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Chapter 1022 

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Chapter 1022 

The next day, news of Jamie and the Kalen family exploded across every circle-both inside and outside the industry. 

As expected, the Walton Group’s stock price plummeted. 

Alongside reports of Jamie’s abduction and torture of Sharon, further revelations emerged-accounts of his brutal abuse of numerous women. Some had been disfigured, others had their limbs broken, and a few were even confined to psychiatric hospitals. 

According to insiders, Jamie’s cruelty was beyond comprehension-utterly monstrous. 

Most of the women he had “punished” shared one thing in common: each had once offended Victoria. Some might have deserved his wrath, but others were wholly innocent. Jamie, however, would rather strike the wrong target than let anyone slip away. 1 

More shocking still, an insider alleged that Jamie had once maimed his own brother in a ruthless bid for the family head position. The former heir apparent had supposedly lost both legs and sight in a “car accident” orchestrated by Jamie himself. 

The flood of his crimes soon inundated the internet. 

Even Victoria wasn’t spared. Public outrage turned on her too-how could someone be friends with a monster like that? What kind of person stood beside such evil, much less inspired it? 1 

Online voices grew vicious. 

[Hasn’t Victoria always branded herself as the country’s number-one socialite, the perfect goddess? Funny how she never stopped Jamie while he was torturing people for her sake.] 

[She’s no goddess. Her status was built on Jamie eliminating her rivals for her.] 

[A bastard son and an illegitimate daughter-disgusting, both of them. Birds of a feather, truly a perfect match!] 

[Boycott everything under the Walton Group! We can’t let a criminal like this keep making money-who knows when he’ll turn his knife on someone else?] 

In liberal Marcentine, protesters soon gathered outside Walton Group’s headquarters, shouting slogans and waving banners. Inside, phones rang incessantly, one after another. Chaos consumed the company. 

Once, working at the Walton Group had been a mark of pride. Now, its employees were treated like vermin— avoided, ridiculed, despised, 

And while Walton Group crumbled, Kalen Group fared little better. 

At dawn the next morning, Kalen Group convened an emergency meeting. Every shareholder, director, and senior executive was present, scrambling to contain the public relations disaster. 

Before the meeting, they had already reviewed the full scope of the scandal. The mess was so widespread that feigning ignorance was impossible. 

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One veteran shareholder, who had followed Richard for decades, was the first to lash out. 

“Richard, your handling of this was atrocious! Do you have any idea what kind of storm your sons’ remarks have caused? The entire world now believes this kidnapping was your family’s plot to force Sharon to surrender her original shares!” 

A shareholder aligned with Shayla’s camp gave a derisive snort. 

“Shameless. Couldn’t even bother to fake decency. And you call yourselves family? You practically sold your own flesh and blood to a murderer.” 

“Jamie had the audacity to swagger into your home, wager away shares, lose, and then claim it was all just a game? He dared to say that under your roof! Clearly, he’s never even considered you outsiders.” 

“Utter disgrace. The Kalen family, once famed for integrity and elegance, has sunk to this revolting scandal.” 

“Richard, you were never like this before. When did you become so blind? Has age finally dulled your sense?” 

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