Jasper watched as the elders went radio silent as they got out of their seats, walking towards the door according to his command.Elder Vittorio sat back down, staring at the shameful exit of the rest of the elders. Jasper had instructed him to sit back down. He was the only reasonable elder according to Jasper.Jasper sat down and waited patiently till the last elder walked out of the council room and then he turned to Elder Vittorio with a sigh. “I believe you understand what I'm trying to do.”Elder Vittorio raised a brow as different guesses filled his mind but he chose to deny that he understood anything.“I’m adjusting the system. I need to change the way things have always been.” Jasper started with, locking gaze with Elder Vittorio who needed more clarity. “I am dissolving the council chamber. There will be no more group of elders to give me any piece of advice.”Elder Vittorio hummed. He was surprised to hear that, but he was not shocked. None of the corrupt elders truly dese

Another news spread like wildfire. Elise was missing. No one knew where she went, not even her family.The Valmont family claimed they had nothing to do with all the videos or illegal stuff that were now known to the public.They claimed it was all Elise and that was why she had suddenly disappeared.Her brothers said it was entirely her fault. She was the one who killed someone in the video, and she should be held accountable for her own actions.The story they gave was a fantastic one, throwing Elise right under the bus. Elder Valmont didn’t spare Elise either. He said he couldn’t believe that his own daughter would do such a despicable thing. He made Elise the scapegoat, dropping all the crimes on her.Everyone knew about Elise. Her name was whispered in hushed tones; in every news, everywhere you entered, there was always that mention of a certain Elise Valmont, a murderer, a thief, and many more.No one knew where she was. Even Jasper couldn’t pinpoint where Elise must have e

Imagine a family so clean that a whole society could vouch for them with their lives and then at the end of the day, the whole society realized they'd been tricked all along.They were actually externally clean but internally, they had to be the dirtiest family ever to exist. As Jasper, together with Jasmine, Zoey and Sophia and Old Palmer's son, Daniel, ate together, Jasper noticed how Daniel didn't pay attention to the food he was eating.He seemed to be scrolling through his gallery like he was searching for a particular picture or video. Jasper didn't say a word. He had too many things to say, which could actually be said after the meal.As soon as Daniel found the video and gave a quiet nod, Jasper knew everything was about to blow up again. Sleeping tonight could be even much better now that secrets were being exposed. Finding out more secrets of the Valmont family was the best weapon he could use to fight them and the smile on Daniel's face already hinted at the success of that

Sophia exhaled a deep breath as she dropped her phone next to her on the bed. She wanted to know how well the news of the Valmont family's corruption had spread, but at the same time, she didn’t want to be traumatized by the news of Detective Diamond’s death. Her curiosity won in the end as she picked up her phone and scrolled through a government-approved news outlet to confirm the news.She hadn’t yet read the exact paragraph that spoke about the deaths of those who knew about the corruption of the Valmont family when she heard a knock on the door.“Come in,” she said, dropping her phone as soon as she spotted Zoey and Jasmine standing by the doorway and staring at her face.She raised a questioning brow, but they didn’t say anything until she spoke up. “Did I do something wrong?”It seemed like they had come to interrogate her over something she might have done wrong, but Zoey knew that wasn’t the case. She was only trying to exercise her teasing ability on Sophia, just as she did

Silverlake was on fire. After 2 nights, news spread like wildfire. Finally, Elise had been captured and arrested. To Jasper’s relief, Elder Valmont's dog, the Inspector general of police, was also taken into custody.The whole case was in court. They were finally doing things right. Everything was coming to light. In his Study, Jasper picked up his phone and dialed Zoey's number. This was the time she stepped in.Zoey didn't pick up at first. He tried again. He knew she was at the hospital. She must be busy but he needed to pass the information to her and explain things to her as soon as possible. Still she didn't pick up.He decided to try one last time. She picked up almost immediately.“I'm so sorry, Jasper," she apologized quickly, “I wasn't with my phone and I just came into my office." “It's okay." Jasper replied, “I want you to do something for me." Zoey sat down on her office chair, “Sure. Anything." She would do anything for Jasper. Absolutely anything. " I want y