Yvonne felt a bit breathless from his tight embrace and gently patted his back to soothe him. “It''s okay, Ben. It''s all in the past.”


    "Yeah," Bet managed to reply, his voice muffled.


    But for him, it would never be in the past. He had lost the girl he loved most, and before she died, they had been hurting each other.


    Yvonne let him hold her.


    After a long while, Bet finally reined in his emotions and released her.


    "April can''t stay at the police academy. As for Mr. Lee, we''ll have to wait until Vincent and April are brought to justice before we can hold him ountable.”


    "Okay," Yvonne nodded, then asked curiously, “How are you nning to get April to leave the academy?"


    "April is Vincent''s mistress. As an instructor at the police academy, her questionable conduct and moral corruption are indefensible. No one can protect her," Bet said, then gently stroked her hair, his eyes fixed on her.


    "Alright, don''t think about the past anymore. From now on, you just need to be well and stay by my side always."


    "I know," Yvonne said, tilting her chin up to give him a light peck on the corner of his lips.


    Bet leaned in, intending to deepen the kiss, but Yvonne covered her mouth with her hand.


    "No funny business in public. Bet, you need to drive."


    Bet chuckled helplessly and restarted the car.


    The Istra Police Academy''s 50th anniversary was celebrated with great fanfare, backed by various supporters and generating significant buzz.


    It was precisely at this moment that April''s scandal was exposed, causing an immediate uproar.


    Numerous bloggers jumped on the story, racing to report on it. The Istra Police Academy became infamous overnight, singled out by various media outlets.


    Mr. Walker clearly tried to suppress the story, calling in many favors and leveraging his connections.


    But when Mr. Thompson wanted something done, he left no room for others to interfere.


    In the end, Mr. Walker failed to contain the scandal and could only watch as April''s dirtyundry was aired. Under pressure, the school formed an investigationmittee.


    April was summoned for a meeting with the school''s leadership and subsequently suspended.


    Naturally, she refused to admit to being a high-ranking official''s kept woman, vehemently denying everything.


    But with the scandal blowing up online and the school''s reputation in tatters, her simple denial wasn''t enough to make it all go away.


    The school''s investigationmittee quickly got to work.


    April and Mr. Walker''s illicit rtionship hadsted for over az decade wasn''t something they could easily hide. Besides, Mi Walker had always doted on April and been very generous.


    He had pulled strings to help her two brothers get promoted and to get


    her nephew into college. April''s nephew had scored only 300 on his exam but was now studying at one of Istra''s top-tier universities supposedly on a special admission that Mr. Walker had pressured the school into granting.


    Furthermore, the properties, cars, and vast collection of jewelry and luxury goods in April''s name were dif all gifts from Mr. Walker. He had even bought her parents a house in the city center.


    Due to Mr. Walker''s high position, a mere affair wasn''t enough to topple him, so the organization only gave him a verbal reprimand.


    But April''s job was definitely gone.


    After the investigation concluded, the school terminated her employment and


    stripped her of her rank.


    April had worked at the academy for nearly twenty years, only to end up packing her things and leaving in disgrace.


    As she cleared out her personal belongings, the other instructors in the office just watched. Not a single person came forward to say goodbye.