Chapter 348


    Chapter 348 Throwing Him Under the Bust


    Kevin did want to be their scapegoat. The more he pondered the situation, the more rmed he became.


    “Dad! You can’t be thinking about throwing me under the bus, right? I’m your son–in–


    “Why would you ever think that, Kevin? I couldn’t possibly bear to make you the scapegoat! What would


    happen to Jessica if the authorities arrested you?” Saul assured with a chuckle.


    He did not mean it, of course.


    With how influential the Masseys were now, plenty of people would love to marry Jessica.


    Still, Saul did not intend to let Kevin take the fall unless it was theirst resort.


    “Thanks, Dad! I was worried for a second there,” Kevin said with a sigh of relief.


    But from that point onward, he had his guard up against Jessica and Saul.


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    The two of them were vicious. They had not been backed into a corner yet, but once their lives


    were at stake, they would certainly throw him under the bus!


    Kevin knew it was time to n for his own future.


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    If he continued to follow the Massey family’s orders blindly, he could very up being their scapegoat.


    “We h


    haven’t even said anything yet, loser, and you’re already scared stiff. Why did I marry someone so useles


    s?” Jessica scoffed in contempt.


    Kevin dared not rebuke her insults.


    The Masseys were more powerful than the Copnds now, so all he could do was put up with


    the verbal abuse.


    Despite being ridiculed, his silence only served to make Jessica look down on him even more.


    He was such a loser.


    “Dad, who do you think we should make the scapegoat?” Jessica asked.


    “Eric, of course! He’s the most suitable person!” Saul dered with a smile.


    Jessica’s eyes brightened at once.


    “You’re absolutely right! Eric’s the one who’s been handling everything. We, the Masseys,


    had no idea what he was up to! That’s settled. If they investigate the family, we’ll just pin the me on hi


    m! Once he’s gone, nothing will happen to us,” Jessica dered gleefully.


    Eric was merely a distant cousin of hers, and for the sake of protecting the Massey family, they had to sa


    crifice him.


    “Exactly. When the timees, we’ll just pretend to be unaware of the situation. We’ll say that Eric starte


    d the loan shark business on his own.


    “It has nothing to do with us. That way, even if the authorities investigate us, they won’t find evidence aga


    inst us!” Saul added with a smug smile.


    “Hahaha! This is such a great idea, Dad!”


    Jessica and Saul exchanged looks before chortling happily.


    Meanwhile, Kevin felt chills running down his spine.


    Why had he never realized just how cruel and merciless Saul and Jessica were?


    They would disregard the lives of others for the sake of their best interests.


    Without their support, how could Eric have dared to run illegal operations in Soutke City? He was mer


    ely one of their distant rtives!


    At the end of the day, they had been using Eric as a pawn all along. Now that they ran into a crisis, they


    wanted to abandon him and shove all the me on him.


    Although Kevin was disgruntled, he did not say anything. He would be a fool to stand up for Eric at this ti


    me. If Eric did no


    be the scapegoat, he would probably be the one who took


    the fall!


    “Why are you just standing there?” Jessica snapped as she shot Kevin a contemptuous nce.”


    Get Eric here.”


    “Got it. I’ll bring him over right away,” Kevin said with a nod.


    He went off and did as told.


    “Mr. Massey, Ms. Massey,” Eric greeted respectfully.


    He behaved obediently in front of the Masseys.


    If he wanted to establish himself in Soutke City, he had to butter up to Saul and Jessica.


    “Do you know why I called you over, Eric?” Saul asked as he eyed the clueless Eric.


    The look on Saul’s face gave Eric an ominous feeling.


    “Are you refusing to admit your wrongdoings, Eric? You’ve been using the Massey family’s influence to b


    ully innocent people and break thew! The authorities are about to investigate you now. Are you not goi


    ng to repent?” Saul abruptly shouted.


    Eric was dumbfounded. What was going on?


    Still in a daze, Eric said, “Mr. Massey, I did everything under your orders. If not for you, I would never dar


    e to-”


    “Silence! When did I ever tell you to engage in any sort of criminal activity? The Masseys have always be


    en decent and upright members of society!


    “You did those shady dealings on your own ord! They have nothing to do with the Masseys! How dare


    you try to frame us?” Saul roared.


    “What…”


    But in an instant, Eric realized what was happening. Saul was trying to make him the scapegoat for the M


    “What do you have to say for yourself? I let you handle some of the family’s businesses because I trusted


    “Hahaha. I see how it is! Do you two have any decency? Everything I did was under your orders, but now


    has gone wrong, you’re trying to make me your scapegoat, huh? How cunning of you!” Eric scoffed.


    “That’s right. We n on letting you take the fall, Eric. We’ll hand you over to the authorities so that you ca


    Saul was midway through his sentence when Eric cut him off.


    “In your dreams!” he bellowed. “You’re a monster, Saul. You want me to take the


    fall, huh? Well, if I go down, I’m taking all of you down with me!


    “I’ll expose all of the Massey family’s crimes! Since you want to ruin my life, I’ll make yours at living hell, to


    Eric was once a street thug. He was no pushover!


    If the Masseys were going to treat him this way, he would not hold back either.


    He could always tell the authorities everything. Perhaps his confession could lead to a more


    lenient sentence.


    He did not care what would happen to the Massey family after that.


    “Take us down with you, eh? You wish! Whether you like it or not, you’re going to take the me for this. I


    “Even if you don’t care about yourself, I’m sure you care about your wife and family, right?” Saul threatene


    Eric froze.


    He abruptly realized he had been tricked this whole time.


    He did everything the Masseys asked of him. But now that they ran into a crisis, Saul was abandoning him


    “Saul, you bastard! You’re a monster! How can you even think of such a vile thing to do?” Eric fumed.


    “You don’t have


    a choice. If you agree to take the fall, you’ll still get to spend the rest of your life in prison. But if you don’t,


    smugly.


    Eric sank into despair.