Chapter 53.

Chris was completely dumbfounded to be pointed out by

Edward. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected Edward to do so. He

didn't do anything, but somehow he got involved. "Tell me honestly, did

you have anything to do with my dad's death?" Edward glared and shouted.

"No! It had nothing to do with me! I don't know anything!" Chris shook

his head in fear, cold sweat dripping down his forehead. "You don't know,

or you don't want to tell?" Edward narrowed his eyes menacingly. "Mr.

Spanner, I really have no idea! This is all a misunderstanding!" Chris

started to plead, every inch of his body was begging for mercy. Although

he knew Edward was taking the opportunity to settle their personal

grudge, he couldn't say a word. "Huh! It seems like you won't spill

without some pressure. Come, beat him up!" Edward ordered, and two

officers immediately took action. "Wait!" James suddenly stopped them.

"Do you know who he is? He's Chris Nolan of Nolan Pharmaceuticals! He's

also very close with Mr. Anderson! If you dared touch a hair on him, Mr.

Anderson would not let it slide!" "There! Uncle Travis, you heard it.

This guy is related to Hunter Anderson! He must be one of the murderers!"

Edward suddenly became excited, as if he had caught Chris admitting to

the crime. "So you're Hunter's accomplice that killed my brother?" Travis

glared at him. There were two main suspects in this case. One was Hunter

Anderson, and the other was Dahlia Nicholson. This man was connected to

both of these people, so he was obviously involved. "No! It wasn't me!"

Chris was slightly startled, and he quickly shook his head. "I have

nothing to do with Mr. Anderson! I don't know anything at all. This whole

thing was a misunderstanding from start to finish!" "Chris, why do you

have to be afraid of them? You have Mr. Anderson to help you. They

wouldn't dare to touch you!" James proclaimed proudly. "Shut the fuck

up!" Chris was so terrified he threw his arms around and landed a slap on

James' face. Mr. Anderson was nothing! This guy was a general commanding

thousands of troops! Who could stop someone like him if he goes mad?

"Chris… Why did you hit me?" James held onto his face in pain. "Didn't

you give Mr. Anderson a phone call to save my sister when Sir Spanner was

messing with her? Did I say something wrong?" "Fuck you! How dare you

speak nonsense! Shut up!" Chris was about to cry. Beads of sweat were

forming on his forehead. Was this guy an idiot? Couldn't he read the

room? "We have a witness and physical evidence! I'd like to see you

explain yourself!" Edward gloated. He just wanted to

take advantage of the situation. He didn't expect to actually get

results. "Edward, this guy is bullshitting! I didn't do anything. It was

a complete coincidence that Mr. Anderson showed up that day! They were

the ones giving me all the credit willingly!" Chris had no choice but to

tell the truth as the situation started to get out of hand. "Huh? Didn't

you help my sister?" James was very confused. "In your dreams!" Chris

berated angrily. "Who am I to request for Mr. Anderson? You should really

use your brains! If I had that power, I wouldn't go bankrupt!" "What?

Bankrupt?" The entire Nicholson family was shocked by his words. They

couldn't react for a moment. "At this point, I won't bother to hide

anymore. Dustin was right. Nolan Pharmaceuticals is under investigation,

and we're going bankrupt. Now, it's just an empty shell!" Chris could no

longer be bothered. He would do anything to be set apart from the

Nicholson family. "You're not joking, are you? You said the company was

going public. How could it go bankrupt?" Florence was dumbfounded. "Going

public? That's bullshit! I just said that to fool all of you! There's no

such thing on earth! I wouldn't even think of you if the dividends

existed! Stop dreaming!" Chris had a grim expression on his face. He was

blabbing about everything at this moment. He would do anything to draw a

line between himself and the Nicholson family to save his life. "You mean

you've been lying to us?" Florence was shocked and in disbelief. "That's

right! I just wanted to snag some money and run away. Who knew you'd be

dumb enough to believe it!" Chris sneered. "You monster! How could you

cheat us of our money? Pay us back!" Florence shrieked and jumped at

Chris. That was her retirement money. She had invested everything to get

the bonus. Who knew it would all be in vain? It was as if her whole world

had collapsed! "You sly wolf! We trusted you! How could you cheat us of

our money? You're an animal! Give us back the money!" The others were

also agitated and started to protest, but they were quickly forced back

by the armed guards. Only Florence was quick enough to leave a scratch

mark on Chris's face. "The money is gone! Truth be told, I've transferred

all the funds overseas. You should just give up!" Chris came completely

clean. His words were like a knife, stabbed through their chests. They

had never felt more regret! If they had known this, they wouldn't have

been greedy and believed in Chris's nonsense. "Why would you do this?"

Dahlia frowned in confusion. She never expected Chris's capital increase

would be a scam. Moreover, Dustin was being kind when he tried to tell

her the Nolan family was going bankrupt. However, no one believed him.

This was really a big slap in the face! "Why? Of course, it was for

money! I'll have women when I have money. You should all know this!"

Chris snickered.

"So the partnership with the

Harmon family had nothing to do with you either?" Dahlia asked

tentatively. "That's right!" Chris admitted to it plainly. "My dad never

called the Harmon family. They made the decision themselves. I just took

advantage of the situation! The funny thing was you all believed me

without a doubt!" Dahlia was completely dumbfounded. Everything turned

out to be a misunderstanding. Chris never helped her in any way and even

cheated her of her money. The worst part was that he had taken credit for

everything and kept her in the dark. He had such wild ambitions! The

question was, who had helped her behind her back if it wasn't Chris?