Chapter 384: Knock! Knock! Knock!
The politicians were meant to take it slow, to let the issue ferment. To wait and see if the outrage of the public was a fling or something lasting. Only then should they have been launching their investigations.
During this time, Maximilian and his cronies would stall the procedures until he managed to clean house.
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!*
"Sir," the secretary’s muffled voice called urgently through the door, "investigators are here!"
Just like the release of Runewoven’s and Alexandra’s video, the timing was comically cruel.
They hadn’t even processed the president’s words before the wolves were at the door.
Maximilian’s chair screeched backward as he staggered to his feet, all the while his face twisted into madness.
His chest heaved, his breath came in sharp rasps, and his eyes darted wildly across the room like a trapped animal searching for an exit that wasn’t there.
"Alexandra..." he hissed under his breath. "She was mine. She was supposed to kneel, to beg... not betray me. Not crawl into bed with those... those gutter rats."
He clutched at his thinning hair and let out a manic laugh that silenced even the four shareholders. "Kaiden Grey... oh, the noble hero, the upstart! He’s nothing but a leech, a fraud, a piece of shit lucky enough to stumble into power! They don’t see it. They never see it!"