Chapter 974

"We didn't invite many people to the engagement party—those who came were from reputable families in Krontos. I heard Kingston Empire intends to move its business back to Lonla. We have a much larger market here, after all."

Angeline poured herself and Nathaniel some water.

She continued, "Hooper Group is currently the only local business that's working with Kingston Empire. It's expected that he took the opportunity to expand his network.

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Nathaniel didn't linger after dinner. He told Angeline he would drop her off at work the following day before returning to his apartment.

Later that night, Twitter exploded. A passerby had posted a photo of police officers carrying a bloodied Ingrid out of the hotel where Angeline and Nathaniel had held their engagement party.

The post quickly shot to the top of the trending topics. It was captioned, "Ingrid Dalton suspected to have committed suicide to pay for her crimes."

The people online didn't seem to like that, though. They complained