Meanwhile, Charlotte and Jonathan were at Paradise Club. Charlotte was wearing a long white dress, while he was in a suit. She mindlessly walked beside him and looked hesitant."Jonathan, why don't I head back first? It might be inconvenient for me to be around while you're in a meeting."After she left the cafe miserably that afternoon, Charlotte hurriedly returned home to change into a new set of clothes.She gritted her teeth in great hatred, but she couldn't do anything about Giselle. The videos taken in the cafe were spreading all over the internet. Sebastian was upset at her for the first time because of this, and he lectured her with suppressed anger.Charlotte felt aggrieved, but she couldn't talk about it with anyone. Harold would be out the whole day, and she wouldn't see him for a while.As for Linda, no one knew what she was up to recently. She looked anxious, and when Charlotte asked about it, Linda would tell her to stay out of an adult's business.Charlotte didn'
Jonathan's gaze fell on Giselle, who was standing next to Jean.Giselle calmly looked into his eyes. It was a familiar gaze, but there was no love for him anymore. That was something Jonathan had known for a long time, and he couldn't help clenching his fists tightly."Why can't I be here?" Jean coldly looked at him. As his mother, she managed to stop him from talking to Giselle for the time being."I'm just saying that it isn't appropriate for you to be here."Paradise Club was a proper place of business. However, most of its patrons were powerful businessmen, and it was rare for women to be there. Clearly, Jean and Giselle stood out amongst the crowd"Why can't I bring Gigi here when you can bring Charlotte here?"Jonathan didn't expect Jean to bring up Charlotte so suddenly, and his frown deepened. Bringing Charlotte was a last-minute decision, but Jean was acting as if she already knew it would happen a long time ago.Feeling suspicious, Jonathan looked at Giselle once more.
It was Chris who pulled Giselle into the room, and he pinned her against the door frame. When she smelled the alcohol on his warm breath, she felt incredibly uncomfortable."So, you're the one they sent, huh?"Giselle was confused when she heard that. After all, he was the one who dragged her into the room. She didn't understand why he would say that. She almost chuckled in anger as her eyes widened incredulously.It was dark in the room, and there was only a single mood light in the corner."They have good taste this time." Chris sounded satisfied as he spoke in a hoarse voice. Just as he was about to kiss Giselle, she suddenly kicked him in the crotch with a raised knee.His pained scream filled the entire room. It hurt so much that the lust he was feeling as a result of the drugs he'd taken was fading away slowly.Chris fell and curled up on the ground. Giselle looked down at him and heard some footsteps approaching from behind. Then, the person in charge of Paradise Club open
When Giselle finally caught up with Jean, everything was already over. Charlotte ran past her while crying with her face covered.Then, Giselle looked at Jean and the gloomy Jonathan. The relationship between the mother and son was tense. Since Jean was often busy with work, they weren't close to begin with. Because of Charlotte, they became even more distant from each other."Mrs. Lawson."Jean could tell from Giselle's gaze that she was worried, so she shook her head and said, "I'm alright."After that, Jean coldly looked at Jonathan. "I don't care what reasons you might have in the future. Stay away from Charlotte from now on!"Charlotte's shameless acts humiliated Jean to no end, and the latter couldn't figure out why Jonathan would like someone like that. After all, how could Charlotte ever compare to Giselle? They were two completely different women, and he just had to pick the worst one!Jean was truly infuriated this time as she found her son's poor judgment embarrassing.
Jean was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe Chester would call Giselle in the middle of the night. To her, Chester was always cold and aloof, keeping a distance between himself and everyone else. Regardless of gender, that was how he treated everyone around him.Jean couldn't help thinking about the time when she asked him to send Giselle home previously. Back then, he didn't reject the request as well. From what Jean could tell, something fishy was going on.Giselle answered the call in front of Jean. "Hi, Mr. Fordham.""I just heard that you're at the police station. Is that true?"Giselle kept quiet for a moment. She was surprised by how quickly he had received the news. Of course, she knew it had to be Jim who told him about it. When Sebastian was at the station previously, Jim was the one who called Chester to back her up.Giselle lowered her gaze and answered with a light hum. When she felt Jean's gaze on her, she simply said she was about to head home."Let me pick you up."
Chris continued with another message. "I wasn't doing it on purpose. I was drugged."When he first saw the footage, he felt a little excited. However, when he saw Giselle kicking him in the crotch, the excitement immediately went away. Even when he was sending the message, he could still feel the pain in his lower body. That was the biggest humiliation of his life!Had he been hurt beyond saving, he would never let her go, even if she was innocent! There was no way he would take the initiative to apologize to her like that."Sure. I'll forget about it this time. However, I think you should cut down on your erotic fantasies, Mr. Barton."As Giselle sent that message, she remembered what had happened back then, and she had goosebumps all over her body. She knew he was drugged. However, she wasn't the one who did it, so she could do whatever she had to. After all, she couldn't possibly let him do whatever he wanted to her.When Chris read her message, he suppressed his anger. He only
Giselle tapped into the news to check it out. Then, a video clip showed up—the same one that led to Charlotte's bullying online. However, the context of the story had changed.She didn't have the patience to go through all the texts. Fortunately for her, someone in the comment section had summarized it."Let me summarize it for everyone. I'm sure everyone is aware of identity theft, right? The woman who splashed the coffee stole the other woman's life as the daughter of a rich family."Giselle's identity had been exposed on the internet. With Charlotte's notorious reputation, their names were ranked high on the trending list.For more than 20 years, Giselle enjoyed the wealthy life that should've belonged to Charlotte. On the contrary, Charlotte had a difficult life. In order to survive, she had to work while she studied. She was the prime example of an inspirational woman.With that, Charlotte's reputation improved a little, and the people online were enjoying the gossip as it un
Giselle calmly spun the pen in her hand. The light shining from the side highlighted her fair skin beautifully. Those who were attracted to her beautiful hand were incredibly pleased by what they were seeing."How else would I view it? By relaxing in my chair, of course," she answered.With that, the comments became lively again."Well, that was anticlimactic.""Madam, since there's nothing else for you to do now, why don't you analyze those two people's personalities?""I have a feeling that something fishy is going on. Everyone knows that Charlotte has the Grants supporting her."Giselle wasn't planning on going into the details. She had been feeding the flame for three days and had gathered a lot of evidence.She didn't even have to guess how smug the Grants were at that very moment. She wanted them to feel arrogant for the time being. That way, their fall from grace would have a greater impact later.Once Giselle became ruthless, no one could stand in her way."If you real
Giselle's gaze was calm as she wasn't expressing any emotion at all.Jonathan was speechless at that moment. As his phone's screen dimmed, his hands fell to his sides, and there was a complicated look on his dashing face. He never knew Giselle was living a life like that with the Grants.The Lawsons and the Grants decided that their children would get married because of their elders' intentions.To the outside world, the Grants were out of everyone's league. At first, Jonathan really didn't want to be with Giselle. He cared a lot about hierarchies and thought a person like Giselle wasn't worthy to be his fiancée at all. However, his feelings for her slowly changed without him knowing.They had always been classmates, from elementary school to university, and he started liking her at the beginning of high school. Back then, he was so deeply in love with her that he would do anything for her. However, did he really like her?If Giselle hadn't exposed the truth at that moment, he nev
The onslaught of comments continued."I have a feeling that the Grants knew that Giselle wasn't their child since the beginning.""With a family as suffocating as that, I would never want to be a part of them, even if they're rich."After seeing the transaction records, photo evidence, and recordings, the people online could imagine how tough Giselle's childhood was.No thief would willingly live a life like that! It didn't matter even if Giselle had a great life with the Grants—she was clearly tortured!If it weren't for Giselle, Charlotte would've been the one being scolded and hurt instead. So, Giselle was clearly pitiful. Not only did she have to suffer, but she also had to pay the Grants five million dollars as compensation. She was paying to have a terrible life!With that thought in mind, the people online started discussing the situation again. However, it wasn't over yet. Giselle posted a timeline that incriminated Charlotte for interfering in her relationship.Giselle
Giselle looked uncaring, but her words and actions were the complete opposite. When she went all out, no one could get in her way. All three people in front of her had witnessed it before.When she uttered that last sentence, they all recalled bad memories at the same time. Among the three of them, Jonathan had the most terrible look on his face. He looked so gloomy that it seemed like it was going to rain over his head soon.At that moment, Giselle clearly had the situation in her control.Just as the mood was feeling tense, Charlotte received a call, and her face visibly turned pale. Then, her shoulders started trembling, and she looked weak.Vivian hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, Lottie? You look terrible. Do you feel unwell?"Hearing that, Jonathan finally looked away from Giselle. He moved his fingers a little, but he didn't support Charlotte at all.Charlotte's eyes teared up as she glared at Giselle. Then, she choked weakly, "Giselle! When did I ever mess with you? I did e
"Mr. Lawson, please donate your eyes to someone who needs them if you won't use them yourself."After Giselle said that, she put her phone away and lazily stood there. She didn't look scared at all when three people were attacking her.The more she acted that way, the more frustrated Jonathan felt. He didn't understand why she was still so arrogant when she clearly had nothing left. He wondered who gave her the confidence to act that way. Was it Chester?Not only did Chester not help her with the cyberbullying this time, but he even made things worse for her. So, Jonathan had to eliminate him as a possibility. In which case, who else could it be?Suddenly, Harry's name popped into Jonathan's mind, and he clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles made a sound. Then, he said with a scoff, "You sure are capable, Giselle!"Jonathan thought Giselle was more active than a social butterfly for changing partners nonstop. He couldn't believe she would actually go for someone as young as
Jonathan had appeared behind Giselle. His dashing face looked gloomy, and his sharp gaze looked hostile."Jonathan!" Charlotte called out in excitement. Her eyes lit up as if she had seen her savior.Vivian poked her head out from behind and comforted Charlotte, "Don't worry, Lottie. Jon is here to save you!"Hearing that, Charlotte finally stopped feeling anxious.Meanwhile, Giselle held back her urge to laugh. She took two steps forward and got closer to Jonathan. Then, she scoffed and turned around, saying mockingly, "It looks like you're having difficulty hearing at such a young age, Mr. Lawson. I'm talking about teaching your darling a lesson, of course!"She thought Charlotte was being too naive in thinking that she was saved with Jonathan here. Even if an actual god was here, Charlotte would still have to pay for what she had done."Play nice, Giselle!" Jonathan's head was throbbing when he heard Giselle's sarcastic words. He didn't walk to Charlotte's side. Instead, he ju
Jonathan stood tall with his jacket hung on his arm. He looked elegant as he walked anxiously into the station. After scanning the room, he saw Vivian walking toward him."Jon, how did you know I was here? I was just about to call you!"Among all the people in the Lawson family, Vivian looked up to her brother the most. He was dashing and capable; she was proud to call him her brother.When she first learned that Jonathan was dating Giselle, she threw a tantrum and didn't want to eat for three days. After realizing that no one cared about her, she started messing with Giselle in the dark.At first, she would hold herself back, thinking that Giselle was the daughter of the Grant family. When the true daughter of the Grants showed up, she became out of control.As the daughter of the Lawsons, she would always look down on Giselle and oppress her. When she saw Giselle submissively enduring it, Vivian despised her even more. There was no way Vivian would let Giselle become her sister-
Vivian laughed as she gloated, and the anger within her faded a little."Serves you right!" she exclaimed, thinking that Giselle couldn't check into a room with Harry now.Lindsay was speechless. She knew how arrogant Vivian could be, but she never expected the latter to be that petty. She put on her headphones and said, "I have to leave now. Vivian, don't call me over something like this in the future."From what Lindsay could tell, Vivian was just being unreasonable. When Lindsay stood there, she felt extremely awkward.Vivian turned to her and asked, "Linds, aren't you going to check out the situation with me?"Lindsay placed her hands in her pockets and walked away. "No, thanks. I'm busy."When she was called, Lindsay thought Vivian was being beaten up by someone. However, it turned out to be something trivial.Feeling upset, Vivian pouted her lips and mumbled, "Why is she so cocky?" Then, she got into a taxi and hurriedly went to the police station.…When Giselle saw the
Lindsay was stunned when she heard that, thinking that Vivian was out of her mind.A suppressed feeling resurfaced when Lindsay heard Vivian spreading such a scandalous thing. She pursed her lips and coldly asked, "Who did you call?""My brother and uncle!" said Vivian.Lindsay understood why Vivian would call Jonathan, but she didn't understand why Vivian would tell Chester about it as well. After all, from what she knew, Giselle had nothing to do with the Fordhams.Vivian could tell Lindsay was confused, and she put on a pitiful act. "I've forgotten to tell you something, Linds. Your family has been attacked."Lindsay became even more confused when she heard that. "What do you mean?""My uncle, who is your cousin, has been seduced by Giselle!"…Harry and Giselle stood by the road as they waited for the driver to bring the car around.Harry was wearing a black hoodie that complemented his figure. His tan skin showed how energetic he was. He was on his phone when he suddenly
Giselle wondered if Vivian was blind. As she stared at Vivian, her gaze went cold, and she deemed the younger girl to be an idiot.Lindsay was silent for a long time. Her gaze moved back and forth between Giselle and Harry, and she noticed they both looked beautiful and dashing respectively. So, when they stood together, nothing seemed wrong to her.Despite that, she thought it didn't seem likely that what Vivian said was true. Instead of a couple, Giselle and Harry looked more like siblings to her.Lindsay fell into a deep thought. She wasn't sure if she was imagining it, but she thought those two looked a little identical.When Vivian noticed Lindsay wasn't saying anything, she became anxious. "Linds, you have to help me!"Lindsay helplessly shrugged and said, "There's nothing I can do, Vivian. Do you have any proof that there's something fishy going on between them?"Vivian was stunned by the question. After stuttering for a while, she still couldn't answer Lindsay. Everything