Chapter 1530

Dean's mind should be clearer now after being tied up for two days. Looking at the crowd in front of him, he knelt. "I made a mistake. Please punish me." The patriarch walked over to him and patted his shoulder. "I couldn't believe it when I received the information." The father sighed. "Dean, you've always been the most responsible of my children. How did you change so much because of a woman… I'm very disappointed." Briar stood there in silence while Dean shook his head. "I thought about it for the past few days, and I know I made a mistake, but it wasn't because of a woman. I was manipulated." Briar raised his brow and turned toward Dean. His words made sense; Briar couldn't believe Dean would do what he did. Dean had acted out of character. How could he, who had been very careful for twenty-odd years, suddenly fall from grace because of a woman? "Give me more details." Dean turned to look at Chelsea. "You tell us." Everyone's eyes moved to Chelsea. Everyone knew who she