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Zoey was stunned for a moment, then choked out, “Lily, even if you’re trying to protect your daughter, you can’t just speak without evidence low are you going to face the Davis family after this?”
Lily shot Zoey a cold glare. She had always called her a master manipulator, and now, .in front of everyone, Zoey was accusing her of having no standing in the Davis family.
Lily wasn’t one to waste words.
She pulled a USB drive from her bag and said, “Zoey, you don’t recognize this reporter, do you? Then how do you explain spending over an hour in the VIP lounge of that luxury store together? “Every time this reporter leaves, negative reports about you flood the internet the very next day. Oh, and the accounts that slander you–I reported them all. And the reporter admitted it: they were paid to spread lies about you. Doesn’t that seem strange to you?”
“W… what?” Zoey’s face went pale, and her hand instinctively reached for the USB drive, but Eleanor beat her to it.
Without giving anyone a chance to react, Eleanor plugged it in and immediately played the surveillance footage.
The screen showed them both entering the VIP area of the store, chatting happily and parting with smiles, clearly having reached some kind of agreement.
Eleanor turned to Dylan with a sharp smirk. ‘Dylan, this is your mistake. Are you saying you don’t recognize Miss Taylor because she’s not pretty or graceful enough?”
Dylan froze, his usual silver tongue faltering. He opened his mouth, closed it again, struggling to come up with a rebuttal.
The footage was too clear, and Eleanor hadn’t even played the audio yet. She had left a step for him. If he pushed further, once the audio came out, he’d be completely finished, blacklisted from the industry.
Zoey understood this as well.
The audio hung over her like a sword, making her afraid to act rashly.
But the skeptical gazes around her were almost suffocating, If she didn’t come up with an explanation, everything she had worked to maintain would come crashing down.
Zoey pressed her lips together, a glint of sharpness in her eyes. She forced a smile. “Eleanor, have you forgotten something? We’re here to talk about you inciting others to harm me. I gave you the chance to apologize and make peace, but if you don’t, you’ll have a lot to answer
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for.”
Her attempt to play the victim wasn’t working, and now she was threatening.
But this time, she was wrong.
Eleanor turned to Officer Aleigha.
Aleigha’s voice was stern. “Miss Taylor, we’ve investigated the man who tried to harm you. He has no criminal record, only a daughter who needs money for medical treatment. “We found a transfer matching the amount needed for her surgery from an overseas account. We’ll figure out who owns the account soon, but we can say for sure that Miss Brown has no overseas accounts. So, Miss Brown has been framed.”
Zoey was rendered speechless, her lips biting down so hard they almost bled.
Finally, her gaze shifted to Mateo.
Mateo, beaten and bruised, wouldn’t want Eleanor to get away with this.
Sure enough, Mateo stood up, his voice dripping with disdain. “Eleanor, even with all this evidence, you still can’t erase the fact that you’re a woman who plays both sides. If you don’t apologize, the Jenkins family will never let you off the hook.
“Just look at what she did to me! She agreed to dinner and a movie, then hinted that I wouldn’t be able to go back to school after 10 p.m. Is that not an invitation to sleep with me? But when I didn’t give her the designer bags and cash, this is how she treated me.”
Matco played the victim in front of the camera, and then cast a scornful glance at Eleanor.
He had already made a deal with the Davis family. He knew Eleanor wouldn’t will.
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Eleanor watched Mateo’s performance with a searing sense of humiliation. It felt as if everything she had was being ripped apart before everyone’s eyes.
She lifted her gaze, meeting Elijah’s indifferent stare. She wanted to say, “See? This is the person you wanted me to reconcile with. This is the business you wanted me to negotiate?”
She lowered her eyes, silently enduring.
After all, she had been forced to sign the reconciation agreement, which was like admitting to all the slander.
Suddenly, Aleigha walked up to Mateo.
“Mr. Jenkins, it seems you haven’t seen the news online. Many victims have already come
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forward with evidence, accusing you of indecently assaulting them in your car. You should save your energy. You’ll have plenty to explain soon.”
“Nonsense! They wouldn’t dare expose me!” Mateo panicked and, in his desperation, exposed himself.
“Now they dare,” Aleigha replied coldly.
With that, she slapped a pair of handcufl’s on Marco.
Mateo tried to struggle and run, but as he passed by Elijah, something strange happened–he was flung through the air, crashing against the wall in a disheveled heap.
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Chapter 32 The One Behind It
