The Runaway Groom
Chapter 590

Chapter 590

While Shirley hesitated, Ember kept persuading her. "Mom, we don'teven know if Dad would be abused while he's being arrested. We needto get him out soon-you're the only one who can make the decision andsign the papers."

Shirley was soon convinced-bailing out her husband was the priorityanyway.

Turning toward Zachary, she asked, "So? What am I supposed to do?"A dark look appeared over Zachary's face just then, but he kept solemnas he said, "There's some papers you need to sign.’

"Okay," Shirley said, agreeing to it right away without thinking.

Zachary took out the papers he prepared beforehand and handed it toEmber. "There's no helping it. Some of the company's businesses mustbe sacrificed to save your father."

Ember took his words at face value and did not even check the papersbefore passing it to her mother. "You have to sign it while Dad's away,Mom."

Shirley's fingers clenched, but she braced herself and signed thepapers, doing it so quickly that she did not read the contents.

The first reason she did it was because she was convinced thatZachary would not lie to her, and these papers would not have anythingsinister behind that.

Secondly, she would rather that this would be over soon. Even if it hurtto give off the company's businesses to someone else, she had to do itto save her husband.

With the papers signed, Zachary took them and put them in hisbriefcase.” I'll go to Tim right now."

"We will wait for you,” Ember told him.

Zachary merely held her gaze for a while, but said nothing as he turnedto leave.

Neither Ember nor Shirley slept well as they waited.

However, while they were convinced that it was all over after Shirleysigned those papers, it did not-instead, there was now a formal criminalcase against them.

To their bewilderment, they were notified that the police seemed tohave gathered sufficient evidence to investigate the factory fire.

Ember quickly went to Zachary's office to ask what happened, but hewas not there.

Forced to return home, she just reached the front gates when sheheard her mother yelling.

Knowing that something bad had happened, she rushed inside to seeTim Goldman sitting nonchalantly on the couch with one leg over theother, as if he was at home.

Ember became as furious as Shirley right then, and rushed at him,intent on hurting him. “You monster! They took away my father becauseof you!"

Tim scowled, but simply caught her hand and firmly knocked her away.Ember stumbled and fell, and Shirley rushed to help her up.

They then huddled together, watching Tim fearfully-he was certainlyhostile and bore no mercy toward them.

However, Tim was impatient too. "Stop making me waste my breath.Get out of here right now."

“You have no right! This is our home!" Ember shot him a furious glare.That was when Shirley tugged at her and whispered into her ear, “No,we fell for a trap. The papers Zachary had US sign? It was not justconcessions of some of our businesses-it was a transfer of controllinginterest and all fixed assets.”

Ember's pupils dilated and she shook uncontrollably. "H-How?!"

She was still convinced-even lying to herself-that Zachary would nevertrick her.

Tim smirked. "Did you think I did this all by myself? Would everythingreally have gone so smoothly for me without someone pulling stringsfrom the inside?"

“I don't believe you!" Ember screamed in rage.

Tim merely smirked in disdain and gestured for his henchmen to throwthem out of the mansion-it no longer belonged to the Lindts now!Ember and Shirley were both hence dragged out of the mansion anddumped carelessly by the road.

They never suffered such abuse, but more than that, Ember could notaccept that Zachary was in league with Tim!

Abandoning her mother right then, she ran straight to Zachary, intent onquestioning him.

He still was not at his office, so she went to his home instead.

There, she found Zachary speaking with his mother, and she stormedin furiously. "Zachary! Tim Goldman said that you were in league withhim and that my father was arrested because of you! Is that true?!"Zachary slowly turned toward her with aloofness in his eyes.