Chapter 41 Continued Smears

"When you've played yourself, don't come crying to me," Cyril dismissed without even looking up from his work. "Now if that's all, get out and stop bothering me." Jonathon had reached his limit. Since Cyril refused to help, he'd take matters into his own hands. "Just you wait and see. I'll turn this around and unlike you, I've got nothing to hide all these years. I'll dig up dirt on you!" Jonathon declared as he stormed off, determined to uncover Cyril's supposed misdeeds. But Cyril made no attempt to stop him, confident of his spotless history with Sylvia over their years of marriage. Her divorce request had shocked him enough without Jonathon's antics. That afternoon, Jonathon issued a public statement stubbornly refusing to apologize and accusing Sylvia of equally shady behavior—how else could she have obtained so much evidence against him? The absurd excuse earned him another barrage of outrage. People now attacked both Jonathon and his company without restraint. Conscious con