Chapter 1042

Caspian swaggered toward Peter and stood before him. "Mr. Trevell, you're here

tonight to complain about Carpenter Corporation, correct? Well, let me join in on the fun too. I'd like to complain about you, Mr. Trevell!"

"Who are you? What right do you have to stand here and speak to us?" Peter scolded Caspian.

He had no idea where Caspian had come from, but he was angered by his audacity. How dare Caspian try to raise a complaint against him?

"My identity isn't important. What's important is that you don't have the right to point fingers at others when you yourself have participated in illegal dealings!"

Caspian swept his gaze across the people who were present and announced, "I have evidence that Mr. Trevell is involved in some illegal activities. Would anyone be interested in taking a look?"

Jett immediately stepped forward to intervene. "We don't even know who you are. Why would we trust anything that comes out from your mouth?"

Yolanda also leapt to her feet to support Jett's statement. "Why was a random person granted entry into the hall? What are the staff doing?"

Devin chimed in, "Do you have an invitation for tonight's charity gala?"

Caspian didn't bother responding to any of their queries and instead waved his hand. A man entered the hall then, carrying stacks upon stacks of documents. The man handed the first set of documents to Gerard before distributing the others to the other guests. Nearly everyone had a set of documents in hand, and they began to study the contents in close detail.

Everyone's faces began to twist one after the other. They then began to criticize Peter. If the information highlighted in the documents were true, the tax evasion that Carpenter Corporation was suspected of having committed far paled in comparison to the illegal dealings Trevell Group was involved in.

Gerard brandished the documents in front of Peter's face. "Mr. Trevell, what do you have to say about the information that has been detailed here?"

Peter exclaimed furiously, "We have no idea which hole this man crawled out from. He must be under that bastard, Elias' orders to slander my good name!"

He then sneered at Elias. "To think I once considered you an actual rival, Elias. I never thought you would employ such despicable tactics to frame me. You must really be feeling the pressure of being cornered!"

A pleased expression appeared on Jett's face as he looked at Elias with a pitiful gaze. "There's no reason for me to hide it now-I want everyone to know that Elias tried to forman alliance with me a few days ago. never would have expected him to stoop so low to deal with Mr. Trevell just because I rejected him!"

Devin added in a sinister tone, "Elias, it's a great shame to the Big Four of Tarthy City that your family was a part of us. I even suspect that you donated that 100 million dollars because you have other malicious intentions."

Winona gripped Gerard's hand and said softly, "Dad, you need to be on your toes. I have trust in Peter's character. You need to be careful not to allow those with malicious intentions to pull the wool over your eyes."

Since she was biased toward Patrick, Winona also abandoned her own principles of kindness in favor of throwing her support behind Peter.

Gerard nodded, deciding that he wasn't going to make Peter take responsibility for what he had done, Not only was Gerard biased toward Patrick and the people who followed him, but Peter also had an immense influence over Tarthy City

Furthermore, Patrick and Peter were allie's now. ff. Gerard was able to successfully take up the position of mayor, the Trevell family's

contributions were undeniable.

He said lightly, "Sir, I have looked through the documents you have provided. Whether the information within is true or false, I believe the relevant departments will give you a satisfactory explanation once the investigations are concluded.

"Our main purpose for gathering here tonight is for the fundraiser, so I would like to put a pin in this issue for the time being!"

It was obvious that Gerard wanted

to sweep the topic of Peter's

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misdeeds under the rug. He would gladly take part if the damning accusations were aimed at Elias." However, he would certainly not allow it if the target of the accusations was Peter.