Chapter 20: You Still Love Her, Don't You?

Mr. Stonewall stuttered nervously as he attempted to apologize to Madame Agnes. "Madame Agnes, I'm sorry if I have overstepped my bounds."

Madame Agnes snorted disdainfully. "You have certainly overstepped your bounds, Mr. Stonewall."

The room grew tense as Mr. Stonewall began to sweat profusely under Madame Agnes's scorching gaze.

She spoke icily. "There is a new successor who will undergo training and eventually take over from me."

The men standing before her exchanged bewildered looks, but none dared to question her.

"I trust that I have made myself clear. You may leave now," Madame Agnes dismissed them, and Mr. Stonewall was the first to hastily head for the door.

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Margret stood in front of the gate, her expression cold and unresponsive as the journalists bombarded her with questions.

"Margret, is it true that you've kept the birth of your baby a secret from the public?" one of them asked. But Margret then blurted out, "Do you not know that Mr. Jones is impotent?"

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