North nodded. “There are rumors about me going around even though I’m right here. What if I don’t prove my innocence, and people take the rumors seriously?”Colt and Charlotte agreed. “Yes, we need Mr. Henry to see for himself who slept with Constantine. Otherwise, he may forget about it one day and accuse North all over again.”That was clearly a jab at Henry, which made him flustered. “No. I was just worried about North. It was only a misunderstanding.”Sadly, Gerald had already gotten the hotel staff to lead the way. The entire crowd had begun marching toward Constantine’s room.Henry and Reina could only grit their teeth and walk faster to keep up with the rest.…Once they were in front of Constantine’s room, North shot Reina a pointed look before knocking on the door.Reina had the feeling that something was wrong.However, she did not have time to think about it anymore, because they could actually hear a woman’s voice from within the room!Everyone’s expressions twiste
The phrase “you’re such a good daughter” felt like a slap to Reina’s face.Nathan leaned closer to Bryan and passive-aggressively said, “Not bad, Mr. Jordan. Your daughter is so nice, she went out of her way to frame her sister to get her adoptive mother out of trouble. If you get into trouble in the future, she’ll frame someone else to save your skin too!”Everyone instinctively backed away from Bryan.After all, they could easily become Reina’s next sacrifice in the name of “being a good daughter”.Bryan’s expression soured.“But just because I can understand where Reina’s coming from, doesn’t mean I understand where Dad, Grandfather, and Grandmother are coming from.” North pretended to be confused. “It’s bad enough that Reina’s framing me to cover up Linda’s crimes. How come you’re all helping her cover it up too? Am I, your biological family, not as important as a mistress?”Ian’s face turned red before it paled. The moment he saw Reina’s shifty eyes, he understood what had h
As Linda cried, she pretended that she wanted to die. “I know I’ve let you down in the past, North, but I’ve changed! I cared so much about you, and yet you set me up! Waah, just let me die!”Reina bit her lip and teared up as well. It was like the whole world owed them an apology.Everyone looked at North, but she calmly asked, “May I ask how I set you up, then?”Linda was about to answer when North continued, “I was at the hall the entire time last night, and I only left after Gerald appeared. I didn’t have the time to meet Constantine in private at all.“And by the time Constantine appeared there to drink wine, I was already playing cards in my room. There are a bunch of witnesses who can prove that.”Sure enough, Colt said nonchalantly, “We’d arrived around 9:00 p.m. If you don’t believe us, Ms. Reina, you can check the security cameras.”The moment Colt said that, others spoke up too. One of the contestants said hesitantly, “I saw North go back to her room… Constantine had j
North said simply, “The Myers family is full of fools to have fallen for your tricks for this long. But there are so many people here today. Did you expect all of them to be just as stupid?”“North Myers!”“You ingrate!”Madam Myers and Henry yelled at the same time.What did she mean by that? Was she mocking them for favoring the mistress and not knowing right from wrong? She was running the Myers family reputation into the ground!They did not want to play favorites, alright? North was the one who refused to learn—“I got it!” A man’s voice interrupted Ian’s thoughts. Nathan shoved his way through the crowd and yelled loudly, “The truth is right in front of our eyes, and yet Linda thinks everyone will believe her the moment she cries. Why? “Because the Myers family has made her arrogant! That’s how she’s gotten things done for almost twenty years. She used to have the Myers family believe her every time she cried and turned around to blame North.“She’s seen how effectively
Linda’s gaze kept shifting as she raised her voice to mask her guilt, “You knew you wouldn’t be good enough to make it to the finals, so you needed Constantine to let you in! I’m not framing you this time, North! Everyone knows what happened two years ago!“You’d spent all your efforts on seducing and sleeping with the judges in order to take someone else’s spot without doing anything to deserve it! Doesn’t that hurt your conscience?!”Anxiety appeared in Nathan’s gaze.What was she going to say? He believed North, of course, but—wait, why was Gerald so calm? That was his wife getting slandered here! Was he not worried at all? “Aren’t you going to help, Gerald?”Gerald shot him a brief glance. “How?”“However you can! Get those two shameless women out, or get them—”“I called all these reporters here to uncover the truth of what happened two years ago.” Gerald rubbed his hands together. “There’s no rush.”Nathan looked at the Quinn siblings, only to find Colt shooting him a look
Besides Judge Anthony, there were others too.“I’m Judge Blair of the 10th design competition’s Group B. Madam Myers gave me 300,000 dollars in exchange for letting Reina pass through every round. I’ve uploaded my proof to Twitter.”Reina had been in Group B at the time.“I’m Judge Compton of the 10th design competition’s Group A. Madam Myers gave me 150,000 dollars in exchange for making up a reason to disqualify North. Although I did not agree to the deal, I’ve retained proof that I have just uploaded to Twitter.”North had been in Group A and Judge Compton had been fired during the semifinals. It was probably because she refused Madam Myers’s bribe.“I’m Judge Dell of the 10th design competition’s semi-finals. Madam Myers gave me 300,000 dollars while Linda gave me 200,000, in exchange for letting Reina win the semifinals. I apologize, and I’ve donated all 500,000 dollars and uploaded proof to Twitter.”“I’m Judge Lancaster of the 10th design competition’s finals. Madam Myers
Soon enough, the participant she had replaced also tweeted: [I thought I wasn’t even good enough for the semifinals, but it turns out I was forced out by a cheater. What a joke. Constantine had insisted on eliminating me because he thought my designs were too “out of the box”. I bet he didn’t think they were out of the box. He just wanted me out of Reina’s way.]Below that tweet, the participant attached photos of his designs.The better candidate had gotten eliminated, and yet the terrible candidate had advanced. If this was not a joke, then what was?Not only had Reina stolen someone else’s spot, but she had allowed her fans to harass him too… Bryan’s eyes widened again in disbelief.Was Reina really his daughter? Was Reina really Estella’s daughter? How could this be?Reina watched the videos and proof in terror. She did not expect any of these things to come to light!North Myers, that b*tch!Roque watched the online debates, satisfied. “That’s why the organizing committee h
Everyone fell silent.Linda’s heart skipped a beat before filling with terror. What did Gerald mean by that? What the heck did he mean by that?!Had he found proof? No! That was impossible. She had covered her tracks so well. How could he have found anything?Then again, this was Gerald Howard they were talking about. Was there anything he could not find out?North blinked and looked around.Ian was feeling humiliated, while Madam Myers seemed to have a shifty gaze. It was like she was scared and worried about being exposed.Henry pretended to look righteous, but Reina… she was gritting her teeth so hard that she almost ground them to bits!“Since Mrs. Myers has nothing to say, then allow me to end this fiasco,” Gerald said simply before taking out a recording pen. He was about to press play when Linda’s pupils widened. Somehow, she gained the strength to charge forward, screaming, “No!”However, she was slower to react than Connor was. Before she could even get her hands on