The dazzling fireworks pierced Kade's eyes harshly.
An unusual feeling spread through his heart. Something crucial seemed to be slipping away from him.
Before he could react, his assistant stumbled in. "Mr. Lloyd, there's trouble. The hashtag about your divorce with Joslyn has hit the trending list on Twitter."
Kade frowned as he opened his phone and then swiftly browsed through the trending topics.
It was Joslyn's doing.
She had compiled photos and audio of Kade and Scarlett's affair into a document and made it public online.
The comment section was now a battlefield. Everyone labeled Kade as a scoundrel.
"Joslyn acted rashly," Kade thought.
He and Joslyn were both born into privileged families. Behind the glory was a weight of responsibility for them.
They represented their companies' image. Every move they made was captured and magnified by the media and could directly affect the stock prices.
Especially after the two families united through marriage, they were seen as one entity, and the two companies were intertwined.
She should have understood that their relationship was more than personal. How could she reveal it to the public?
Besides, he was merely having a fling with Scarlett.
After all, it was common for rich young men to have discreet relationships.
Kade thought he had given Joslyn all the dignity and respect as Mrs. Lloyd.
So he had been nice enough to Joslyn. He felt no guilt for her.
Just then, message alerts bombarded his phone.
As expected, the Lloyd Group's stock price plummeted.
The other shareholders began bombarding Kade with messages and demanding accountability.
Kade's head felt like it was going to explode from the overwhelming influx of information.
In a fit of rage, he grabbed the ashtray from the table and smashed it onto the floor.
The glass shattered on impact with the ceramic tiles, and he almost collapsed.
"Find her. No matter where she is, find her for me," Kade said to his men, as he suppressed his fury and pinched his furrowed brow.
How dare Joslyn so brazenly expose what was going on in their relationship?
The Lloyd family scoured airport and customs records and eliminated the possibility that Joslyn had left the country.
Yet, after days of searching every corner of the city, they didn't find a trace of Joslyn.
They even found more shocking information as they dug deeper.
The Palmer family's businesses had quietly been withdrawn or sold off overseas. Only worthless shell companies were left behind.
Amid Kade's outrage, Jacob asked him to go back to the old mansion.
As soon as Kade entered, Jacob handed Kade a document. "You won't find her because she's already left the country."
Kade flipped through the document in confusion, only to be greeted by the bold words, Divorce Agreement.
How could this be?
How could Joslyn possibly want a divorce from him?
She had begged him to marry her back then. Over the years, Kade had grown accustomed to her submissive demeanor. He never imagined that Joslyn would ask for a divorce.
"Grandfather, what is going on?"
"A week ago, on the day of the family gathering, Joslyn came to me and used the overseas market as leverage to ask for a divorce. She's now gone abroad," Jacob said, rotating the expensive ring around his finger. "Her grandfather is gone, but the ones left in the Palmer family are no pushovers. I had planned to gradually take over the Palmer family. But they surprised me by moving their business overseas. Joslyn has completely slipped from our grasp. Fortunately, the Lloyd family can finally establish a foothold in the overseas market, so we haven't lost entirely."
Kade remained silent for a long while before finally saying, "Well, as long as the family doesn't suffer any losses, it's all worth it. I'll find a way to suppress the negative news circulating."
After Kade left, Jacob gazed at Kade's retreating figure and sighed deeply.
Kade was undoubtedly the most outstanding among the Lloyd family's grandchildren.
The Lloyd family could flourish only under his lead.
But was Kade truly as unperturbed as he seemed?
Jacob only wished that Kade wouldn't get caught up in love and that he had merely played the role of a husband in name when he and Joslyn were married.
