At the center of the stage, Victoria was to sit opposite the Jameson family.Three moderators sat on one side of the stage, while about 100 members of the audience sat in the seating area.Victoria went up the stage. Before she could sit, Daisy staggered toward her with Roman's help.Hunching her shoulders, Daisy approached Victoria and reached out to touch her face. "Let me have a look at you."Victoria frowned and dodged her hand.Daisy's hand froze mid-air. Her despair was evident, and it broke the audience's hearts.Tears flowed from her dull eyes. "Vicky, do you hate me?" she asked.Victoria clenched her jaw and looked away.Roman soothed Daisy and explained on Victoria's behalf.Ginny approached them, too.She stood before Victoria and gazed at her. Tears streamed down her cheeks, and she started weeping. She seemed overwhelmed with grief.Colette stood beside Ginny, anxious and concerned. She tried to calm Ginny down.She was deepening her impression as an obedient d
Victoria's actions caught everyone by surprise.Some of the audience instinctively shut their mouths and covered them with their hands. They feared that she would throw something at them if they uttered a sound.Colette was secretly glad when she saw what Victoria did. Victoria was digging her own grave.But when Victoria looked toward them, Colette suddenly had a very bad feeling.Victoria wasn't who she used to be now. She wouldn't have acted recklessly for nothing.Didn't she say she would "clear things up, one by one"? What was she trying to say?She was still uneasy when Victoria said, "Firstly, you said you had no choice but to send me to the countryside. Someone was there to look after me. And who was that? Get her here so I can get to know her."Roman was joyous. Pleased, he glanced at Colette. But on the surface, he put on a disappointed face."You're upsetting me," he said. "Aunt Julia must be dismayed to hear you. It has been long since she met you, and she insisted
Victoria slowly turned around and faced the audience.Her shoulders were half exposed, and she was smiling faintly. Under the spotlight, she looked divine.She arched an eyebrow at the Jamesons. "You see it? Is it on the right or the left?"Someone drooled. Even David was staring wide-eyed at Victoria.Their first reaction was not to find which side her butterfly-shaped birthmark was on. Instead, her charms defeated all their reasonings.Some recalled her captivating dance at the commencement ceremony of Brighton Women's College.No wonder Yves was mesmerized.Colette fixated her gaze on Victoria's refined features. When she heard the audience gasp, she was tempted to lunge at Victoria and destroy her face.Her bewitching looks were the weapon she used to seduce Benjamin.Colette went green with envy. She was all the more displeased with Cindy, who screwed up her plan.If she had disfigured Victoria's face with the acid, none of this would have happened.Jeff, too, that usel
Once Victoria was done speaking, she shifted her gaze over to Ginny who had been on the sidelines.Ginny looked weak with sorrow. It was as if she was very disheartened. Victoria thought about how impressive Ginny's act was. "Mrs. Jameson," Victoria said in a cold and emotionless voice. "You brought me back when I was seven. Back then, you agreed to have my true identity revealed to the world, but you've never mentioned to Colette about my relationship with her?"Of course, Ginny had mentioned it to Colette previously. But in this current circumstance, how could she admit that she had?"No, I haven't. You are my biological daughter and Colette's sister. We owe it to you to acknowledge you as who you are. It doesn't matter if she was willing to acknowledge you or otherwise. "I hadn't told her about this as she was still young back then. Neither did we have any discussions about it."We were simply taking you and the tarot reader's advice into consideration. That's why we did w
Filled with indignation, Ginny got up from her seat. Her entire body was shaking in fury."Are … are you trying to drive me mad?" asked Ginny as she pointed at Victoria. Victoria looked straight at Ginny. She was not going to give in. "Didn't you say that you put in the effort to prepare my room for me? And that it's the biggest, most spacious room in the Jameson manor?"How about you show us the room now? Show the people out there how much you love me." Ginny clenched her chest and stumbled a couple of steps back. Colette immediately held onto her mom. Colette was annoyed. She looked over at Victoria "Didn't you say that you didn't want to live at the manor? You even asked Dad for a few million dollars so that you could rent a place there, which was where you wanted to live!" "It's true that I didn't live at the Jameson manor. However, I was going to school at Brighton and might return to the manor at any time. All of you said you loved me and wanted to make things up to
Jane was indeed crafty and had fight in her.Swiftly after Colette rang her up, she had contacted the TV station and reporters she was acquainted with. She also paid off numerous internet trolls and influencers to collectively mislead and diss Victoria online. Malicious talk about Victoria had spread all over the internet in no time. As a result of all these tactics, the people's attention had been diverted. Scenes from the live program—Victoria's counter with evidence, Daisy and Roman's true colors—that were meant to cast doubts, were no longer garnering people's attention. Many were still being kept in the dark. "To the television production crew, all of you need to know about how arrogant she is. On the day of filming, she ridiculed me and my colleagues. She said that we were ugly and old, that we couldn't ride on anyone's coattails."She also said that she hated our guts, so she was going to convince Mr. Harper to get us fired from the TV station! Initially, I wanted to j
Victoria turned to take a peek at Benjamin. Coincidentally, he had also turned around. He raised his eyebrows and smiled. Did this mean … that he had heard the conversation? Victoria was certain that he had.They were sitting back-to-back. She was leaning against him and her cell happened to be right by his ear. It'd be odd if he hadn't heard anything. Well, that was awkward. It would've been fine if it was just a conversation between two best friends, but to be overheard by the person in question …Why did Tilly have to mention Benjamin out of the blue? It made Victoria seem like the one who had ulterior motives against him.Victoria covered her phone with her hand. She whispered but enunciated clearly to Tilly, "Don't worry about me. Just take good care of yourself. I've been really busy lately, so you don't need to come over. Bye." Based on Victoria's understanding of the Jameson family, she knew that they weren't going to give up easily. Victoria would have to deal with th
"You've got some guts, huh? I've become like this all because of you!" "This was because of me?" Victoria scorned. "Wasn't it? You already saw me making a fool out of myself on the day of our school's commencement ceremony! You should have acted even more humiliating!What right does a country bumpkin like you have to steal the limelight while I became everyone's laughingstock?"Also, it was you who roped me in at the hotel the other night. Thanks to that, I was caught being with them and it ruined my reputation!" Cindy was enraged with fierce indignation. "If it wasn't because of you, I wouldn't have gotten involved with Ronald, let alone be raped and infected by AIDS! It should've been you!"My mom insulted me for misbehaving and neglected me; Brighton expelled me. And now I've been disfigured and blinded, living like a sewer rat. All of this was because of you!"I'd wanted to graduate from Brighton and marry into a wealthy family. Then, live a comfortable and luxurious lif