Chapter 1343
Cooper remained calm.
He was the one who killed Clive!
He didn’t think his actions were unjust.
He wouldn’t cover up if he wanted to kill someone, but he was not willing to be arrested so easily!
Neither he nor Linus said a word. They were not afraid of being under everyone’s gaze, but they chose
not to speak and left all the talking to theirwyer.
All of a sudden, Sophia rushed out from the crowd.
“Dad! Linus!”
Her tearful voice crushed Cooper’s heart.
A sobbing Sophia ran over and held onto him with worry and fear all over her face because he had
been handcuffed. He quickly consoled, “Don’t cry, darling. Don’t be scared. I will be fine. It’s just a small
problem, but it will be resolved soon.”
“Dad…” She felt the icy handcuffs on his wrist; it was so cold that it pierced through her bones.
Cooper was taken into the police car, but he was still smiling at her. “It’s okay, darling. I’ll be back
before you know it.”
Beside him, Linus was even moreposed. He reassured, “It’s okay. Dad and I will be back soon.”
However, Sophia only continued to sob.
There was nothing she could do except watch Cooper and Linus get taken away in front of her.
She knew that Cooper’s sudden arrest was not solely because of the recent incident and that many
other things were also at y. Lucy had once reminded her.
It looked like Jordan’s n had been long premeditated. Even if it wasn’t for the incident this time, he
would have found something else to frame Cooper for.
Furthermore, he had found and teamed up with a number of forces to oppose Cooper. It was not that
simple this time around.
A person had silently gone up to stand beside Sophia and was watching her cry.
She looked so helpless and weak.
It reminded him of himself in the past; he was once that helpless too. During that cold night on Salvador
Ind, both of them held onto each other for warmth.
He longed to hold her just like he did back then, but it was no longer possible now.
At that moment, a car stopped at the entrance and Michael rushed out of it. When Sophia saw him, she
let out a wail and buried herself in his arms.
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“It’s okay. It won’t be for long. Dad and Linus wille home soon. Thewyers are already there.”
Michael looked at Quinton who was standing not too far behind Sophia.
While he was working overtime at the filming sitest night, no one told him about what had happened.
Sophia must have figured that it was a small matter and that it was not worth bothering him with.
Quinton is quite skilled, but I don’t me him for this. Even if this incident had not happened, Jordan
would have thought of other ways to bring Cooper and Linus down. Not to mention, that fe deserved
to die.
Nheless, things were not looking up for them. The other party was being very aggressive. Michael
also knew that this was not going to be that simple.
“We have the bestwyer. Dad and Linus will be out soon.”
As he wasforting Sophia, he also made a call on his phone.
As if Jordan wanted to prove his determination to crush Cooper, bad news continued to pour in in the
following days.
Firstly, problems kepting one after the other at the Michel Group. In Africa, the Michel Industries’
headquarters were ambushed repeatedly and several people in charge were killed. Some projects
were left without a leader, causing chaos within thepany. Additionally, several of their business
partners canceled their partnerships all of a sudden which onlyplicated things further.
At the Michel Family’s home in Europe, an urgent elders’ council was convened to find various reasons
to dismiss Cooper from his post in the family and in the business. The family sent someone to take
charge of the business in Africa. It seemed like they wanted to take this chance to remove the father
and son duo from thepany for good.
In Cethos, both Dragon Technology Corporation and JNS Group fell into the midst of a tax turmoil.
Someone had reported them for tax evasion, putting the audit department under investigation.
Furthermore, Asco International was also reported.
The other party wanted to eradicate Cooper and the forces working behind him as well!
Because predicaments in Africa, Europe, and Cethos were all happening at the same time, it was
undoubtedly driving Sophia insane.
After attacking them from the economical and legal side of things, the other party began to attack them
with public opinion.
The Bishops participated in various interviews as the victim’s family. Filled with tears in front of the
camera, theymented over their son’s tragic death, how cruel Cooper was, the injustice of their son’s
death, and the darkness of this world.
It almost seemed as though the media received the same press release at the same time and began
attacking Cooper and Linus all over their websites. They described him as a ‘war criminal’ and a
‘warlord with fresh blood on his hands’.
They even went as far as to put him next to truly infamous war criminals in history with the intention of
writing him down in history so that future generations would also be aware of his wrongdoings.
The public exploded with rage. Everywhere they looked, be it on their phones or in the newspaper,
people were only talking bad about Cooper.
Indeed, Cooper didmit a number of improper acts in the past. For example, he took part in
supporting upheavals and took the chance to sell munitions during wartime. In ces that were
gued with epidemics, he deliberately sold special drugs at a higher cost.
But, among arms dealers, there was not a person who had truly clean hands as they would have gotten
some blood on their hands at some point.
In just a short time, everyone was talking about Cooper. Whenever they did, it also seemed like they
wanted tosh out at the sinful and violent arms boss.
Sophia was copsing under all the work she had to do. Every day, she had to deal with all sorts of
inspections. Cooper and Linus had been in there for two days now, and it felt like the whole world was
turned upside down.
But, even if they were in there for an hour, the other party would also cause a multitude of disruptions
within that hour.
Michael was also buried deep in work that his shadow was nowhere in sight. The sudden turn of events
left the both of them at a loss for what to do. They were working around the clock every day.
On the third day since Cooper and Linus were arrested, Sophia hurried over to Maddie’s unit.
Using public opinion to attack Cooper was simply a way for the other party to use the pressure from
people’s opinions as leverage, but Sophia could not just sit by and let that happen.
She also had an idea for dealing with the media, but she had to have a discussion about it with Maddie
first.
To her surprise, when she arrived at the entrance of Maddie’s unit and got out of the car, she saw
several familiar faces walk out of the ce.
The two parties happened to run into each other.
Her haggardplexion suddenly turned cold.
But, she quickly unted a smile and greeted him politely.
“It’s such a coincidence to see you here, Mr. Edwards.”
Jordan had seemingly just noticed her and also had the same surprised look on his face. “Oh, look; it’s
Cooper’s daughter. What a coincidence. What brings you here?”
Sophia pushed her sses up. “I’m here to see a friend.”
“Oh! I heard your dad and brother are in a bit of a bindtely. How is that going? Do you need my
help?”
Shaking her head, she let out a modest and respectful smile. “It’s a minor problem. I don’t want to
bother you with it, Mr. Edwards.”
He nodded and said, “Okay, that’s good. I still have somewhere to be, so I will get going now.”
After the two rows of people brushed past her, the smile on her face immediately disappeared.
Jordan, don’t think you can run away unscathed this time!