Besides, Noah was there. It wasn''t certain if his family was involved, too.


    If several major families teamed up, they really could bring down the Wright family.


    Aurora Williams never thought she''d see the day she was dragged down by Ste Cameron.


    She said softly, "Wright, believe me, I would never harm Eason.


    The Gardner family gave The Williams Group that favorable contract because of Ste, not because of us..."


    Aurora wanted to say more, but Lady Wright''s hysterical wails came through the phone.


    "Eason, my son!"


    Aurora''s heart sank. She had a terrible feeling.


    "Eason is..."


    Before Princess Wright could speak, Aurora heard a doctor''s somber voice on the other end of the line.


    "Mr. Wright, Lady Wright, we did everything we could. Please ept our condolences."


    Princess Wright''s phone fell to the floor.


    She didn''t have time to talk to Aurora. She threw herself onto Eason''s body, sobbing


    in utter despair.


    "Brother, I''m so sorry... I''m the one who got you killed..."


    King Wright looked devastated, staggering back several steps.


    In an instant, he seemed to have aged ten years.


    Seeing Princess Wright kneeling by Eason''s bed, weeping, King Wright was ovee with fury.


    He raised his hand and pped Princess Wright hard across the face, knocking her to the ground.


    "If you hadn''t gone and gotten involved with that troublesome woman from the Williams family, Eason wouldn''t be dead!


    She didn''t just seduce Eason; she seduced the head of the Gardner family, too.


    It''s possible the head of the Gardner family found out Eason wanted to marry Aurora, and in a fit of rage, he eliminated his rival!


    Others might not be capable of such a thing, but the Gardners absolutely are!"


    Princess Wright cried and tried to exin something, but she was too far away for Aurora to hear clearly.


    All she could make out was the sound of crying, frantic footsteps, and King Wright''s furious shouts.


    Aurora silently hung up the phone, her face an unprecedented shade of pale fury.


    She had always maintained an elegant image, but at this moment, she could no longer keep up appearances.


    Although Jonathan and Coleman Williams didn''t know what had


    happened, they had pieced together some of it from the conversation


    between Aurora and Princess


    Wright.


    Coleman couldn''t help but ask, "What happened? Did Ste cause trouble again?"


    Aurora''s face was grim. "Eason is dead."


    Jonathan and Coleman were both stunned. "What?!"


    Aurora practically ground her teeth.


    "Joshua Gardner killed Eason. Now, King Wright thinks we conspired with Joshua to have Eason killed."


    Coleman said in disbelief, "Are you serious? They think we teamed up with Joshua?"


    "That favorable contract Joshua


    vel


    signed with us a while ago has


    be the evidence of our


    alliance," Aurora said tly leaves me with no way to defend myself


    At this, Aurora looked as if she''d thought of something absurdly funny.


    "King Wright also thinks Joshua killed Eason for me."


    She had done absolutely nothing, yet she was inexplicably taking the fall for Joshua and Ste, earning the Wrights'' hatred.


    Thinking of the things King Wright had shouted about her over the phone, Aurora felt


    a sense of indignation she had never experienced before.


    Coleman grasped the key point of the matter, his brow furrowed.


    "So, King Wright is ming you for everything, while Ste, the one who Started it all, gets to just cently disappear from the picture?"