Chapter 449
Carly froze in panic. “1_”
Her eyes darted to Lucy in desperation.
Without missing a beat, Lucy stepped forward. “I wasn’t Carly! It was me
is me! I w
was the one who contacted Scarface and planned the whole kidnapping!”
Celine watched Locy carefully. She was really willing to take the fall for Carly
Celine snoered, finding it ironic bow Lury was willing to protect Carly like a devoted mother.
She was Lucy’s biological daughter, yet Lucy had always treated Carly like her own while casting her aside. What had she done codeserve this?
No matter how cold she tried to be, the betrayal still stung
Gasps spread through the crowd
“Mrs. Tate, was it really you?” Hailey questioned. “Mrs. Tate, Celine is your own daughter! You actually hirederiminals to kidnap her? Were you trying to have her killed?”
Lucy hadn’t expected the truth to come out like this, but she couldn’t let Carly take the blame. If she did, her reputation would be ruined, and Adam would never forgive her.
So, she took it all on herself
Lucy turned to Celine. “Celine, I’m sorry, I never meant for this to happen.”
Celine let out a cold laugh. “Sorry? If I remember correctly, you and Mrs. Tate Senior cut ties with me a long time ago. If I had stayed in your family, I probably wouldn’t have even known how I died.”
Hailey scoffed. “Celine saw you as family, and you repaid her by trying to get rid of her, Do you even have a conscience?
The crowd erupted in marmurs
“What kind of mother abandons her own child while doing on someone else’s)
“She’s completely comumed by her obsession. It’s unsettling
Lucy’s fare burned with humiliation, but with so many people watching, she forced herself to stay composed.
This time, both she and Carly had lost everything
Celine turned to Carly. “Carly, do you really think the USB drive in your hand holds any evidence?”
Carly stiffened, gripping the drive. “What are you talking about, Celine?”
Perry–chuckled. “Curly, Mrs Tate, you’ve been played. That USB drive is empty.”
Carly and Lucy’s faces went pale.
Petty turned to Mam. “Scarface was taken in by Mr. Alvares, who’s already gone through everything and found nothing. But when I mentioned the USB earlier, Mr. Alvarez didn’t correct me. I have to thank him for playing along.”
Carly turned to Adam in shock “Adam, is that true? You knew the USB was fake all along?”
Alam met het gaze. “Yes, I knew,” he said cody
Behadalceady done a full investigation when Scarface was taken care of, including cracking the money
Hetew it was a bluff from the very moment Perry claimed the US3 held transaction records.
Petty had played them flawlessly, using a fake USB to lure Carly and Lory into revealing themselves.
They had covered their tracks well, but they were no match for Perry and Adam. With just one move, everything fell apart.
Carly felt like her world was crumbling. She turned to Adam and asked, “Adabu, schone side are yougu! Why would you betray me likus vakke
Celine unicked. “Betray you? Didn’t you just claim you had nothing to do with this? Why are you panicking il Mes. Tate acted alone?”
