Chapter 1338

Chapter 1338 Will the Wrays Protect You

Reuben finally spoke up, “Noah, what do you mean by that?”

The usually refined Noah gritted his teeth, his voice filled with deep regret. “It’s all my fault. I hired the wrong people, which led to a traitor within the Whitmans.

“Dad, we misunderstood Marie. She’s been trying to find a way to contact us all these years. She was sick before and had hallucinations, unable to distinguish between reality and illusions.

“But even so, she still tried to find a way to come back. Just a few days ago, she returned home, wanting to see you.”

As he spoke, Noah pointed at Easton, who had collapsed, and the maids who tried playing dumb. “It was them! They didn’t tell us anything! They even kept Marie from entering the house!”

Reuben’s eyes turned red upon hearing this, and his breathing became unsteady.

Wynter timely rested on Reuben’s pulse, applying pressure to an acupoint. “Grandpa, please stay calm. It’s good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up. It’s not too late.”

Hearing Wynter’s words, Reuben felt more than relieved that he hadn’t stubbornly persisted in his own way. “You’re right. It’s not too late.”

Reuben comforted himself with these words, and his desire to see Marie reached its peak at that moment.

He shouldn’t have trapped himself in hatred all this time. Sometimes, what one saw with their own eyes might not have been the truth.

Who was it? Who was behind the scheme against the Whitman family?

Reuben hadn’t completely lost his reason. He knew that to accomplish all this, it couldn’t have been just the maids, nor could it have been the Wray family alone.

It was as if the Whitmans had been deliberately isolated. All the information they received about Marie was distorted.

Reuben tightened his fist, but his breathing had become much steadier than before.

Seeing this, Wynter withdrew her hand. “Uncle Noah, I need to ask him a few things before you throw him out.”

Noah, of course, wouldn’t refuse Wynter’s request.

Easton was now utterly terrified. If it had only been Reuben who found out, he could have just made sure he kept quiet. After all, he was in charge of Reuben’s daily life.

Or, like before, he could have simply resigned and left. Once he was outside, it wouldn’t have mattered how much he spread rumors about the Whitman family

But now, he’d been caught red–handed. The promises the Wray family had made to him might probably never be fulfilled.

Wynter didn’t bother wasting any time as she locked eyes with Easton. “I don’t know which relative you are to my aunt, but no matter which, I’ll thoroughly investigate every aspect of it.

“I know what you’re thinking. You believe that the Wrays will protect you, given all you’ve done for them.

“I’ve been in business for a while now, and you should know better than I do how the Wrays operate. They have no reason to protect a pawn that’s no longer useful to them.

Chapter 1338 Will the Wrays Protect You

“Will they offend the Whitmans for you? Or will they come forward and admit that they are the ones sabotaging the Whitmans all these years for you?

“Mr. Easton, don’t be foolish. Mr. Wray is still eager to become the Chamber of Commerce’s leader, and he can’t afford any blemishes on his record. In that case, that blemish is you. 1

“We don’t even need to deal with you ourselves. After all, you’re a relative of my aunt’s. I won’t embarrass Uncle Noah like this.

“The Wrays want you gone from Hawford even more than we do. And it’s not just you–I’m afraid your entire family won’t be able to stay, either.”

Wynter spoke neither fast nor slowly, but every word instilled fear in those around her. Just like Easton, they all worked for the Wray family. It would be a disgrace for the Wrays if they were to be exposed. If the Wrays discovered that they had been exposed, their prospects in Hawford would be over!