Chapter 925 Damn Oppressive Force
John had already picked up the call and put it on speaker.
On the other end, Alice's voice was shaky and desperate, "Carlos, what do I do? Adrian found out about us, and now he's calling off the engagement!"
Carlos's lips quivered, "What does that have to do with me?"
Alice was stunned by Carlos's response. She had no idea he was under a ton of pressure right now.
Carlos was her last hope, so she quickly said, "This is your child! I lost two kids for you and our future! I even got sent to the police station! You don't even say a comforting word, and now you say it has nothing to do with you? Carlos, you're killing me here."
Carlos strongly believed it was the other way around when he heard Alice's last sentence.
John, standing nearby, clenched his fists, wishing he could strangle Carlos right then and there.
Claire's eyes blazed with anger when she realized both of Alice's kids were Carlos's. She felt completely duped!
Alice was nine months pregnant and lost the baby to save herself. Claire had genuinely felt sorry for her back then. Now, it all seemed like a cruel joke.
Carlos was sweating bullets, "Stop talking nonsense!"
Alice snapped, "Nonsense? Carlos, we've been together for over three years. I knew you before I met Adrian. You said once I became the Howard family's hostess, our son would be the heir. You said the Howard family wouldn't find out. By then, our son would inherit everything, and you and your dad could do whatever you wanted! You just want your dad to respect you! But we had a common goal. Now that I'm being dumped, your dreams are shattered too! Giving up our first child is your idea. At Claire's charity gala, you had someone mess with the chandelier so I could save Claire. That way, she'd feel guilty and accept me as her daughter-in-law, right?"
Carlos's eyes widened, his mind going blank.
Alice kept spilling the beans on the other end.
Ruben's face looked like thunder.
Joe and Melissa were in shock, unable to believe Carlos was behind the chandelier incident at Claire's charity gala.
Claire was even more stunned!
The coffee cup in her hand slipped, hitting the carpet. It didn't break, but coffee spilled out.
John felt like everything was falling apart. Alice had really blown it all up!
John couldn't take it anymore. He walked over and turned off the phone.
Then he bowed his head and knelt on the ground. "Godfather, it's my lack of discipline that led to Carlos's actions."
Carlos trembled, looking at John, hoping he'd save him.
But Alice had spilled everything. Carlos felt a wave of doom wash over him.
John had no way out now. Even though he had been eyeing the Howard family's assets and secretly building his own casino, the Howard family's grip was still ironclad.
John dropped to his knees and crawled over to Carlos, slapping him hard across the face. "You idiot! How could you do this!"
John's slap was brutal.
Carlos's face was bleeding, and he collapsed to the ground.
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