Chapter: 358
“What do you know? What I have is true love for Sheila, a love that can’t be compared with anyone else!”
Xavier retorted angrily.
“True love? If it really was true love as you proclaimed, why’d you have to kidnap Miss Murray in the first place?” Dustin snorted.
“What the fuck are you talking about, kid?” Xavier scowled.
“Miss Murray had been attacked twice, and your timing was right on the dot, which meant that someone secretly tipped you off. And as for the Serpent Love Charm and the Spider Venom you put inside the Four Scoundrel’s bodies, they both came from the same person. So, I’ve concluded that you have close ties to the Four Scoundrels,” Dustin explained as a matter of factly.
“What a load of bullshit!” Xavier yelled in response.
“If you really did nothing wrong as you claimed, then would there still be any need to kill the man off just now?
Dustin threw the question back.
“I–I was just worried about Sheila’s safety, which is why I struck him with my full power!” Xavier explained stubbornly.
“Is that so? We still have a survivor here, so what say we call them up to ask them their side of the story?” Dustin said before picking up a badly injured Wade with one hand.
It was a good thing Wade was still semi–alive and not completely out of the picture yet.
“That’s enough! Everything ends here, right now!” Claudia shouted all of a sudden.
“Didn’t you want me to state my case just now? Why the change of mind now?” Dustin snickered.
“You’d better quit it now if you know what’s good for you, Dustin! Tearing each other apart like this won’t benefit anyone. Besides, this matter should be kept between the three of us and our families. We’ll come up with the best way to deal with this, so we certainly don’t need any outsiders butting into our business now!” Claudia roared at Dustin.
The Murray family, Doyle family, and Horst family had always been longtime friends. The three families were basically married to one another as their interests were intertwined. If one of them went down, then the rest would go down together too.
Thus, if the scandal got out today, then it wouldn’t just be the Horst family’s reputation that would be damaged, but the Murray family and the Doyle family too.
Therefore, even if it were at Sheila’s awkward expense right now, they had to cease all questioning. immediately.
“Wait, this guy’s rotten to the core, and yet you still insist on helping him? Have you ever considered Sheila’s feelings?” Ruth yelled back in frustration.
“Shut up, you don’t have the right to butt into our business!” Claudia spat in disgust.
“Why you-” Just as Ruth was about to explode in fury again, Dustin stopped her by putting his hand in front of her.
“Just let it go already. She’s right; it’s their own steaming heap of shit to take care of. It has nothing to do with us.”
“But what about Sheila?” Ruth frowned. The two of them had a good thing going, so she did not want her best friend to suffer like this.
“I’ll be fine, Ruth. I’ve decided to leave this matter in the hands of my father,” Sheila said as she forced out at smile.
Even though she said that, she secretly knew that her father would take Xavier’s side out of his great fondness for him.
When one was born into a wealthy family, joy wasn’t as much of a significant consideration as the family’s interests.