Chapter 403
The truth in the surveillance footage sent her into a complete meltdown.
She hurled the crystal pen holder on the desk to the ground with violent force. The glass shattered upon impact.
Sophia Laurent was actually carrying Alexander Valdemar's child?
That day, she had accidentally run into Alexander?
How?
How did Sophia always get so lucky?
Emily Lowell's chest heaved violently. Her nails dug deep into her palms. Twisted hatred churned in her eyes.
She thought she had finally grasped the leverage to ruin Sophia's life.
But it had all been for nothing.
Damn it!
Those gangsters had scammed her with a fake video.
Two million dollars for this joke.
Her hands trembled as she dialed the number. Her voice came out shrill and distorted. "You dare pass off a deepfake to me?"
A lazy chuckle came from the other end. "Worked well enough, didn't it?"
"I wanted the real thing!"
She wanted Sophia utterly destroyed, forced to live in shame forever.
Emily screamed hysterically, "Give me my money back!"
"Dreaming, Miss Lowell?"
The gangster smacked his lips obscenely. "No one spits out meat that's already in their mouth."
"This is fraud!"
"Then go call the cops."
The man laughed, utterly unbothered. "Let them investigate who hired us to assault her own sister."
The words struck like a poisoned dagger. Emily's vision darkened.
Long after the call ended, she remained rooted in place, shaking.
Her nails scraped against the solid wood desk, producing a grating sound.
This secret had to stay buried.
Otherwise, the Lowell family would be the first to make her pay.
Thinking of the escalating online backlash, Emily frantically tried to contact her assistant to take the fall.
Three calls went unanswered.
Gritting her teeth, she drafted the statement herself:
#Apology Statement Regarding Assistant's Unauthorized Release of False Video#
The moment she hit send, her phone buzzed.
A new notification popped up:
[Attorney Henry Chamberlain has arrived at Assistant Chen's residence. Defamation case materials prepared.]