Chapter 31

Jonathan and Adrian received a call and rushed to Lacroix Group, only to find Peter and his wife with bruised faces. "Mr. Lacroix! You must give me an explanation for this!" Peter touched his already thinning hair, shaking with anger. Hughes Corporation was a partner of Lacroix Group. Grace had beaten up the couple, which was a significant but somewhat minor incident. After all, as Mrs. Donovan, she had considerable influence in Regalton. Mrs. Hughes had felt familiar with Grace earlier, and now, seeing Adrian, she finally remembered. "I thought it was someone else! Turns out it's our Regalton's infamous bootlicker. Now what, Jesse isn't enough for you, and now you're after my husband? Grace, do you like other people's husbands so much?" She intentionally observed Adrian's reaction, and seeing that he didn't respond, she felt a surge of joy. It seemed the rumors about Adrian wanting to divorce Grace were true! Without the protection of the Donovans, dealing with this fox would