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"What the hell?" Na-ri flinched. "What is she talking about?!"

"Has Ophelia lost her mind?"

"How can she push the blame on Nikolai?"

"What has gotten into her?"

"This is outrageous."

Startled murmurs swept across the room. Everyone became extremely tensed.

"Are you... very sure, ma'am?" The interviewer asked. "I mean, this is quite heavy because everyone believed Mr. Jagger killed you. Although, your body was missing, but we all believed you were dead because Mr. Nikolai said so."

"Did you say Jagger?" Ophelia scoffed. "If there was anything Jagger did, he saved me. He witnessed what happened, how Nikolai had shot me. And when Nikolai noticed he was a witness, he decided to put the blame on him because he felt everyone would believe him since he was the son of a rich man, and also because everyone already thought that Jagger was a bad man. But the truth is, I was saved by Jagger. So, he doesn't deserve to be locked up."

She paused and sniffed. "I'm not saying this because I want Nikol