Chapter 552
Chapter 552 I’m Not Gonna Sign This
Seeing that the man was still unrepentant, Callum mmed the document on the desk with a frosty
gleam in his eyes, saying, “I’m not gonna sign this.”
All at once, Arthur flew into a rage and stopped ying nice with Callum altogether. “Callum, don’t you
dare be so cheeky with me! I’m only willing to negotiate a coboration with you now because I still
think of you as my brother! You’ve made so many enemies before who can’t wait to kill you! Do you
actually think they’ll let you off if the Winthrop Group falls into the hands of another plutocrat?” He
sounded like he sincerely had Callum’s interests in mind.
Callum sneered while looking at the man inplete disappointment. “Arthur, you don’t have to hide
your motives with such a high-sounding excuse. You’re just coveting the Winthrop Family’s fortune and
wanting to have the Winthrop Group to yourself while you’re at it.”
Arthur retorted, “Don’t push it, Callum! It’s fine as long as I’m well-intentioned. Everything else is none
of your business. What qualifies you to me others after leading the Winthrop Group into such a
state?” He looked down condescendingly at Callum with the air of a victor. Callum’s smart, but it’s a pity
that something addled his brain and made him bring such a miserable end upon himself.
“I’m gonna ask you onest question.”
Arthur frowned. “Shoot! Stop wasting our time.” He just wanted to get the contract signed with no
intention of touching on everything else.
“Do you know about Max’s ident at the car race?” Arthur’s eyes flickered, but his face gave nothing
away. “I know that, of course. I hosted that car race, after all.”
“Did you have a hand in his death?” Arthurughed instead of getting angry. “Callum, do you actually
suspect I’d kill my own brother?”
Callum replied, “There’s nothing you’re afraid of doing, no? You even dared to frame me despite me
being your brother. You really think you’ve left no trace of what you did?” With that, he pped his
hands, upon which Harper carried a man over and threw him inside.
“Ouch!” cried the man in pain while lying on the floor. After rolling over a few times, he finally realized
that he was surrounded by people. Startled, he got up immediately.
Arthur’s face darkened the instant he saw the man. Callum said, “So, Mr. Head of the Organizing
Committee, tell me how Max died.”
Having been threatened and oppressed in every way possible, the man dared not lie at this very
moment, of course. Making a clean breast of everything, he answered, “I really didn’t want to do this! It
was Arthur who used my family to threaten me into tampering with Max’s car. I… I really didn’t mean to
kill him!”
“You *sshole,” was all Arthur could mutter menacingly after a long time.
The man held his breath in fear. Obviously, he was too scared to speak after turning Arthur in.
“Do you know what kind of price you’ll have to pay for framing me?” Arthur said, threatening the man
both explicitly and implicitly with a deliberate emphasis on the word ‘price.’
However, such a threat didn’t work anymore. Elspeth said impassively, “Stop intimidating him. I’ve had
his family moved to somewhere safe, so your threats aren’t gonna work on him.”
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With his ns going out of control, Arthur’s countenance finally changed for the first time. “So what?
You guys actually have the mind to worry about other things when the Winthrop Group’s in great peril
right now?” He let out a snort ofughter. “Callum, I’d suggest that you pretend to know nothing.
Otherwise, I can’t guarantee what I’ll do to the Winthrop Group.” In other words, he was threatening to
make them feel sorry for it if they refused to let the matter drop.
Callum said, “I’m probably not the one who cares the most about this. Arthur, I never thought you’d
actuallyy a hand on Max, who was usually the most innocent, just to satisfy your pathetic self-
interests. You’re so disgusting; someone like you should just go to hell.” Then, he threw a nce at the
door with an inscrutable expression. “Do you understand everything now?”
Not knowing to whom Callum was saying this, Arthur followed his gaze and looked back, only to realize
two figures were standing at the door. He couldn’t be more familiar with them—they were none other
than Edmund and ke. ke had disbelief written all over his face, whereas Edmund felt a chill
running down his spine.
Having a bad feeling at once, Arthur curled his fingers behind his back and sent out a few text
messages.
Though he had a bit of a sharp tongue, Edmund’s image had always been that of a noble and self-
restrained gentleman. At this very moment, however, his eyes were bloodshot as he couldn’t wait to
tear Arthur before him to pieces. “I really never thought you’d actually do such a thing!” he snapped.
“Arthur, he’s our brother! Even if he’s not rted to you by blood, you shouldn’t haveid a hand on
him!” Like Arthur, Edmund wasn’t a biological son of the Winthrop Family, so he could understand
Arthur’s gloomy personality. That being said, he could never forgive Arthur for what he had done to
Max. “I previously suspected that Callum was trying to kill everyone who might vie with him for the
Winthrop Family’s fortune… Little did I think it was your doing, you son of a b*tch!” He punched Arthur
in the face, breaking the man’s gold-rimmed sses to pieces and knocking them to the floor.
Looking rather pathetic without his sses, Arthur staggered and held onto his assistant next to him for
support.
The assistant was afraid, but she nheless straightened up and stepped forward out of her desire to
protect her employer, only for Edmund to seize her by the throat. “I’ve never hit a woman, but I don’t
mind making an exception,” he said.
Frightened by his words, the assistant instantly dodged to one side. Edmund grabbed Arthur by the
cor with a murderous look in his eyes. “Arthur, why did you have to kill Max? Tell me!”
“Haha! Why would I kill our adorable little brother? It was his fault for being impetuous. He sped up his
car recklessly for that woman’s sake… Car racing is risky in the first ce, you know, so an ident
like that happening wasn’t totally unexpected—”
His words sounded particrly vicious.
Edmund’s eyes were aze with rage, but he couldn’t say anything to refute the man.
“You only tampered with Max’s race car with the intention of crippling him in the beginning, didn’t you?”
Elspeth said, revealing the secret truth while standing near them.
The smile on Arthur’s face froze instantly. Elspeth was right; indeed, that was what he had intended in
the beginning. Knowing full well that Max and Callum were close, he had only intended to have Max
crippled during the car race so that he would have one less person making trouble when he seized the
Winthrop Group.
His heart did aplete somersault when he watched from the audience and saw Max elerate the
car. The head of the organizingmittee called him, saying in a trembling voice that Max would die
sooner orter if this went on.
However, there was already no turning back at this point, so he gave the order to have the race car
destroyed if anything were to happen to Max. It wasn’t like he was immune to the sight of Max lying in a
pool of blood; it was just that these things weren’t worth mentioningpared to his ambitions. Still, he
fell into a momentary trance when the truth was revealed in such a brutal manner.
Seeing that he was beyond redemption, Elspeth shook her head, saying, “Arthur, you’re the one who
really should reflect on what you’ve done. To tell you the truth, the Winthrop Group is totally fine, but
you’re going to be in trouble.”
Upon hearing this, Arthur instantly came to his senses, realizing that all of this was a trap that they
were luring him into.