Chapter 333
333:
“No!” Rosie screamed, her emotions unraveling like a thread pulled too tight. “It’s all her fault! She never should have come back!”
Ernst had assumed Rosie was simply acting spoiled, seeking attention and sympathy out of envy. He hadn’t expected her to be this stubborn and misguided. He said, “She is my sister! Why shouldn’t she come back?”
Rosie exclaimed, “So now you think she is your sister? Then what about me? What am I? Am I not your family? You are a hypocrite! Get out! Get out of my sight! I never want to see you again. You guys are the real family, and I’m just the outsider, destined to lose everything to Brenna! I guess I deserve it!”
“You are unbelievable!” Ernst scoffed, thoroughly disappointed. He grabbed a few documents and shook them at her. “Stop trying to change the subject. I just want a—”
“Straight answer. Did you do this?”
Rosie’s defiance crumbled instantly. “Yes, I did it.”
A fleeting look of regret crossed her face, but it vanished just as quickly.
In the very next second, she said defiantly, “But so what? Isn’t she fine? Why are you making such a big deal out of this? Why are you so angry? She hasn’t even come here and confronted me!”
Ernst let out a heavy sigh, realizing she was beyond saving. “My father has already contacted the police. They have copies of these documents. Lochlan refused to admit his wrongdoing or apologize, so they arrested him. As for the other executives, they publicly apologized to Brenna in front of over two thousand people after her lecture, and she chose to forgive them. Because of that, the police didn’t arrest them. If you are willing to record a public apology video, you might avoid jail time. The choice is yours.”
Ernst slammed the door behind him as he stormed out.
In the hospital room, Rosie furiously ripped the documents containing the chat records to shreds as anger boiled inside her.
She shredded the papers with reckless force, flinging the scraps across the room while shouting at the top of her lungs.
gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.k𝗈𝗺 – 𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴
At that very moment, Sylvie’s and Vivian’s phones buzzed almost simultaneously. Their brows furrowed as they checked their screens. Their expressions immediately changed.
A breaking headline flashed across Shirie’s news app: “Harper Group Executive Lachlan Hinchcliffe Arrested on Charges of Defamation.” Vivian and Sylvie were utterly stunned. Ernst hadn’t been exaggerating to frighten Rosie. He had been telling the truth just now!
Vivian turned ghostly pale as she handed her phone to Rosie. “Rosie, look at this.”
Rosie stared at the screen, speechless. She shook her head in denial, but the fury in her eyes only deepened.
Vivian knew Rosie didn’t want to face reality and give up, but there was no way around it. They had failed, and the only thing left for Rosie was to own up to her mistake and apologize.
“Rosie, you have to issue a public apology. If you don’t, you might actually end up behind bars,” Vivian said.
.
.
.