Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue
Chapter 1598

In the face of Victor's accusations, Josh belatedly realized that he had shot himself in the foot.

In the past, he had used a carrot-and-stick approach to mold David into a tool at his disposal, butnever had he thought that Jameson would one day use it against him.

Josh now unjustly carried the blame for David's death, and Victor treated him as the punching bagto deal with the grief and helplessness surrounding David's death.

"Dad, let's cool down and discuss. Your health will only suffer if you're emotional.” Jameson hurriedover and assisted Victor to take a seat on the couch.

Then, he calmly explained to Josh, "Josh, you misunderstood me. I looked into the parcel of land buthesitated to inform you because I didn't want you to think that I was stepping over your toes ortrying to mess up your project.

"You never had any trust in me, and I didn't want to deepen your mistrust. Dad only has you and meleft. I do not want our relationship to be strained.”

Josh scoffed and thought, "Wouldn't you listen to him? How noble!"

In a few words, Jameson had portrayed himself as a kind, pitiful, yet thoughtful younger brother. Incontrast, Josh appeared like a petty dunce.

"My good son, I understand and appreciate your effort,” said Victor as he patted Jameson on theshoulder.

He turned around to shoot daggers at Josh and warned, "Josh, I will give you one last chance. Ihelped you to keep a lid on the news in the country. I'll leave it to you to suppress the news reportsabroad. If the scandal affects the company's operations, you'll have to resign from your role.”Jameson stroked Victor on the back while concealing a smug grin.

Josh knew this was his final hope, so he bit the bullet and replied, "I tried buying the villagerssilence. Besides, there are no deaths from the demolition. I promise that the situation will notworsen from now on."

Suddenly, they were interrupted by an urgent knock on the door. Victor answered, "Come in!"Victor's secretary hurried in and exclaimed, "Mr. Victor, please turn into '3 0'Clock News'! Things aregetting really bad."

The Schmidts’ expression fell. They scrambled to switch to the news channel.

At that moment, 3 o'Clock News was reporting on the scandal of the Schmidt Group's forceddemolition of a Tsulu cultural village to make way for a holiday resort project, which resulted ingrave injuries.

The news not only covered the scandal but provided relevant photos as evidence, which came as ahuge shock for the Schmidts

"W-What's going on?" Victor pointed at the TV screen and jumped in anger.

Josh paled. Although he was experienced in dealing with challenges, his mind went blank uponseeing the news coverage.

The four phones chimed from the influx of notifications. The Schmidt Group, which had finallygotten over its previous scandal, was once again under public scrutiny online.

The comments read, "The Schmidt Group should have been wiped off the earth! They're allscumbags doing illegal deals!"

"That's unfair. Jameson Schmidt seems like a decent chap...”

"He's the only good egg in that family. I really hope he successfully takes power!"

"Can we start a petition on this? I, too, support Jameson Schmidt to take power. He's handsome andupright, nearly as good as Jasper Beckett from Solana City!"

"How could they even think of carrying out forced demolitions on a foreign land? Don't they give adamn about the lives of the citizens of that country? Even the Harpers, who had criminal origins, didnot carry out such heinous acts like the Schmidts!"

Victor nearly blacked out. He quivered in fear from head to toe.