His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire? novel Chapter 920

Wayne burst into a laughter that was void of any real joy, shaking his head incessantly.

It wasn't that he doubted Aaron's words; it was more about regretting the past three years of relentless, unquestioning loyalty. Reflecting on it, he found it all to be futile, unworthy of his sacrifices.

At that moment, he was consumed with remorse and sorrow—

Not for any missteps or for losing the achievements he had fought his entire life to earn, but for the stark contrast between his upright, honorable younger self and the person he had become: a slave to the devil.

"Besides the evidence we found at your place, is there anything else you'd like to confess?" Aaron asked sternly.

"Yes."

Wayne's eyelids drooped. "I was involved in the Warner Bright case. It was Avery who was pulling the strings behind the scenes."

Aaron was shocked. "You killed Warner? I thought it was suicide!"

"It was a suicide, but it was Avery who drove him to it. He even crafted a fake suicide note in advance and had a lawyer bring it to him to carry. That way, after his death, with my influence, the police would quickly close the case, ruling it as suicide."

Aaron frowned, still puzzled. "Warner was set to inherit the Bright empire. Mr. Bright, with his pride and ambition, how could he be so easily manipulated by you guys?"

"Because Avery had something on him that could ruin him."

Wayne's eye twitched. "Warner was one of Avery's key partners in Elmsworth. He was deceived into thinking he was trafficking a new kind of drug that would make him a fortune. That's what Avery led him to believe at the beginning.

But Warner had no idea he was just helping Avery conduct human trials for a drug. Avery never intended to profit from it. The offer was too tempting, and that's why Warner took the risk to work with him."

The Bright family was also Aaron's maternal side, now fully under his mother's control as she took over the Bright Group. With family involved, Aaron's concern deepened: