Chapter 656 The Second Scapegoat

That was when I realized that Jack's way of dealing with Evelyn was by bringing up the engagement. Both families had relatively equal influence in Manovia, so naturally, the engagement had to happen back home. Now that Jack was already in Manovia, Evelyn would definitely follow him. He hadn't explicitly mentioned breaking the engagement, but, of course, Evelyn, being the smart woman she was, had figured it out. No wonder when Casey went after her, she came back so quickly. It looked like her plan to latch onto Jack had failed, and now, she was looking for another way to climb the social ladder. "We always said it was just a business relationship. It's them who crossed the line. The Laurence family got the projects they were after, and her goals were met. Naturally, we can't go through with the engagement." Jack said this so seriously, but something didn't sit right with me. Evelyn clearly had ambitions. Why else would she be working with outsiders like this? These guys