After a while, Reina arrived at the hotel shortly after North did.A swarm of doctors performed examinations on her. A long moment later, one said, “Ms. Reina’s fine, she’ll recover after a good night’s rest. However, she seems a bit mentally unstable. We’ll need to wait until she wakes up before questioning her for more information.”Ms. Hertz looked worried. “I wonder what happened to her…”Gerald spotted North among the crowd in an instant. He did not care what happened to Reina, so he nonchalantly got up. “I’ll get Nathan to keep me updated on what happens next.”“Gerald…” Reina woke up just as he was about to leave.She seemed frail and unaware of where she was. She was trembling all over. “Gerald? H-Have I been saved? Did you save me? Thank goodness… Thank goodness…”Ms. Hertz hastily stepped forward, “Oh, Reina, please don’t cry. What’s wrong? Whatever happened to you, just tell Mr. Howard and I’m sure he’d stand up for you.”Reina bit her lip and shot North a cautious lo
Gerald looked at her calmly. “Sure.”Reina became emotional. “So…”“Your claim that the coach tried to take advantage of you is just that, a claim. I won’t jump to any conclusions until I find him.”Gerald walked to the edge of the crowd and took North’s hand. “Let’s go.”Ms. Hertz yelled, “Mr. Howard, wait! We haven’t proven that Mrs. Howard had nothing to do with it yet. She can’t leave!”Reina acted like she was trying to sweep everything under the rug. “Ms. Hertz…”Ms. Hertz whirled around. “I know you trust North, Reina. But there’s a clear conflict of your interests, no matter what you say. There’s no telling what she’d do to you to secure the inheritance rights for Myers Corporation. You may lack the heart to harm others, but you can’t abandon your vigilance against others too!”Nathan almost laughed at the sight. How exactly did Reina lack the heart to harm others? She had harmed so many people countless times!At that moment, Ms. Hertz’s phone rang and she picked it up
“She said… She said that if Ms. Reina dared frame her, she should have been prepared to die as a result. It’s true! I wasn’t even at the resort this morning, so I had no idea what happened in that restaurant. Ms. North was the one who told me everything!”Everyone looked at each other.“That coach did actually arrive after breakfast time…”“Does that mean someone told him about what happened, then?”“I think it may actually be Mrs. Howard. After all, she was unfairly accused of being a mistress this morning and slapped. It’s only natural that she wants revenge.”“But this is too much! Ms. Reina had no idea what really happened, and it wasn’t like Ms. North would die if she got yelled at. But she got this man to assault Ms. Reina and even push her into a snow pit.“What if she had frozen to death before Mr. Howard found her? No matter how mad she is, she can’t just endanger someone’s life!”Ms. Hertz’s gaze started shifting again. “What do you have to say for yourself, Mrs. Howar
There was no sign of turmoil at all in Gerald’s clear gaze. “Or do you think I can’t even cover up such a small matter?”Ms. Hertz froze immediately.Reina understood what he meant too, and that made her face fall.What he meant was that even if North did actually hire someone to harm Reina, he was there to suppress any news of the scandal. He did not need to lie to save her reputation at all.Reina’s expression twisted grotesquely, despite her best intentions. Even after all that scheming, she had forgotten to account for Gerald’s bias toward North!Why?! She was the one who lay in the snow for two whole hours! Why was he still biased toward North?!She was his “savior”!Reina gritted her teeth and suddenly put on a dramatic expression. “I knew North would be innocent. I’m fine, Gerald. Just get everyone to leave me. Don’t let me ruin your mood.”Gerald looked at Reina calmly. “I will send someone to find the real culprit and handle it properly.”With that, he led North out.
Ms. Hertz helped up a frail Reina, hatred burning in her eyes. “How dare a certain someone still show her face in front of Reina?”North narrowed her eyes. “Gerald already said he’d find the culprit. What are you being this hasty for?”“Don’t you act smug! Our Reina—” Before Ms. Hertz could finish her sentence, someone screamed in terror behind her.“Oh, god! Stop! Everyone, look out!”North quickly looked up to see the ski coach charging over, holding a knife in his hand!The place erupted in chaos. Everyone was running away, for fear that the coach would stab them in his state of madness.“Reina!”“Ms. Reina!”“What do we do, Ms. Reina?!”Suddenly, the coach grabbed Reina with a precise grip and held the knife to her throat, snapping, “Everyone, shut up!”Ms. Hertz panicked. “W-What are you doing? Don’t make any rash decisions! Put that knife down!”“What am I doing? I’m taking this b*tch down with me even if I go to jail! I told you I wasn’t the mastermind, but you all di
Gerald got in the car as fast as he could, and the car sped off soon after that.North instinctively tried to follow him, but found herself in an awkward situation. What was she even following him for?Reina and Gerald were a marvelous pair. He would kick the ski coach for her, and she would take an injury for him. It seemed like no one else could get between them.“You see, Mr. Howard still cares about our Reina the most,” Ms. Hertz said passive-aggressively. “I think someone thought that just because she’s hogging the title of Mrs. Howard, she could hog his heart too. What a joke!”North narrowed her eyes. She was a bit sad just now, but she was not the type to let random people make fun of her.So, she shot back, “I’m sure Gerald would’ve carried you into that car too if you were dying, Ms. Hertz. Would you like to test that theory?”Ms. Hertz froze. “How dare you!”Nathan immediately kicked her out. “Is there anything else, Ms. Hag? If not, please get out of here, OK?”Nath
After some searching, North realized there were seven to eight different trending terms related to the incident alone. She clicked on one at random and noticed that the comments were initially made in support of Reina. However, the situation gradually morphed into a one-sided call for North to be punished.She frowned. “Did Reina hire online trolls?”Marlin nodded. “She must have. All of Reina Studios’ promotional accounts are joining the fray. By the time I noticed, it was too late. It’s not a good idea to suppress something once it’s already started trending, but I’ll do it if you don’t want to see that.”North narrowed her eyes. “Don’t waste your money. Even if you stop it from trending, Reina can spend more money to make it trend again.”North skimmed through the comments section. [Reina got injured on a skiing trip. I heard she froze in the snow for almost two hours and even got stabbed. She’s still unconscious!][What do we do? Let’s pray for Reina. How did a skiing trip g
The comments section blew up.[Wait, what? Really? That trip only allowed family members as additional guests?!][Yeah, Nathan Howard owns that resort, and he was the one who enforced that rule. Every other guest brought their spouses, children, and parents, but Mr. Howard brought Reina. Doesn’t that mean Reina’s his wife?][It’s confirmed, then! But how did North get there?][I bet she mooched off Reina. She’s Mr. Howard’s wife, which makes North his sister-in-law. If North said she wanted to tag along, who was he to refuse?][North is so shameless…][North almost got Reina killed by going there. Surely, Mr. Howard would avenge her? North’s doomed!]…After looking through several trending topics, North noticed they were largely talking about the same things. In response, her lips thinned into a straight line.Why were Reina and Ms. Hertz deliberately influencing the trending topics? Gerald had instructed them not to leak any news about the incident since he was trying to f