The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 834: Regretting the Past is Useless

Phoebe Hoffman simply couldn’t accept the shocking plummet from the pampered princess of a lofty father to the depths of hell, struggling frantically, not even clear about the situation, she begged desperately, "Grandpa, I can’t go in, you have to think of something, doesn’t our family have so many connections? Help me find someone to get me out, I..." She couldn’t accept it for fifteen years!

Mr. Hoffman turned his head away, unable to utter a word.

Lincoln Hoffman looked at her, his voice low with both heartache and disappointment, "It’s useless, the family has tried every possible method for you, we’ve sought out every connection we could."

"How could this happen..." Phoebe Hoffman lifted her head, unwilling to believe it.

"To get you out, the Hoffman Family nearly went down with you. Our opponents have already warned us; if we stir things up again, the entire family will join you inside. Do you think your grandfather, at his age, wants to go to prison with you?"

His voice was quite solemn, his expression stern, his face taut without a hint of jest, very serious.

"Phoebe, after you go in, make sure to reform properly, and don’t cause any more trouble. If you can come out someday, I hope you’ll remember the lesson from this time and know that ’there’s always someone better out there, and there’s always a higher sky above.’ The Hoffman Family is your support, but you must understand, there are plenty of powerful people out there who view us as no different from ants. They could easily leave us with nowhere to run."

Like this time; they merely lifted their hand, and the Hoffman Family will have to withdraw from the stage of Beijing forever!

Generations of their efforts have gone down the drain just like that!

Phoebe Hoffman truly messed up this time!

Now, he even suspected that Nathalie Quinlan might have intricate ties with the Red Alliance!

Out of all the people she could have provoked, she just had to provoke this Nathalie Quinlan.

Lincoln Hoffman took a deep breath, gently placing his hand on her shoulder, speaking to the girl who stood there stupefied, his voice gentle yet cruel, "Consider this a costly lesson. After you go in, think hard about what exactly is going on with that high school girl you messed with. If you understand, when you get out in the future, you can still live a good life, otherwise... I can’t help you."

Phoebe looked at him, tears of panic and fear falling, her sobs turning into a wail as she collapsed to the ground, unable to hold back her crying any longer.

Fifteen years.

She was to be imprisoned for fifteen years.

The lesson was too expensive!

She was wrong, truly wrong!

...

Phoebe was sentenced to fifteen years, which only sparked a brief flurry of discussion in Beijing before it was quickly forgotten.

But the Hoffman Family was completely ruined because of this incident.

Sadam Vinson was a man who smiled easily but was incredibly ruthless in his actions.

Ever since he found out about Phoebe Hoffman’s misdeeds, he had been causing endless trouble for the Hoffman Family and Lincoln Hoffman behind their backs. With his status, he had no shortage of lackeys ready to help him deal with the Hoffman Family.

Within just half a month, the Hoffman Family had lost at least several billion.

That was dozens of times more than the five million Lincoln Hoffman had initially paid Nathalie Quinlan’s family as compensation.

Even so, the troubles that the Hoffman Family faced hadn’t diminished by much.

Amadeus Yancey was determined to mercilessly destroy the Hoffmans!

*

The news of Phoebe Hoffman’s imprisonment had reached Ghania Quinlan in Beijing as well, but only through an overheard conversation between Ivy Wilmar and Myles Sullivan; she didn’t take it to heart.

She was busy lately, attending major musical events internationally with Steven, hardly touching the ground with her feet.

Ivy Wilmar mentioned Phoebe Hoffman’s situation just after Ghania had flown back from abroad.