Chapter 1289

The atmosphere in the grand hall of the city hall was tense and serious. The audience was

comprised of important officials and business representatives from Solana City and all across the

nation.

At that moment, Orlander Hodgson was delivering a keynote speech onstage. Members of

Congress and business representatives sat in the front rows, while family members like Daisy were

arranged to be seated in the back.

As the only daughter of the Schmidt family, Daisy was especially important in high society. Still,

today's event was mostly their husbands’ arena. As a spouse, she had no say in the event.

An attention-seeker, she was displeased at the treatment at the event, especially knowing that she

was the reason behind Timothy's career success.

Without the support of the Schmidt Group, the guidance of Victor Schmidt, and her meticulously

crafted public persona, Timothy would never have achieved success smoothly.

The more she thought over it, the happier she felt. It took her mind off the horrible feeling upon

learning of Timothy's multiple affairs.

One day, she vowed to be seated in the front row as the mayor's wife. With that in mind, she

straightened up in her seat with a haughty demeanor.

The guests around her exchanged gossip. "Look at that smug expression on her face! All I could see

was her nostrils flaring.”

"Isn't that right? The election hasn't kicked off yet, but she seems confident in her husband's victory.

What gives her that confidence?"

"Daisy Schmidt still thinks she’s important because she's a Schmidt, but she has lost her social

standing after marrying into the Clemons family. Rumors had it that she begged her family for

money to finance her husband's electoral campaign. Because of that, the Schmidts are annoyed at

her, but she still walks around feeling good about herself."

"I don't have confidence in Clemons. He looks like a corrupted man. If he and his wife are in power,

the citizens will be in trouble.”

Despite being surrounded by the mean comments, Daisy did not take them seriously. To her, the

guests were envious of her social standing and her husband's future success.

Mayor Hodgson ended his speech. Thundering applause filled the air. The emcee returned to the

stage and announced, "Let's welcome Congressman Timothy Clemons, who will introduce the three-

year commercial plan for Solana City!"

Timothy glided onto the stage amidst the attention and applause. Daisy nearly stood up to clap for

him, too eager to show off their relationship to the world.

Standing in front of the microphone, Timothy beamed radiantly and began, “Ladies and gentlemen,

next, I will be introducing Solana City's—"

He froze in horror when he turned to look at the screen. Concern clouded his initially cheerful face.

He appeared as though he was struck by lightning.

Instead of the anticipated PowerPoint slides, the screen displayed a handwritten invoice, clearly

recording the details of the bribe he had taken, from the date and the time to the location. Bribes of

different amounts ranging from tens of thousands to millions were listed clearly.

He trembled in shock while Daisy's mind went blank. Her blood froze as her face paled. She nearly

fainted on the spot.

Meanwhile, the audience started whispering to each other. "What are those? They don't look like

presentation slides to me."

"Hmm, those look like invoices—records of bribery!"

"Timothy Clemons’ name is written on those invoices. He's taken those bribes, I assume.”

Soon, the screen displayed a series of candid photos on autoplay. The photos showed Timothy

entering private clubs, receiving expensive jewelry, and even entering the lounge of the private club

with two wavy-haired women in his arms.

The photos caused a stir in the audience and dropped a bomb on the media representatives.