Cole spoke in an aggressive tone.
Jagoan shook his head slightly and said slowly, “No, it’s not a misunderstanding. The invitation I sent made it very clear that only the person I invited is allowed to attend the gala. And only one guest is allowed with them. You three don’t have to attend if you can’t. I won’t force you. Tonight’s charity fundraising gala is a consensual event and doesn’t involve any coercion.”
Jagoan momentarily paused at this. Then his expression instantly turned solemn as his tone became stern.
“But what about you? Nothing will happen if you don’t come. But you have broken the gala’s rules by having your sons attend with your invitations. Besides, your sons not only came, but they also brought a large group of bodyguards with them. They caused a commotion in front of the city defense army‘s main camp entrance and even deliberately caused trouble. Tell me if I should put them in jail.”
Jagoan’s words left Elijah, Cole, and Dylan speechless!
After a moment, Cole braced himself and said, “Even so, you can’t call our sons spies from another city!”
Jagoan said coldly, “What’s the difference between your son doing this and picking a fight? I find it hard to believe that no one instructed them to do so. Elijah, Cole, and Dylan, you couldn’t have instructed your sons to cause trouble on purpose, could you?”
Elijah, Cole, and Dylan immediately shook their heads.
Jagoan laughed and said, “Since it has nothing to do with you and you didn’t instruct them to do it, someone else did! In that case, what’s wrong with me suspecting them as spies?”
Elijah’s face went pale. Cole’s hands trembled with anger, but he was helpless.
Dylan’s lips moved as if he wanted to retort, but he eventually said nothing.
Jagoan changed the topic by saying with a smile, “Of course, they’re only suspects now. That’s why I locked them up. Whether or not they’re spies will have to wait for interrogation later… Don’t worry. If the interrogation can’t prove that your sons aren’t spies from other cities, I will let them go. Now, what other questions do you have?”
Heads of the Walker family, the Stewart family, and the Lambert family, three of Dorodo’s top five families even dared to rebuke Mayor Quentin and oppose him. However, they could not rebuke Jagoan!
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