Chapter 819

Seeing Vesta’s silence, Stewart chuckled. He turned to Thorne and asked, “Since Ms. Hawkins isn’t saying anything, why don’t you clear the air, Mr. Henderson? Was I lying?”

Everyone in the room was holding their breath for an answer from Vesta or Thorne.

At Stewart’s prompt, every head whipped toward Thorne.

Vesta looked at him, too.

Under the crushing weight of hundreds of stares, Thorne finally spoke. “No.”

A collective, sharp gasp tore through the ballroom.

“It’s true. They really are still married!”

“When Mr. Ferguson told that guy on stage to ask, Ms. Hawkins never denied it either. That means she knew he was married this entire time! She willingly played the other woman?! Good lord, the absolute nerve of her!”

“If she had any shame, she wouldn’t be a homewrecker. Plus, she had the guts to call herself his girlfriend right in front of the actual wife. Prancing around like she owned the place. You think an average person has skin that thick?”

“Fair point. But honestly, with her elegant, aloof act, she looked so respectable. Who

knew she was such a piece of trash beneath it all? Hell of an act.”

“Right? It just goes to show-“

“Enough!”

Unable to stomach the crowd tearing Vesta apart with their scornful gossip, Corinne Lancaster finally snapped. She whirled around

to faceStewart, and t

delivering a mocking sheer. “So what if they aren’t divorced? As for why they’re still legally bound to this day, I think a certain someone knows exactly why!”

Vesta’s spirit was already scraping rock bottom. Seeing Corinne step in, she took a deep breath, her eyes flashing coldly. She was about to speak up when she caught sight of Maureen Spencer.

Maureen discreetly shook her head at Vesta, then tapped her phone.

Vesta understood the silent message.

The sudden outburst silenced the murmuring crowd. Everyone, including Dalton and Raleigh, turned to look at Corinne.

With everyone’s attention now on her, Corinne smirked. She stared directly at Charlene and Stewart, her tone dripping with venom. “If we’re talking about being shameless, don’t think anyone holds a candle to a certain someone here. She spent her entire childhood obsessing over Mr. Henderson even though he never so much as looked at her He didn’t like her in the slightest, yet she kept throwing herself at him. In the end, just to become his wife, she actually drugged him, trapping him so their families would force the marriage!”

Although Corinne didn’t drop any names, everyone in the room knew exactly who

the “certain someone” was. It was Charlene!

The accusation set the ballroom ablaze once again.

“Oh… oh my god, is that true? If it is… wow.”

“I never would’ve guessed. But it has to be true, right? For years, everyone just knew Mr. Henderson got married and divorced, but he never breathed a word about who his wife was. That says it all, doesn’t it?”

“Exactly! Using that kind of filthy trick to force a marriage? I’d be utterly disgusted too. Forget keeping her a secret—it’s a miracle Mr. Henderson hasn’t strangled her.”

Basking in the crowd’s scandalous

whispers, Corinne let out a

triumphant laugh. She locked eyes with Charlene and continued, “Being trapped by some vile leech, forced into a marriage you despise and then being unable to divorce her even after finding the woman you truly love-“