The mention of the cameras hit Lise like a bolt of lightning. It was done for her!
The fruit knife slipped from her grasp and hit the floor with a sharp, echoing clang against the hard tiles.
Katelyn quickly kicked the knife aside, and in an instant, others rushed to hold Lise down.
Jeff’s face turned pale. His mind cleared, and he turned to Katelyn, his voice gentle as he begged, “Katelyn, Lise didn’t mean it. Please, for the sake of our family bond, let us go.”
“Begging her won’t do any good,” Sharon said, her eyes burning with anger.
But Jeff cut her off with a sharp voice, “Shut up!”
If they kept provoking Katelyn, the Bailey family’s downfall would be inevitable.
Jeff’s voice grew gentle again as he faced Katelyn.
“It’s all our fault. We won’t make things harder for you with Lise’s plagiarism. Let the officials do what they need to do, alright?”
A bitter laugh bubbled up inside Katelyn, cold and sharp. If Jeff had only acted this way from the beginning, things might not have spiraled so far. But instead, she had been slapped twice, struck with a stick, and nearly stabbed by Lise. With everything that had happened, Katelyn couldn’t simply let it go.
Katelyn turned her back on Jeff’s pleading, her voice icy as she spoke.
“Tax evasion is your problem, and Lise’s plagiarism is hers. What’s the point of begging me?”
If they didn’t want their scandals exposed, they shouldn’t have done anything wrong. Now that it was all out in the open, begging was pointless. There was no hope left for them. Not even a miracle could change their fate.
One sentence from Katelyn and Jeff immediately grasped the truth. In an instant, all the strength drained from his body. He crumpled to the ground, no longer the proud, commanding figure he once was. Jeff knew, with painful clarity, that the Bailey family was done for.
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However, Sharon refused to accept it. She spat insults, her voice venomous.
“Katelyn, you vile wretch! You’ll suffer for betraying the hand that fed you! You’re nothing but a worthless tramp, used by everyone!”
Her words were as disgusting as the filth of a sewer.
The officials watched in disbelief as the Bailey family carried on, a hint of sympathy for Katelyn tugging at their hearts. They couldn’t fathom what it must have been like for her, growing up in such a chaotic family. Despite her eccentric and difficult parents, Katelyn had managed to turn out so well.
Meanwhile, Lise eyed Katelyn with a flicker of bitterness. She sneered, “Tell me, did you sleep with Neil?”
Lise knew the truth—when Neil and Katelyn were married, they had never been intimate. However, now, Neil was ready to hand over everything he owned to Katelyn. Something was clearly happening between them.
Katelyn couldn’t help but laugh at Lise’s wild accusations. She shot Lise a sharp glare and said, “Do you think everyone is like you? Pathetic, and too blind to see it.”
From the very start, Lise had never learned to value herself, using her body like a trap. If a man truly fell for that, what kind of man would he even be?
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