Chapter 296
Chapter 296:
“Charles’ sponsorship of Serena on Heavenly Melody was allegedly compensation for her recent loss.”
“Serena faked a donation at the Evans charity gala—her name was missing from the official list, yet she showed up and joined the donors’ group photo. Totally unethical.”
Charles had seen the accusations too.
He wasn’t naive. Holding up the screenshots before Brandon, he huffed,
“I know why you’re here, but take a look at this first. Is this really the ‘kind’ Vivian you’re defending?”
Brandon’s mouth tightened. His gaze flicked toward the car door, but the mysterious woman behind the mask had already slipped away.
Done shouting, Charles lost interest in the argument. He stormed off and climbed into the RV without another word.
The engine rumbled to life, and the vehicle rolled smoothly past Brandon, who raised his eyes just in time to glimpse Serena’s masked silhouette through the window.
Inside, the makeup artist began her work, efficiently stripping away the remnants of the performance. Beneath the mask, Serena’s skin was bare—only her jaw and lips had been touched with makeup.
Barbara glared at her phone, her cheeks flushed with anger. “Unbelievable! How can someone stoop so low? I actually thought Vivian was kind and decent, you know? She used her own struggles to lift up others fighting illness, and I thought it was so inspiring. But now—seeing all this made up… Mr. Evans, Serena, what’s our move? And what about Mr. Watson, still backing Vivian? Are we just letting him go unchecked?”
Charles clearly wanted to strategize with Millie, but with Barbara listening, he stayed noncommittal, assuring her they’d take care of it.
Midway through the drive, Millie and Charles left the RV behind for the quiet privacy of his Bentley.
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The moment the doors shut, Millie tugged off her mask, finally able to breathe. Charles, eyes fixed on the latest headlines, asked quietly, “What do you think?” His phone glowed in his hand as scandal after scandal poured in.
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So what if Serena was seeing someone? Those could be shrugged off.
But this time, things were different. Charles’ “sponsorship” could be brushed off as tabloid fodder or baseless gossip, but a fake charity donation?
Charles set his jaw, replying, “That’s where things got tricky—Serena’s name wasn’t anywhere on the official list that day. You told me to keep the donor’s identity under wraps, so the tanzanite’s real source was never made public.”
Serena had bought Ari’s painting, but thanks to her fierce bidding duel with Brandon earlier that night, her number stood out. To keep things quiet, she’d ended up using Charles’ bidding paddle, so naturally, the name “Serena” never appeared on the auction records.
All the elaborate precautions they’d taken to shield her identity were now backfiring spectacularly.
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