“As long as you don’t cause a scene, after the gala, I might consider remarrying you. I can even have another child with you…”
He tried to pull me up, but I disgustedly yanked my hand away.
Julian still noticed me. He walked towards me, holding Leo, his voice dangerously cold.
“What’s going on?”
Ashley, her face full of fawning flattery, said, “Mr. Knight, this person is a fraud, impersonating your wife! I’ve already taught her a good lesson for you!”
Daniel chimed in, “That’s right, Mr. Knight. You don’t need to bother with her.”
The next second, Leo let go of Julian’s hand and ran towards me, tears streaming down his face. His voice was filled with heartache.
“Mommy, why is your face covered in cream? And your hand, it’s bleeding…”
For a moment, everyone in attendance was stunned.
“What? Did I hear that right? Mr. Knight’s son just called that imposter ‘Mommy‘?”
“Doesn’t that mean… the one on the ground isn’t an imposter, but the real deal?”
Daniel and Ashley were also quite surprised, their faces full of disbelief.
“Chloe, how could you be Mr. Knight’s wife?”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible! I don’t believe it!”
Daniel bent down, politely asking Leo, “Little boy, did you recognize the wrong person? The person on the ground is Uncle’s wife. How could she be your mommy?”
Leo’s small face instantly scrunched up, and he pouted angrily.
“Leo would never make a mistake! This is Leo’s mommy! Leo’s mommy isn’t Uncle’s wife!”
Saying that, Leo extended his chubby hand, not caring about the mess, and wiped the cream from my face. Then he gently held my hand, which Ashley had stomped on until it was bloody, and carefully blew on it.
“Mommy, does it hurt?”
“Who bullied you? I’ll tell Daddy to hit them back!”
Leo ran to Julian, pulling him towards me, and complained in a childish voice, “Daddy, Mommy was bullied! You can’t let those bad guys get away with it!”
Julian tenderly helped me up and took out a handkerchief he carried with him, gently wiping the blood from my hand.
“Wife, you’ve suffered.”
I pointed at the shattered bracelet pieces on the ground, my face full of apology.
“I’m fine, it’s just the bracelet you gave me was broken…”
Julian’s face immediately darkened. He swept his icy gaze across the ballroom, finally landing on Daniel.
“You’re the host, aren’t you?”
“I recall specifically instructing you to treat my wife exceptionally well. Is this how you treat her?”
Hearing Julian say that, Daniel finally had no choice but to accept the reality that I was Julian’s wife.
His expression was complex. However, Julian’s status was undeniable, so Daniel could only offer a forced smile and say, “Mr. Knight, it’s all a misunderstanding. I didn’t know Chloe was your wife; I thought she was a fraud…”
Julian’s brows were tightly furrowed, his face growing darker and darker.
This was a prelude to his
anger.
Sure enough, the next second, Julian’s voice turned sharp.
“So, you bullied my wife like this? Who gave you the audacity?!”
Everyone, afraid of being caught in the crossfire, dared not speak.
Ashley finally began to feel afraid, her face pale as she tugged on Daniel’s sleeve.
“Daniel, what do we do now?”
Daniel reassuringly patted Ashley’s shoulder, openly shielding her. He pointed at me and said, “Mr. Knight, we didn’t bully Ms. Miller. Ms. Miller just lost her footing and accidentally fell.”
Ashley nodded repeatedly in agreement. “Yes, I was trying to help Ms. Miller earlier…”
Their twisted words made me laugh in anger.
They still wanted to frame me and make me take the blame, just like in the past.
Little did they know, this time, I had someone backing me up!
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Julian, who had been a titan in the business world for years, wasn’t so easily fooled. He said coldly, “Is that so? Then let’s check the surveillance footage!”
“Let everyone see whether my wife fell on her own or if she was bullied like this.”
Julian was about to call for the surveillance footage. Ashley was already racked with guilt. She was afraid of being exposed, afraid of facing
the consequences.
Finally, she made a daring decision: she directly pushed Daniel forward, pointing at him and saying, “Mr. Knight, there’s no need to check the surveillance! All of this was instigated by Daniel! He resented Ms. Miller for refusing to remarry him, which is why he bullied Ms. Miller like
this!”
Hearing that, Daniel was dumbfounded. He never expected Ashley, whom he had protected wholeheartedly, to stab him in the back.
He looked at Ashley in disbelief, angrily questioning her, “Ashley, you’re betraying me? I treated you so well, why would you do this to me?”
Ashley bit her lower lip, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes.
“Daniel, I can’t afford to offend Mr. Knight.”
“You’ve been so good to me, so why don’t you be a good person to the end and help me one last time?”
Earlier, when Daniel asked me to take the blame for Ashley, he was full of righteous indignation. But when it was his turn, he was unwilling.
Daniel glared fiercely at Ashley.
“The mistake is yours. Why should I clean up your mess?”
He also lost his temper. In a fit of rage, he directly told Julian everything Ashley had done to bully me.
“Mr. Knight, Ashley is slandering me. It wasn’t me who bullied Chloe; it was her!”
“If you don’t believe me, you can check the surveillance. Everyone here is a witness!”
Before Daniel could finish, Ashley slapped him.
“Daniel, you betrayed me! How could you be so malicious!”
Daniel, not to be outdone, slapped her back.
“You stabbed me in the back first, you deserve it!”
The two turned on each other like rabid dogs, making an extremely ugly scene.
Since neither of them would admit guilt, Julian decided to punish both of them.
He called his bodyguards and ordered them to break Ashley’s hand. He also called Influential figures he knew, demanding that Daniel’s company be blacklisted within the industry and that Daniel’s company pay three hundred million for the broken bracelet.
At this, Ashley and Daniel completely cowered.
Ashley crawled on her knees to me, frantically begging for forgiveness.
“Chloe, no, Ms. Miller, I was ignorant and foolish before, it’s all my fault!”
“Please, be the bigger person and forgive me this once! Please, ask Mr. Knight to go easy on me! I can’t live without my hand!”
Daniel also tried to play on my emotions.
“Chloe, for old times‘ sake, can you please not hold me responsible for that three hundred million?”
