Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 485

It was a long story.

Back then, when Jordan was still in charge of the company's operations, he and several executives had teamed up to bring down a corrupt official named Jack Quinn.

He was a womanizer. Back then, the internet was still underdeveloped. Rumor had it that the number of young women he had deceived was more than one could count. One of them happened to suffer the worst fate among the rest.

She did not even know Jack's real identity and was deceived by his honeyed words. She dropped out of the best college, saying that she wanted to stay by his side to take care of him.

Then, she became pregnant. The time she went into labor happened to coincide with the time Jack got into trouble at the company. It was only then that she found out about Jack's harem of mistresses outside.

What was more, he was already married, and his wife was a ruthless person. Without any hesitation, his wife had the woman burned alive even though she had just gotten out of the maternity ward not too long ago.

That horrifying incident took place at the entrance of the largest luxury retail complex.

Because of that incident, countless rumors went around at the time, saying that the mall was haunted.

Meanwhile, Jack had his wits. The moment he got wind of the news, he had all his assets and properties transferred offshore. He lived a lavish and carefree life abroad.

The winter that year was the coldest winter to ever hit the country.

Jack was involved in the real estate business. Dozens of people had their salaries owed for many years. They were eventually driven to the brink of death, and they put an end to their lives by leaping off a building with their families.

What people found even more repulsive was the fact that Jack kept a public blog while living abroad. Even today and despite the fact that he was already 60 years old, he was still publishing all sorts of outrageous blog posts. Therefore, his name remained familiar even to the internet users of today.

Jodie happened to be that very pitiful orphan whose gullible mother was set on fire and whose utterly heartless father had fled the country.

As for why Ethan had taken Jodie in, nobody knew the reason for it. Nonetheless, it was a fact that Jodie had been living a good life.

Now that it was exposed that she had ties to the corrupt official who had destroyed the lives of so many families, her status was no longer one of prestige.

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