Chapter 60
It was downright obscene -so shameful it made everyone’s cheeks flush red.”
Even the judge averted his gaze. The once–angry stares aimed at me gradually shifted–now tinged with sympathy.” “Brandon… what… what the hell is going on? Say something! How could this happen?“”
His parents glared at Brandon, their aged faces dark with fury.”
“I… I… I don’t know,” Brandon stammered, tightly pressing his lips together, shaking his head in a panic. His eyes filled with shame and fury as he shot me a death glare–as if blaming me for exposing the surveillance footage.”
Bella’s eyes rolled subtly as she scrambled for a new excuse. She suddenly blurted, “Brandon must’ve been possessed!“} Even Brandon froze at that.
“What? Possessed? Tell us more–what do you mean possessed?” Edward seized on her words like a drowning man clinging to a floating reed.
He couldn’t bring himself to believe his son could be so… depraved behind closed doors.
“Claire once brought a priest to the house,” Bella added quickly, “Said it was for protection and peace, but who knows what kind of ritual they actually performed!”
“After that, Brandon suddenly got obsessed with the teddy bear. The two things must be connected,” Bella said with an air of certainty.<
“I stayed over for a few days back then and I could feel something strange in the air. I kept hearing weird noises at night. One time I got up in the middle of the night and saw a shadow–I thought I was just seeing things. But now that I think about it, it was probably some ghost!”
Brandon’s parents nodded repeatedly, buying into the story without hesitation.
Then Bella turned to me, eyes cold as ice and accused, “Claire, how could you be so cruel? Brandon has always treated you with love and helped you rise in the world and this is how you repay him? This must have been your plan from the beginning!” Brandon snapped out of his daze and immediately roared, “No wonder you threw our son to the ground so heartlessly–you
get your hands on the inheritance!“&
must’ve wanted both of us dea
He even submitted surveillance footage from his
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as “proof.”
It was a ridiculous claim–Yet somehow, many people in the room started nodding in agreement.
“Oh my god… she summoned spirits to harm her husband and child? Claire is a monster!”
“Think about it–without some ghostly help, how could an orphan with no background succeed so smoothly in her career? And how else did she get noticed by the Sha Family?”
“This kind of woman is terrifying!”
Of course, not everyone bought it.
“Ghosts and spirits? That’s all nonsense,” someone argued.
“There rnust be someone inside that teddy bear!“}
But the group siding with Brandon quickly latched onto another angle–accusing me of deliberately pushing Bella, which allegedly caused our son to fall.
They tried to use it as further proof of my “malicious intent.”
Seeing that public opinion was swinging their way, Bella seized the moment and added with a smug tone, “Claire, you’d better just sign the papers and walk away with nothing- or you’ll end up with a ruined reputation too.”
I smiled calmly and responded, “So just because you have your so–called reasons and shaky evidence, you think it’ll actually hold up?”
Bella let out a cold snort and couldn’t wait to turn to the judge. “Claire shows no remorse! I request the court to punish her severely!*!
“Stop trying to steer the narrative in this courtroom!” the judge snapped at her with clear irritation.”
Then he addressed everyone: “Let’s take a close look at the office surveillance footage.”
“Yes, Claire did push Bella, but the force wasn’t enough to cause her to fall. There’s an obvious pause in her movement- and she clearly steadied herself on the desk.“%
The court technician zoomed in and highlighted the critical frame.
Sure enough.
Bella had clearly steadied herself by holding onto the desk before deliberately falling. It was obviously intentional.
All those who had just been shouting insults at me were now thoroughly embarrassed. They turned their angry gazes toward Bella and Brandon, feeling deceived and deeply annoyed.!!
“Bella” Edward looked at her. full of confusion. “Why did you frame Claire?” Chapter &
