Chapter 1702
Next day
Larkin, as per usual, woke up at six on the dot
He usually spent his mornings with Erica, dealing with work stuff.
But today, after waking up and giving Erica a peck on the forehead, he grabbed his phone and headed downstairs.
There was an unread message on his phone.
“Mr. Carter, I’d like to discuss something with you” The sender was Calvert.
Without a flicker of emotion, Larkin dialed him back
The call was picked up almost instantly
“Larkin…”
“Mr. Shields, if you’re here to plead for your youngest son, save your breath.” Larkin’s voice was icy, emotionless. “He’s been cruel to Erica since they were young. always making fun of her. I’ve been merciful enough to let it slide. But he didn’t learn his lesson, bribed the media, spread rumors, hurt Erica again. Even if people. with power and influence come to me, I won’t let him off the hook easily.”
That’s right.
The slanderous message that started it all yesterday was sent by the youngest son of the Shields family
Ever since Erica and Larkin’s wedding, Kelly Shields had been exposed for her misdeeds and was looked down upon by her in-laws. The next day, her husband
asked for a divorce.
Kelly and the Shields family didn’t agree, but their opponents were ruthless and started the litigation process without hesitation.
On top of that.
The Shields family’s already not-so-great business started to face pressure from all sides.
The Shields family was a business family active overseas.
Their business partners were foreigners.
Those foreigners were very sensitive to these issues and were outraged by the fact that Erica had been bullied by the Shields family for years.
Some vendors who had stable partnerships with the Shields family announced that they wouldn’t renew their contracts once they expired.
In addition, the members of the Shields family weren’t sure if the Carter family and Rosalynn had done anything behind their backs.
Some companies from H Country that they were in talks with suddenly stopped responding.
Seeing all this, Jack Shields, who had already been very agitated, was about to make the final payment for a sports car he had booked, but his father froze his credit card.
The reason is simple. Their family was in crisis and everyone needed to cut back on expenses.
This was the last straw for Jack
His friends loved to show off, and he had just told them that he was about to get a luxury limited edition sports car.
Now his car was gone, and he was likely to be made fun of by many people.
When he got home, he argued with Kelly and blamed her
But Kelly retorted, “What gives you the right to yell at me? Did I cause all this? It’s Erica!! She’s getting back at us behind our backs!!”
That sentence. It enraged Jack
He thought back on everything that had happened during this period.
That’s right, it was all Erica’s fault! Those were all things of the past. She’s now living the good life, but she still won’t let the Shields family off the hook!!
The more he thought about it, the angrier Jack got. So, he paid for people to leave negative comments about Erica.
That was how the scandalous post from that account came about.
“Mr. Carter, do you really need to go to such lengths? Did you tell Erica that you would go after her own brother? Calvert lowered his voice, his tone filled with suppressed rage.
He initially thought that Erica and Larkin’s marriage could bring new opportunities and benefits to the Shields family.
But he didn’t expect this to be the first step towards the abyss.
“You can go talk to her about it.” Larkin said confidently, “But I need to remind you, Erica is now very close with Mrs. Silverman and Mrs. Scott. Yesterday, she even retweeted the statement debunking your son’s rumors. What do you think they would do if they found out who was hurting Erica the whole time? They definitely wouldn’t let it slide, would they?”
