Chapter 14 You Were The One Behind All Of This

• “Yeah. My time is up, but I’m still perfectly fine, aren’t I?”
• Walt’s entire demeanor oozed of sarcasm.
• As soon as he spoke, his phone rang abruptly. It was his father calling.
• When the call connected, his father’s furious voice came from the other end.
• “You b******! Which big shot have you offended?”
• “The Wallace family is in trouble because of you. I’ll be d***ed if you’re not dead by the time I’m done giving you a beating!”
• What?
• Walt was stupefied. What the hell is going on?
• Before he could make sense of anything, the call ended with a loud crashing sound, as his father lost his temper and threw his phone onto the ground.
• Then, he received another call.
• “Sir, I have bad news. The loan contract of two hundred million that we’d signed last week was abruptly terminated by the bank!”
• “W... What? Why?”
• Walt exclaimed in shock.
• “The bank said that it’s over for the Wallace family and that if they’d given us a loan, they’d have to face grave consequences!”
• “F*** those pricks! They’re the ones who are going to be done for, not the Wallace family!”
• Walt angrily hung up the call, but his phone immediately rang with another call.
• His phone was bombarded by never ending calls
• “Mr. Wallace, something bad has happened. The fire safety department has said that we’ve failed the inspection and that they’re going to forcibly shut the factory down!”
• “Mr. Wallace, three of our suppliers have announced that they will no longer supply our company!”
• “Mr. Wallace, your father has been arrested by the police.”
• One bad news came after the other. Walt’s face paled slightly and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
• Beads of cold sweat had gathered across his forehead. A look of horror was sprawled across his face when he turned to stare at Alex in disbelief.
• “It’s you... It’s you, isn’t it?”
• “Aren’t you just a live-in son-in-law? How could you possibly have the power to pull this off?”
• Alex countered in an apathetic manner, “Remember what I’d said the day before? I said that I’d make you kneel and beg me for mercy today.”
• Thud!
• Walt’s legs gave out beneath him and he fell to his knees before Alex. A single text message from him had the ability to bring down the entire Wallace family. A power like that was simply terrifying.
• Walt was paralyzed with fear.
• He realized that he had messed with the wrong person.
• Alex Jefferson hid it so well!
• There’s definitely a force powerful beyond imagination that is supporting him from the shadows!
• “Alex... Mr. Jefferson... I made a mistake. I know it now. I was an ignorant fool, so please give me another chance!”
• Putting his hands together, he pleaded, “Please spare my family.”
• He kowtowed profusely while he begged, banging his forehead against the ground until it bled.
• Everyone present couldn’t believe their eyes.
• They stared at him wide-eyed, in disbelief with jaws that were hanging open.
• Alex Jefferson, a live-in son-in-law, was able to take down the entire Wallace family with merely a text message.
• Not only that, rather, the heir of the Wallace family, Walt Wallace, was on his knees, kowtowing as he begged Alex for mercy.
• They couldn’t help but wonder if Alex, their former class rep, was just a mere live-in son-in-law.
• Even Heather’s eyes had widened in shock.
• She fixated her eyes on her own husband who seemed so foreign to her now.
• Indeed, the current Alex was a completely unfamiliar person.
• She suddenly recalled that Alex had repeatedly insisted that he could give her thirty million to help the Jennings family.
• However, she couldn’t bring herself to believe him at that time, as she had thought that he was overestimating his capabilities.
• But now...
• Bitterness rose in her heart.
• She knew that even with their relationship of five years, it would be impossible to go back to how they were in the beginning after today.
• A cracked glass could never be restored to how it originally was.
• Just like how once a bucket of water toppled onto the ground, the droplets could never be recollected.
• A gap had already formed between them.
• A gap that could no longer be sealed.
• Concurrently, she was beside herself with rage.
• Alex had lied to her about his true powers.
• He would rather be a live-in son-in-law who was ridiculed by her mother every day than expose his true identity.
• This man was frightening and detestable!
• “Alex, no, Mr. Jefferson. No, Mr. Jefferson! Please spare my family. If you show us mercy, I’ll be your loyal dog from now on!”
• Walt was petrified.
• He was from a wealthy and influential family, and he had enjoyed the luxurious life that came with his status from a young age.
• Hence, he found it hard to adapt to his fall from grace.
• The worst part of it was that his father had been arrested by the police.
• He believed that one word from Alex would doom his father to a lifetime in prison.
• Whether he could survive in prison was entirely dependent on how generous Alex and the forces behind him were feeling.
• Adding on the fact that he had plotted to take revenge on Heather as well as humiliated Alex, would Alex never let him go?
• Of course not.
• Sure enough, a group of police officers rushed in just then.
• “Who is Walt Wallace?” One of the police officers asked.
• Fear coursed through Walt’s veins and he almost passed out from it.
• What he was most afraid of had come true!
• “Sir. Sir! Please, I beg you. We were once classmates, weren’t we? Please spare me. I promise I’ll do anything for you if you let me go!”
• Walt burst into tears. The blood from his forehead mixed with the tears streaming down his face, making him appear very unsightly.
• The others did not dare to move an inch upon seeing the police.
• “Take all of them in for investigation. I’m sure that you’ll find dirt on at least a handful of them.” Alex kicked Walt away and told the police.
• Weren’t these dear old classmates of mine having so much fun throwing insults at me earlier?
• Today, I’ll teach them all a lesson.
• The expressions of Alex’s former classmates turned ghastly when they heard what he had uttered.
• Alex had crushed the Wallace family like a bug, and they were nowhere as powerful as the Wallace family.
• “Alex, we were wrong. We should have never made fun of you. We don’t deserve to be called humans!”
• Many of them started to beg for leniency.
• Unfortunately for them, Alex did not have the slightest interest in their pleas. All he did was stand there in silence.
• The police officers were unfamiliar with Alex, but seeing as he spoke with such authority, they could instantly guess his identity.
• He must be the person who had set a target on the Wallace family, instigating this whole incident.
• Since significant figures were also involved in this, it went without saying that they would not dare to step on Alex’s toes.
• “Take all of them away.” The leading police officer ordered, and his subordinates swiftly escorted everyone out.
• Since the police did not know who Heather was, they were about to take her into custody.
• “She’s my wife,” Alex muttered tersely.
• The officer who was holding Heather jolted in shock and hastily released her.
• Heather felt as though she was dreaming when she saw everyone being taken into custody.
• Alex glanced at the blood that he had vomited earlier before turning on his heels to head out.
• “Alex!” Heather yelled through gritted teeth.
• Alex stopped in his tracks but did not turn around.
• “You were the one behind all of this, right?” Heather asked in a solemn voice.