My Flirtacious Husband novel Chapter 517

A few days later, a piece of shocking news made waves on Twitter.

An established media outlet had exposed a money laundering scandal involving a member of Central Group's senior management. Subsequently, another member was involved in a hit-and-run accident while driving under the influence of alcohol.

Furthermore, one of their auditors admitted that there was something off about Central Group's financial reports.

Due to the consecutive waves of negative publicity, Central Group remained the top trending topic on Twitter and in the headlines of all major news websites, causing its stock price to decline so rapidly that it triggered the limit-down suspension a couple of times.

As one of the top conglomerates in the country, Central Group's public relations team was made up of the elite within the industry. In spite of that, they still failed to stem the avalanche of controversies related to the company.

Consequently, many netizens speculated that there was someone powerful out to get Central Group.

Realizing that something was amiss, Landon, Central Group's biggest shareholder, sold off his holdings in the company's stock and withdrew billions from the company.

On the sixth day, a man who claimed to be a former employee of Central Group was standing at the edge of the rooftop at Central Group Tower.

He complained to a bunch of reporters that he had cancer, but Central Group had refused to pay for his medical fees. After losing a couple of lawsuits he initiated, he ended up missing the best window for treatment.

Once the man finished his story, he jumped off the building without a second thought.

News of the suicide added to Central Group's already long list of scandals. Even the police quickly sought out Armand and brought him back to the station for questioning.

When Genevieve learned of the developments, a grim expression descended upon her face.

It was common for any conglomerate to have black sheep; it was just that their conduct was usually covered up and not revealed to the public.

Nevertheless, she didn't expect Central Group to be flooded with so many scandals, to the extent the public relations department was helpless to stop them. It was so bad that there was even a loss of life.

“What are you looking at?” Jack sat down beside Genevieve and wrapped his arm around her waist.

When he casually glanced at the screen, he caught a glimpse of the news related to Central Group, causing him to shift his gaze toward Genevieve. “Genev, do you still care about Armand?”

“No.” She shook her head as she no longer had any feelings for him. “It's just that at the rate this is going, Central Group is finished.”

After a brief pause, she asked Jack, “Didn't you say that Sylvie was an orphan?”

Fiddling with her hair, Jack replied languidly, “When I interviewed her for my new movie four years ago, it was stated in her file that she was an orphan. However, I don't know her well and don't care if she's an orphan or the daughter of someone rich.”

His words caused Genevieve to fall into deep thought.

Regardless of how exceptional a capitalist was, he wouldn't have the courage to offend anyone in the military or political establishment, let alone someone as powerful as Herbert. For Herbert to deal with a businessman's empire was as easy as squashing an ant.

Jack snatched Genevieve's phone away. “Even if Central Group goes bust, that's Armand's problem, not yours. Genev, isn't your time better spent on me?”

Genevieve froze awkwardly, still not used to intimacy with Jack.

“I'm worried that I'll be Sylvie's next target.”

Jack sniggered at the comment as he place his head on her shoulder. “Unless she has a death wish, she won't dare touch you because you're mine.”

Everything Sylvie was enjoying now was bestowed by him, and it would be all too easy for him to take them away.

“Let's return to Dartan the day after next, as I need to deal with something. You can visit the children too. How about that?” Jack threaded his fingers in between Genevieve's and clasped them tightly.

He added, “With the Zeigler family behind Sylvie now, you won't be able to touch her if you're looking to seek revenge on Johanna's behalf.”

Grunting in acknowledgment, Genevieve gave the phone on the table a dejected stare.