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Albert probably assumed Florence hadn’t heard Isabella’s voice, so he simply said to Florence, “Remember to book the next flight out. I’m leaving now.” Then he hung up.
Florence’s expression turned icy as she listened to the dial tone.
However, she didn’t call Albert back. Instead, she turned to the screaming woman beside her. “You can refuse to call your husband, but I’m going to sue you for slander. You and I are going to the police station now.”
Florence asked the police to arrest the woman and said she would accompany them to the station.
The policeman was already annoyed by this shrewish woman. Her refusal to call her husband made her look like a troublemaker. He figured she probably saw Florence’s designer clothes and was trying to extort money.
He immediately took out his handcuffs and cuffed the woman’s hands.
“On what grounds are you arresting me? I haven’t broken the law!” the woman shrieked, her voice getting even louder as she saw the handcuffs on her wrists.
The policeman said sternly, “I’m arresting you on charges of slander. If you have any objections, you can voice them at the police station.”
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Seeing his serious expression, the woman was dumbfounded.
Half an hour later, at the police station, the woman who had confronted Florence about her identity was dumbfounded. Panic flashed in her eyes.
“You’re… you’re the heiress to Brooks Group?”
Clearly, the woman had just learned who Florence really was.
Florence looked at her coldly. “You accused me of being a mistress, yet you didn’t even know who I was? Isn’t that a bit of a contradiction?”
The woman’s face paled.
After Florence demanded the police arrest and detain her, the woman couldn’t help but beg for mercy. “I’m so sorry! I didn’t know you were Ms. Brooks. If I had, I would never have caused you any trouble. That person… she never told me who you were! I was tricked!”
Florence’s eyes turned icy. “Who told you to slander me?”
The woman, desperate to avoid jail time and realizing she had messed with the wrong person, confessed everything. “I’m a cleaner at a restaurant in the airport. An hour and a half ago, a woman approached me. She gave me thirty thousand dollars, showed me your picture, and told me to wait at the sort entrance. When I saw you, I was supposed to accuse you of being a mistress and try to delay you for an hour.”
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The woman’s face was etched with regret. She shouldn’t have agreed to that woman’s request for money. Who would have thought she’d end up offending the heiress to Brooks Group?
“What did that woman look like?” Florence asked.
The woman shook her head. “She was wearing a mask and sunglasses. Her voice sounded deliberately lowered, so it probably wasn’t her real voice. And she paid me in cash.”
Hearing this, Florence already had a suspect in mind.
The goal of delaying her for an hour must have been to prevent her from boarding the plane while simultaneously damaging her reputation. What a cunning scheme.
“Do you remember anything about what she was wearing?”
The woman thought carefully and told Florence everything she could remember. Then, she looked at Florence with pleading eyes. “Ms. Brooks, can you let me go now?”
Florence memorized every detail the woman spilled, but despite the woman’s pitiful act, she didn’t feel an ounce of sympathy.
After all, the woman could have chosen not to take the money in the first place.
In the end, Florence instructed the police to proces with defamation charges. Not adding any extra jail time was already an act of mercy on her part.
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Two hours later, Florence finally re–entered the airport.
By that time, Albert and Isabella had already arrived at the hotel on Souten Island.
“You go ahead and rest in your room. I need to attend a meeting in the hotel conference room,” Albert said gently to Isabella before heading off.
He hadn’t lied to Florence on the phone. There really was an issue at the hotel. Earlier that morning, a guest had died in one of the rooms, and the news had leaked to the press. It required urgent PR management, which was why Albert had rushed over.
Isabella nodded obediently. A bellhop, with an eager and almost fawning demeanor, took her suitcase.
“Mrs. Morris, Mr. Morris‘ room is ready. I’ll take you there now.”
The bellhop’s words made Isabella’s smile freeze.
She had been enjoying being treated like royalty, but it turned out they mistook her for Florence.
While she dreamed of becoming Mrs. Morris, she certainly wasn’t… yet.
A sarcastic laugh echoed from nearby. “Mrs. Morris? It’s only been a few days, and Albert’s already replaced his wife?”
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Isabella’s face fell. Turning around, she saw two men standing not far away.
The speaker was Tyler, the heir to the Clark family, a pharmaceutical dynasty. A mocking smile played on his usually carefree face.
Beside him stood Charles, the CEO of Apex Group.
Isabella’s face flushed hot as she looked at the god–like man before her. It felt like she’d been slapped.
Charles‘ face was expressionless, cold as a snow–capped mountain, and his eyes had only flickered over her with indifference. Yet, a wave of shame and inferiority washed over Isabella.
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