Rita looked at Polly, exclaiming, "What did you say? Baz retaliated against Josephine, and she was hit by eggs?"Polly nodded, truthfully recounting the events at the fashion show to Rita."Yes, we arranged for audience members to cooperate with Josephine to stir the public. They said she rushed onto the stage and threw eggs at Maia, and then Mr. Cedric arrived. “Not only did he publicly prove that Maia was innocent, but he also defended her in front of everyone! Now, the videos are all over the internet, and based on the footage, everything they said is true. Mr. Cedric is still holding Ms. Taylor, and we don't know the exact situation...""What a dumb thing! How could we have such a stupid relative in the Larkin family?” Rita said, "I told her to go after Maia, get everyone to attack her, kick her out of the fashion show, and make it go viral! But she actually went and threw eggs at Maia?"Rita clutched her chest and sat on the nearby sofa. "This is the 1s11 Fashion Show. What an ig

Hope listened to Maia's voice and immediately turned in the direction of the door. Upon seeing Maia, she teared up."Sis, you're here. I'm really glad that you came."Hope didn't expect Maia to come. After all, this was where she and her mother used to live. Her mother took over as mistress of the Burgess family, stealing a father’s love from Maia.Hope knew Maia did not resent her, but she had not expected her to come here. Hope was trying hard to hold back her tears.Sorting through parents' belongings is a torturous task for any child. Each item represents their parents' past, and memories flood back, making it unbearable.Later, she always used a line from the poem "To Hope" to console herself."Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed, and wave thy silver pinions o’er my head ..."It's because of this line that she endured pain time and time again, and now she has finally gone from bitterness to sweetness.Hope and her past self shared some similarities at this point. Maia s

Hope didn’t hesitate at all. “I believe in you.”“Good. I need you to listen to me. Just pretend you don’t know anything about this. You’re still drowning in the grief of losing your mother, doing what you usually do.”Maia urged her. “Once you’re back to work, you’ll work on television drama shoots and attend events as usual. Don’t do anything differently or express any other emotion.”Maia was deathly afraid that the culprit was observing her from the dark. She must not alert him!Hope promised. “Don’t worry, Maia. I’m an actress. I’ve got this!”“I’ll get to the bottom of this.”“The murderer is relentless, Maia. You have to be careful.” Hope looked at her, worried. Maia nodded in reply.Then, she and Buck helped Hope stuff everything into the storage box. He was taking the box out when several middle-aged women rushed into the corridor. They had heard that the big celebrity was back. They looked around in front of Hope’s place to catch a glimpse of her.“Looking for someo

Maia’s eyes widened. Cedric was the last person she would expect to see here!“Maia…” Hope said to her. “What’s Cedric doing here?” Cedric used to be Maia’s husband. That made him her former brother-in-law.Maia frowned. She had no answers for Hope. Hope was frightened to see Cedric advancing toward them. “I’m going to go help Buck!”Hope might be naive, but she had spent a long time in the entertainment industry. Her emotional intelligence and intellect were solid. She knew how to read a situation, and knew when to make herself scarce.Maia started backing off when she saw Cedric taking steps toward her. She needed to keep a distance from him. He suddenly caught her arms when she took another step backward.“You’ll fall into the ditch.”Maia was startled. She turned and saw that there was indeed a ditch at the side of the apartment. “Let me go!” Maia said coldly. She could not even look at him. He did as she asked. Maia could hear humming in her mind as her hand fell. Was th

“Speak carefully now, Josephine. Did someone pull your strings? Did Maia bribe you and ask you to stage the whole thing? You’re such a good girl. How’s it possible for you to do such a thing alone?”Rita smacked her chest to show how heart-wrenching it was for her. She could not stop herself from trying to frame Maia for it. Josephine clenched her fist and closed her eyes. She knew what Maia meant to Cedric. She was not going to fall for the same trick twice. “I did it all by myself. I wanted to avenge Zera.”No one bought what she said. Baz was particularly skeptical about it. Cedric maintained a gloomy face, not saying anything.Then, Judy said, “You let Ms. Rita down, Ms. Josephine! Did you not think about her reputation? She took pity on you and took you to Prismara. I can’t believe this is how you repay her! You deserve everything that’s coming to you!”Rita and Judy did a good job at keeping up the ruse. Cedric grinned slowly. It was amusing to watch them.He lit a cigaret