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Devin, as if grasping at a lifeline, quickly agreed, “Yes, yes, no wonder I couldn’t remember any of these things. It turns out Beatrice tricked me into getting drunk during our last dinner together. How can that be considered fair?”
Upon hearing this, Beatrice’s heart skipped a beat, her lips slightly parted, but no sound came out, as if she was held in place by an invisible force.
She still didn’t consider it carefully.
She had thought that Devin would deny it, but she hadn’t expected that he would also admit to saying those words in this way.
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Oscar gracefully stepped down and walked up to Beatrice, extending his hand. “Beatrice, I believe
you didn’t steal the gemstones. There must be some misunderstanding, trust me, I will help you.”
What a clever move to turn defense into offense.
Beatrice glared at him angrily, but even so, he continued to laugh.
He stared at her, his gaze scanning her face, finally settling on the scarf, raising his eyebrows slightly.
In a hushed voice that only two people could hear, he said, “Beatrice, you can’t defeat me. In this world, the truth and lies are not only determined by evidence, but also by who says it. No one will believe you, not
not even Uncle Caden can help you now. You can
only rely on me.” Beatrice’s heart pounded with anger, her breath came in rapid gasps, like a small beast struggling in a cage.
And Oscar was the hunter standing outside the cage, teasing.
Just at that moment, the big screen suddenly lit up again.
Beatrice looked at the screen and sighed, “Big brother, why don’t you turn around and see for yourself.”
Oscar turned his head and looked, his smile froze on his face.
In the video, Devin sat on the couch, with a beautiful woman on each side.
Two women were dressed in neither flashy nor cheap attire. On the contrary, their skirts were adorned with brand logos, indicating that they were probably from an upscale establishment.
Several people appeared intoxicated.
One of the women approached Devin and said, “Mr. Powell, you have become quite a celebrity in our Chicago recently. You are amazing.”
Devin burped after drinking.“You guys are smart, there will be benefits if you stick with me in the future.”
“Really? Then we must give it a try. I heard before that you managed to auction a very powerful gem. Can you show us and let us have a look?”
“No.” Devin refused immediately.
Another woman, who was very understanding, interrupted her sister and said, “Don’t jump to conclusions. Can the auction house show us their items? Do you think Mr. Powell is like Mr.
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Duarte from last time, who moved his antiques to your place just because Don’t push your luck. Is it Mr. Powell or not?”
you
flattered him?
Most people could tell that these two women were singing a duet. But Devin was already inflated recently and had also been drinking, so he couldn’t be stimulated at all.
“What the hell, Mr. Duarte? Can anyone be as awesome as me? I’ll show you, I’ll show you all.”
In no time, Devin shouted for the bodyguard to deliver the things in front of the two women.
One of the women deliberately held up the sapphire high, perfectly exposing it to the camera, capturing it clearly.
It is the missing Kashmir Sapphire.
Devin pointed at the sapphire and proudly said, “This stone really helped me a lot.”
“Mr. Powell, what were you busy with?”
“I pulled off a brilliant switcheroo while working with Alicia, and when Beatrice realizes the gemstones have been swapped, she’ll be completely at my mercy. I can hardly wait,” Devin smirked, rubbing his chin slyly.
“Mr. Powell, impressive.”
The video ended here.
But the farce did not come to an end.
In such a grand and
burst in, their faces bearing the signs of wind and frost, and a touch of vulgarity.
burst in, theil anquet, a flamboyantly dressed middle–aged couple suddenly
As soon as the guests around saw the person coming, they were all afraid of being touched and quickly made way.
The two of them rushed to the front unimpeded, and as soon as they saw Selina sitting on the ground, they immediately cursed with a grimace on their faces.
“You little brat! I wondered
doing this kind of thing! Hy you were nowhere to be found all day, turns out you were out
twisted Selina’s ear.
embarrassing!” The middle–aged woman went up and immediately
Selina felt pain and exclaimed anxiously, “Mom, let go outside and talk!”
“What are you going out for.“,
of
me, don’t cause a scene here, let’s
go
be taken advantage of for nothing! Your younger brother is still waiting to save money to get married! You are no longer valuable like this, this man must take responsibility.”
The
middle–aged
her scolded, woman
eyes
turned fiercely towards
Devin.
Her eyes narrowed.“It’s you! You old thing! You’re already so old, yet you dare to ruin a young lady like Huanghua! Let me tell you, if you don’t give me the money, you can forget about having a good life! After all, there are videos online!”
After speaking, Selina’s father directly took
out a sickle from his lower back.
“If
you don’t hand over the money today, I will fight you all!”
Selina grabbed both of them and pleaded, “Please, will you go out? I beg you!”
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The couple dumped Selina on the ground and scolded her, “Don’t forget, you promised to go to college and earn a lot of money to support your younger brother. Now your reputation is ruined, what’s the use of you!”
I heard that Selina’s last layer of modesty cloth was torn off by someone, and she sat on the ground like a rag doll.
Λι this
moment,
the
celebration
banquet completely turned into a joke.
Finally, the guests left the venue voluntarily.
In a short while, the entire hall was left with only the towering champagne tower and the blooming flowers.
Devin left behind a 200,000–dollar hush money and ran away with his people.
Selina’s parents happily took the money and, unbelievably, ignored Selina who was still bleeding, and left.
Beatrice no longer paid attention to Selina and turned around to leave the banquet hall. Just as Alicia stopped in front, she hurriedly approached only to discover that there was another person standing in front of Alicia, crying.
Amanda.
“Ms. Moreno, please give me another chance, I won’t dare anymore.”
the
“Amanda, ever since you betrayed me, there’s no room for negotiation on this matter. You should know what the studio means to me, and yet you went ahead and helped someone else put entire studio in jeopardy. I will never keep you around.”
Alicia shook off Amanda’s hand and caught sight of Beatrice, waving at her. “Beatrice, let’s go.”
“Um.”
Beatrice followed her into the hall.
On the way, she looked at Alicia gratefully and said, “Ms. Moreno, thank you for Mr. Powell’s video. Otherwise, I really couldn’t have refuted it.”
Alicia doubted, “You said those two women and Mr. Powell’s video? It wasn’t me.”
“Not you? Then who?” Beatrice exclaimed in astonishment.
Alicia looked at her and smiled lightly, “The woman in the video deliberately handed the to the camera, obviously someone had arranged it.”
gemstone
“Should we go and ask those two women?” Beatrice frowned.
“What do you think? The Powell family probably sent someone to catch those two women by now, if they can find them at all. Besides… can’t you really guess anything? Sometimes, it’s just that you
don’t want to think about it.”
With that, Alicia raised her hand and adjusted the scarf around her neck. Cashmere scarves are soft and warm.
In the corner, a word was embroidered with golden thread.
Beatrice’s body stiffened slightly, and she deliberately ignored the presence of the scarf from beginning to end.
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Alicia looked at her with her neck stiffened and burst into laughter.
“Let’s go.”
Beatrice nodded.
When I left, someone called out Beatrice’s name from behind.
“Beatrice.”
It was Oscar.
