Chapter 290

When Antern arrived at Valor Estate to collect the debt, the staff immediately informed Evelyn. Without hesitation, she summoned Adrian to the study for a full explanation. Adrian knew the incident couldn’t be swept under the rug any longer too many people had witnessed the scene and whispered behind closed doors. With a heavy sigh, he laid out every detail for his mother. Evelyn’s face flushed with fury, her voice sharp and tense. “This is a disaster, Adrian. A real disaster. How could you end up with such a liability as a partner? It’s not enough that she’s been disrupting the household constantly now she’s causing a scandal by storming Northwatch Estate? Does she really think we can afford to alienate the Northwatch family at a time like this? Has she even paused to consider how damaging this is to our reputation? Did she go there just to embarrass us?”