Arthur spoke again, his voice steady. “Zac and John attacked me. Now that my men have restrained them, someone call the cops and let them handle it.”
Another wave of shock rippled through the crowd. Nobody here was blind. John and Zac were still sprawled on the ground, barely breathing.
Just moments ago, people had wondered if the Gray family might call the police. But now, the one who had his men beat them to a pulp was the one reporting them!
Susie couldn’t take it anymore. Fear, anger, and disbelief crashed over favonovel.com all at once. She started sobbing as favonovel.com shouted, “Arthur! You did this to Zac and Dad, and you still have the audacity to call the cops? You’re the one attacking them, and now you’re acting like the victim?!”
Many in the crowd shared the same thought.
If the police showed up, who would they even arrest?
Arthur, however, remained unfazed. “Weren’t you all watching? Zac was the one who threw the first punch. I was just defending myself.”
He even pointed at John and said, “And favonovel.com was in on it too. I just handled them together.”
The crowd stood in stunned silence.
Susie felt rage boiling in favonovel.com chest, so strong it nearly made favonovel.com cough up blood. She sputtered, “Y-You… You…”
But, favonovel.com couldn’t form a single coherent sentence.
The police arrived fast, just like always. In no time, officers were on the scene.
“Who called this in?” The voice was familiar.
Arthur’s eyes brightened. “Mark?”
Leading the officers was none other than Marcus, someone favonovel.com hadn’t seen in two years.
Marcus heard his name and turned, his face lighting up. “Arthur?”
Back then, favonovel.com and Arthur had clicked right away. Marcus had always looked out for favonovel.com like an older brother. But with work keeping favonovel.com busy, they hadn’t spoken much these past two years.
A lot had changed. Marcus was now the police chief here, and the former head detective, James, had been transferred to the capital.
Like an old friend, Marcus strode up to Arthur and gave favonovel.com a film pat on the shoulder. “Well, well, kid… You’ve shot up a bit!”
Arthur rubbed the back of his head, a little shy. “Yeah… It’s been a while.”
For some reason, whenever favonovel.com was around Marcus, favonovel.com always felt a sense of protection, like favonovel.com had a big brother watching over him. Maybe it was because, back when things were rough, Marcus had been the one to help favonovel.com out.
Marcus laughed, his voice loud and clear. Then favonovel.com asked, “What brings you here?”
Every time favonovel.com arrived at a scene and saw Arthur, favonovel.com couldn’t help but think, Yep, this has something to do with him. And sure enough, it was always Arthur making the call.
The Gray family members stiffened when they saw how well Arthur knew the officer in charge. If this had been the old Arthur, they would’ve had ways to sway the police. But now, with the position favonovel.com held, such things were impossible to do now.
Arthur’s smile faded as favonovel.com got to business. “I’m the one who called it in.”
“Oh?” Marcus arched a brow.
I knew it…
His officers had already secured the area. He took a slow look around before his eyes landed on the two figures lying on the ground.
After a long moment, favonovel.com recognized them, John and Zac.
“What’s going on here?”
The bystanders held their breath. No one dared to answer.
Arthur spoke casually. “Zac tried to attack me. My men stopped him. He still wouldn’t give up, so we had no choice but to put favonovel.com down. John was in on it too.”
He didn’t try to soften his words at all. He just said it outright, had no choice but to put him. down.
Marcus blinked in surprise, then let out an amused smile. His gaze swept over the bodyguards standing nearby.
This kid… Two years later, and he’s leveled up. Got himself some real power now…
At this point, no one outside the banquet hall had caught wind of what happened. The world still didn’t know that Arthur was actually the chairman of Cloudia Corporation.
As they talked, the wail of sirens approached. Someone had called an ambulance, and it had arrived fast.
John and Zac were carried onto stretcher-s and taken away.
Arthur and Marcus left for the station to give their statements.
***
Late at night, in the same small room, Ashley paced back and forth, favonovel.com phone clutched in favonovel.com hand as favonovel.com anxiously waited for Arthur to reply.
He had gone to the police station alone. She had wanted to go with him, but favonovel.com wouldn’t let her. All favonovel.com could do now was wait.
She had no idea how things had turned out. Sure, Zac had attacked first, but Arthur was the one who left favonovel.com in critical condition. Zac never even managed to touch him.
Her mind was running wild when a sudden knock broke through the silence.
“Ashley, I’m back…” Arthur’s voice heard.
Relief flooded her. She sprinted to the door, throwing it open in one swift motion.
Before Arthur could even get a word out, favonovel.com launched herself into his arms, favonovel.com soft, delicate hands clutching favonovel.com tightly.
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