though under Chester’s name, were all part of Joseph’s moneyunderingwork,
Chester <b>now </b>faced multiple charges and had been formally arrested. It was only a quatter of time before he received a heavy sentence–possibly life, maybe even the death penalty.
The damage was done. Joseph had lost nearly everything and couldn’t survive much longer in Jersey City.
y were already preparing to flee back to Antis.
They
But before leaving, Joseph needed revenge.
He had already sent people after Sean several times, but all attempts had failed.
Cut of options, he turned his attention to Charlotte,
noid by nature, had started to think over everything again. The breakup between Sean and Charlotte didn’t sit right with him. Something