# Chapter 5590: The Butler's Web of Lies
Hello everyone, it's me again! How are you all doing? Today I will continue to walk with you and review Chapter 5590 of "Married at First Sight"—a chapter that crackles with tension, deception, and the cold reckoning of a new regime. So grab a seat, and let's dive in.
The chapter opens with a paper trail soaked in deceit. Stuart, the butler of the secondary residence, had been cooking the books for years—even the accounts for the fresh tea were falsified. He recorded that Manny took some, while the rest was used as gifts. He even listed the recipients, but those names were all made up. In reality, he had sold the tea. And Laurence would definitely find out. The new head's first crackdown had landed on a mere butler at the secondary residence.
Stuart's desperation leads him to Tony. But Tony is ice-cold. "That was your mistake. What do you expect me to do? I can't help you. You're on your own." With that, Tony ends the call. His own family is already struggling to protect itself—how could he spare any concern for a mere butler like Stuart? The narrative fills in the backstory: Stuart was just an ordinary member of the Longbottom family, good at flattering people, and he had pleased Manny enough to be promoted to butler of the secondary residence. He held the position for over ten years, ever since Manny became the acting head. And all those years, Stuart lined his pockets. Otherwise, how could his family have risen so far above the other family members? Even his sons could hold their heads higher than many other Longbottoms in public. It was all because Manny had given Stuart preferential treatment.
Of course, Tony knew that Manny and Stuart had been lining their pockets together by exploiting the secondary residence. During the years Tony and Manny served as acting heads, they couldn't make every decision outright, but they found other ways to turn the family assets into their private properties. After Tony hangs up, Stuart curses under his breath and goes to retrieve the remaining account books. There is no avoiding it. He can only hope Noelle would not spot anything. He had never heard that she knew how to audit accounts. All he knew was that she was Laurence's personal bodyguard and exceptionally skilled in combat. Countless assassins failed to kill Laurence with her protecting him. Stuart also heard that she learned how to use poison from Laurence, who was a disciple of a renowned physician.
With trembling hands, Stuart presents the ledgers. "These are all the ledgers of the secondary residence. The older ones were prepared by the butler who came before me. He retired more than ten years ago and is now well into his eighties, enjoying his retirement at home with his grandchildren. If there are any problems with the earlier accounts, you can ask him about them." He quickly distances himself from any potential wrongdoing, afraid Laurence would find something off in the books and hold him responsible for discrepancies from his predecessor's time.
Laurence gestures for Stuart to leave the books on the table and says sternly, "Every account book bears the name of the person who prepared it. If the problem is yours, I'll hold you responsible. If it's his, I'll go to him. I won't make whoever happens to be in the position now take the blame for someone else's mistake. I'll take these books home and review them carefully. Now, let's talk about the tea. Is there only old tea leaves left in this residence?" Otherwise, there was no way he would serve the new family head stale tea. Cold sweat breaks out on Stuart's back, but he forces himself to reply calmly, "Yes. The acting heads rarely drank tea here, so whenever a new shipment arrived, they'd take most of it away. The remaining tea was given to distinguished guests whenever the acting head brought them over."
Laurence doesn't let up. "Which distinguished guests? What were their names? Where do they live? And which acting head are you talking about, Tony or Manny? They both live at the main estate where there's no lack of fine tea. Why would they need to come here for more?" The supplies at the main estate were of better quality too. Stuart stammers, "It was Manny... M-Mr. Laurence, I'm just a lowly butler. I wouldn't dare, nor do I have any position to question the acting head's decisions." The chapter ends on that shaky, half-confession, with Laurence's piercing questions hanging in the air and Stuart's web of lies beginning to tear apart.
Oh, the tension in this chapter was absolutely delicious. I could feel Stuart's panic radiating off the page—the way he scrambles to blame the previous butler, the cold sweat, the stammering. Tony's ruthless abandonment was a sharp reminder of how quickly loyalty evaporates when self-preservation kicks in. And Laurence? He is a force of nature. Calm, methodical, and utterly unforgiving. The way he lays out the logic about the tea—why would the acting heads need to take tea from the secondary residence when the main estate has better supplies?—is a masterclass in interrogation. Noelle's reputation as a poison-wielding bodyguard adds a quiet, menacing layer of dread. The pacing is tight, the dialogue crackles, and the cliffhanger leaves us desperate to know what Laurence will find in those ledgers.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.8 / 5 Stars
**Next Chapter Prediction:** Laurence will take the account books home and begin a meticulous audit, likely with Noelle's help—and she may prove far more capable with numbers than Stuart assumed. The falsified tea records will be the first domino to fall, leading Laurence to summon Manny for questioning. Stuart, cornered, might try to flee or strike a desperate bargain, but Laurence's new regime will show no mercy. Expect a confrontation at the main estate where Manny's involvement in the embezzlement is exposed, and Tony's cold neutrality will be tested as the family fractures. The chapter may end with a direct threat to Manny's position as acting head.
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