The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 317 Oliver In A Pickle

George's serious tone put a frown on Julian. "Marshal Wright, did something happen?"

There was a momentary silence on the line before the older man said, "Something happened to Oliver. It's just a small issue. I can handle it. It’s just, Luna and the kids might get worried if they see it. Cover it for m e."

The attempt to sound relaxed was evident in George's voice but Julian’s frown only creased deeper.

The Wrights were already a family at the top of the societal pyramid. Whatever that happened to Oliver must not be something small if Marshal Wright was trying so hard to hide it from Luna and the girls.

Julian did not pursue it further, however. He only asked, "Do you need help?"

"No thanks," George said, his tone now tinged with ice. "We've gone through years of storms. It's not as simple as they think to take the Wrights down. I just hope that you can keep this a secret from Luna and the children.”

"Sure, I'll do my best," Julian promised.

"Thank you," George said, fatigue seeping from his voice. "I guess what happened will come out on the news soon. You can have a look at yourself then, but remember, Luna and the girls must not find out."

George had emphasized this for the umpteenth time, s o Julian could only catch on to the severity of the matter. However, he did not show too much emotion, complying with an indifferent hum.

The call ended shortly. The women suspected nothing as they thought that it was a business call.

Julian did not act any differently but he covertly asked someone to keep him updated on news in Skyking City.

The next day, he received the cause and effect of Oliver’s plight. Julian asked George again and the latter recounted the particular episode this time without avoiding it.

After the holiday, Oliver had received gifts.

The Wrights never accepted valuable gifts, so presents were usually simple and straightforward like fruit and food. Oliver usually received them in the past years as well, and thus he accepted the ones he was gifted this year without much caution.

The second day, however, people came knocking on his door accusing him to have accepted a large sum of bribery. Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

Oliver stood clear that he had never done it, allowing them to search his place without a single speck of a guilty conscience.

Cash was unexpectedly found in the boxes of fruits, loaded inside after the cartons were cut open. At the very bottom of the cash, there was a nameless Switzerland bank card that contained a hefty sum of five million dollars.

Oliver was unable to clear his name no matter what he said and was temporarily held in custody.

The case was currently being investigated, the truth unknown.

Nonetheless, it was obvious that someone was targeting the Wrights as speculations spread like wildfire outside once Oliver was captured. Oliver accepting a huge amount of bribery by leveraging his official rank was rumored and passed on with a life of its own. Newspapers and the internet were roiling in heated discussions.

George, who was upright, had not given it much thought at first, believing that Oliver's name would be cleared naturally when the investigation result was announced. He did not expect that public gossip would escalate the whole situation to all the Wrights.

Some online posts were claiming, as if they were witnesses, that Oliver was shouting about his father, George Wright, and he would be released briefly no matter what he had done when he was caught.

Relaying the entire case to Julian, George felt a headache. "This is crazy! Why is the public mouth so terrifying nowadays?"

Julian arched a brow.

The old man had been righteous his whole life.

Although he held a lot of influence and power now, he had only always thought of himself as an average militant.

Oliver’s predicament stumped George. He did not understand why the people he had spent his whole life, both metaphorically and literally, protecting were turning the arrowhead toward him suddenly.

"Someone's behind this. They've prepared a bunch of biased opinions in advance. We won't be able to explain it now," Julian said calmly. "The best we can d o now is control where the public's opinion is swaying."

"No." George was agitated. "We can't let some dark history twenty years over repeat itself. Just wait, when the investigation result is out, everyone will return Oliver and the Wrights our innocence and justice."

Julian felt a looming headache.

Marshal Wright was a principled man, but he seemed t o be... a little too principled.

The person who was targeting the Wrights was obviously resorting to any trick, yet he was not counterattacking. Instead, he was pinning his hopes o n the investigation result.

The storm that swept the Wrights did not actually have too much to do with Julian, but they were related to Susie now, right? This made them related to him too.

Julian rubbed his temples. "Marshal Wright, have you checked who sent the fruits then? And who accepted them? Usually, you scrutinize the gifts when you accept them. With so much money in the fruit baskets, why did no one realize it?"

George was stunned for a long moment before he said, "Oh, right! Why didn't the person who received the parcel check them?"

Julian was speechless. He was now skeptical about how the Wrights had managed to come up to where they were now with how straightforward and unassuming George and Oliver were.

"So, why don't you check those out first?" Julian prompted.

"Okay, okay," George agreed and was a little embarrassed. "I'm not good at dealing with these things. If Luna were here, she’d analyze it for me but I don't want her to worry so..."

"So, you can let me know if there’s any update. I can analyze them for you," said Julian.

"Ah, Susie's got a good husband. Well done!" Marshal Wright hung up in gratitude.

Later, he sent the updates to Julian. The name, telephone number, and address of the parcel's sender were all fake. There was no way to determine who was actually the sender now. As for the person who accepted the parcel, it was an old servant at home. The servant had committed suicide with a drug

overdose when George managed to track it to him.

With the clues stopping here, Oliver was put into a precarious situation as no amount of denial would work in his favor. The reason he was not sentenced to a penalty yet was because, one, he denied it, and two, there was no clear motive from Oliver.

If this went on and there was no additional concrete evidence, Oliver would most probably be released. In spite of it, his case was already taking over the internet. Even when he was released, the Wrights' reputation would have soured.

Julian narrowed his eyes. The person targeting the Wrights was brutal in his strategy. The mastermind knew that the money could not put a sentence on Oliver as well. The goal was to destroy the Wrights' reputation and thus uproot the entire family.

To be honest, the sticky situation was not a dead end. I t was just that they wanted to resolve the case in a virtuous and open manner. This would pose some difficulty.