Chapter 520


    Chapter 520


    “Jason, how could you?!”


    Evadne’s mind buzzed with shock!


    Had it not been for Thaddeus’s timely embrace, she would have nearly copsed!


    “Is it true?! Jason confessed to everything?” Chief Roderick’s eyes sparkled with surprise as he flipped


    through the confession letter to confirm.


    “Yes, Chief. It’s all there in ck and white. Jason has admitted to assaulting Mr. Byron and causing


    him permanent injury. He’s confessed to the charges and is ready to face the consequences:


    This sudden turnaround was a windfall for the Chambers Group!


    For days there had been interrogators who rotated to put pressure on him non–stop. Any regr Joe


    would have cracked under the strain, but Jason was tough as nails, preferring tonguish in the gloom


    of his cell rather than bend the knee.


    So why on earth had he suddenly spilled the beans?


    What had happened to make him change his mind?


    “Evadne, are you alright? Thaddeus, seeing hisdy’s face drain of color, held her rigid waist even


    tighter, feeling his heart aching for her


    “Jason didn’t do it. Why would he confess?!”


    Evadne’s eyes reddened with anger and pain as she shook her head in disbelief, “Has he lost his


    mind? You don’t just confess to something like this! Is he so eager for a taste of prison food?!”


    “Exactly. You don’t just confess to something like this?


    Cedric squinted his eyes with a sly grin, teasing “Jason, as a top graduate from Elmsworth Law School,


    knows this better than anyone Ms. Evadne, why are you getting involved? What’s the fuss?”


    Evadne felt as if her heart had been stabbed and was throbbing with pain,


    In an instant, a lightning bolt of realization struck her, and everything made sense


    One hour earlier.


    Chief Roderick had done Cedric a favor by allowing him a secret visit with Jason ahead of time


    In the interrogation room, the two brothers sat facing each other, the atmosphere was tense to the


    breaking point.


    There was no sign of familial warmth, but a palpable and hostile stand–off.


    “Jason, look at yourself. What a mess you’ve made


    Cedric shook his head in mock dismay as he surveyed him, if mom and dad knew that you were facing


    years behind bars for the daughter of the Ashbourne family’s mistress, they’d be heartbroken How


    unfilial are you!”


    “Didn’t your masters keep you on a leash? You scampered over here to bark the moment they took


    their eyes off you?” Jason closed his eyes, not even wanting to look at him.


    Cedric chuckled, unfazed by the insult.


    “We’re brothers. Why should ite to this?”


    “Don’t talk to me about ‘brotherhood! It makes me sick”


    “Ha! Then let’s talk about something less nauseating something you’re interested in


    Cedric pulled out his phone, loaded up a video, and pushed it slowly towards Jason. Take a look.


    What’s this?”


    Upon hearing this, Jason frowned and lifted his eyelids to nce at the screen.


    The next second, his eyes widened in shock, and he shot up, mming his fist on the table. “Cedric


    What the hell are you trying to do?!”


    The video showed the scene from the party where Evadne and Thaddeus burst in. What happened


    afterward was


    self–exnatory.


    Then there was a clip of Cassius dealing with Byron, who by then had been beaten to a pulp and


    dragged along by President Ashbourne like a sack of potatoes. It was all clearly captured on camera


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    And throughout the entire sequence, Jason was conspicuously absent!


    He had been there, but in this video, he had been erased!


    “Evadne and Thaddeus are quite careful in their dealings. After assaulting Byron, they managed to


    delete the hotel’s surveince footage of them. But they overlooked one thing: if the deletion was done


    within a week, it could be restored by the right technical


    expertise.”


    A malevolent smile slowly spread across Cedric’s face, “Ah, and to restore the video, I had to fly out of


    the country to consult top hackers. It cost me a pretty penny, several hundred thousand dors. But,


    the results were satisfying”


    “Cedric you’re fabricating evidence! Aren’t you afraid of having yourw license revoked, or being


    investigated by the Department of Justice?” Jason’s face tensed with pale fury, with a vein on his


    forehead throbbing.


    “Fabricating evidence? Did I do that?”


    Cedric spread his hands with a sinister smile, “My dear brother, you were there. You know better than


    anyone who really hit Byron. In this video, it’s clear who did it–Evadne and Thaddeus. Who covered for


    them was the Ashbourne family’s eldest son, Cassius. When did you lift a finger? I must have missed


    that part.”


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    Jason felt as though his chest had been pierced, and he roared in rage, “Come at me if you dare! Don’t


    you darey a finger on thedy!”


    “Oh, there’s one more thing I should tell you.”


    Cedric’s fingers interlocked as he leaned in closer, his gaze cold and menacing. “Yourdy is on her


    way to save you. If I’m not mistaken, in her desperation, she’ll likely turn herself in and take all the


    me upon herself. That way, she can save you from this mess.”


    Jason shook his head in despair, every part


    part of his body aching with unbearable pain.


    “Either way, you or someone from the Ashbourne family will have to take the fall. After all, the video


    won’t lie, and Byron’s injuries won’t deceive. Jason, after everything you and yourdy have been


    through, you wouldn’t want to get her involved because of you, would you?