As Niamh’s voice fell, the surrounding gradually became quiet.
The truth about this incident?
Is what that was just said not the truth?
Everyone was looking at each other all confused.
Nevaeh knew in her heart that she was the culprit, and when Niamh said this all of a sudden, she could not help but feel guilty.
When thinking about how she could fight back, Eloise stepped forward to defend her immediately.
“Vera Quinn, you really are an insidious woman. You just want to tarnish my daughter’s reputation!”
Eloise pointed at Niamh with uncontrollable anger and rebuked.
“You spent money to hire those men to kidnap Nevaeh and had her suffer such cruel abuse. Not only that, but you also put this matter up onto the internet to cause such a fuss, which then hurt Nevaeh’s reputation. I’ll seek justice for my daughter today!”
“Mom…” Nevaeh hugged Eloise’s arm tearfully and leaned against her very weakly. “Forget it, Mom. I don’t want to push it anymore. I don’t want Kendrick to be unhappy…”
“Kendrick, listen to this. Up to this point, Nevaeh still cares about you, but you!” Eloise hugged Nevaeh distressedly while fiercely shooting an accusatory gaze at Kendrick and Niamh. “For this vixen, you’ve allowed Nevaeh to be wrongly accused and haven’t even shown any concern for her. You’re not worthy of my daughter at all!”
“Kendrick, our future relatives are right. In any case, you can’t ignore Nevaeh. This matter must be investigated to the end!”
Mrs. Waldburg seemed to be siding with Nevaeh.
On the other hand, Nevaeh cried whilst becoming more excited at this moment. “Mrs. Waldburg, Mom, it’s enough that you both support me. Although I’m a victim, I really don’t intend to pursue this.”
Nevaeh swallowed twice and looked at Niamh.
“Miss Vera, the fault is mine. I made you unhappy. I was unlucky for what happened before. I won’t pursue this, so I also hope that you don’t anger my mother. Please…”
She cried, then looked at Kendrick again. “Kendrick, it’s my fault. It’s all my fault. Please don’t be angry with me. I promise you, I’ll never mention it again. Please don’t get angry with me, alright?”
With her humble request, her tears sparkled in her eyes as her appearance at the moment was as desolate as she was.
If it were not for Nevaeh’s true colors which she had already seen through, Niamh felt that she would become like the people around her—impressed by Nevaeh’s acting skills.
“Nevaeh, you’re in the right, so why did you apologize?” Eloise tried her best to defend her. “They are the ones who are wrong. You’re the victim!”
Clap, clap, clap.
After watching Nevaeh’s performance, Niamh stretched out her hands and gently clapped.
The surrounding group of guests who were affected by Nevaeh’s performance cast their righteous and indignant eyes at Niamh at this moment, but at a glance, Niamh was smiling leisurely as she said,
“Miss Delgado’s acting is as perfect as ever. How flawless.”
Niamh chuckled and raised her eyebrows, her eyes looking firmly ahead.
“Victim? You’re obviously the one who initiated it.”
“Vera Quinn! Even with so many people here, you dare attempt to flip the situation around?” Eloise warned severely.
Facing Eloise’s hostile gaze, Niamh suppressed her anger and smiled ironically.
“Mrs. Montgomery, the person who’s confusing the rights and wrongs is your precious daughter.”
“You…”
“I can tell you very clearly that if it wasn’t for Kendrick who asked me not to look into the matter of Nevaeh kidnapping me, your baby girl would already be in prison by now.”
“…” Eloise was stunned for a moment. “You! Vera Quinn, you’re a criminal pretending to be the police!”
“Mom, I didn’t. She’s slandering me.” Nevaeh also shook her head desperately as she quibbled, her eyes appearing weak. “Kendrick, you know I wouldn’t do such a thing!”
She looked at the guests around her with pitiful tears.
“I know all of you heard that I was kidnapped a while ago. Yes, I was kidnapped and humiliated by a few men. The mastermind of this incident is this Miss Vera Quinn. I didn’t want to look into this initially, but she has now turned the tables and is slandering me like this. I really can’t bear it.”
Nevaeh bit her lip and pointed at Niamh quickly.
“Vera Quinn, I want to denounce you!”
As her voice fell, the guests unanimously chose to stand on Nevaeh’s side.
“Miss Delgado, we all support you.”
“Vera Quinn, you’re so damnable!”
“Miss Nevaeh, don’t worry. All of us here support you in denouncing this woman!”
“Vera Quinn, with your character, don’t think that we will ever patronize Miss L.ady again in the future. I believe it will not be long before Miss L.ady will go bankrupt!”
“Shut up all of you!”
In the crowd, a cold voice struck out strongly and violently, interrupting the angry words that were being thrown at Niamh.
Everyone could not help but be stunned. They raised their eyes to see the expression and gaze of Kendrick who was next to Niamh at the moment.
Kendrick was standing beside Niamh, his sharp and treacherous eyes like a sharp sword that was sweeping coldly past those people who were against Niamh before finally falling on Nevaeh’s tearful face.
Nevaeh’s heart started to beat violently all of a sudden as her breathing became tense.
“Why do you have to humiliate yourself? I said before not to mention it anymore yet you still want to expose those scars again and again on such occasions.”
“Kendrick, I didn’t. I was forced. I don’t want the person who harmed me to continue to get away with it.” Nevaeh explained, feeling aggrieved. “Alright, I won’t talk about it anymore. I won’t speak of it again and I won’t pursue it anymore.”
She emphasized this, but internally, of course she did not actually want anyone to really pursue this matter either.
If they really were to look into it, they would only find out the truth of her being the mastermind behind the scenes.
“How can we not pursue it? Of course we must investigate it to the end!” Eloise said resolutely.
Kendrick sneered, his chilly eyes making Nevaeh more flustered. She deliberately pulled on Eloise’s hand. “Mom, forget it. I don’t want to pursue it—”
“Do you think it’s still possible at this point not to do so? It’s impossible.” Kendrick interrupted coldly. He looked over at Nevaeh with that insipid gaze from head to toe till she felt chills all over.
“Seeing that we’re in the presence of acquaintances, I never planned on speaking the truth about this matter. I don’t care what outsiders may think or say about me,” Kendrick said as he glanced at Niamh.
“But you shouldn’t point your fingers at the person I care about.” He paused before glancing at Nevaeh with disappointed eyes. “Neither can you.”
“…” Nevaeh’s face turned pale for a moment, and she was completely panicking! “Kendrick—”
“I have investigated this matter clearly and the police have explained the situation to me early this morning. The four prisoners have already confessed to you instructing them to kidnap Vera, but later on, it was because you had refused to pay that the four b*stards became angry and dealt you the humiliation.”
“…” Nevaeh’s face became pale as she became more embarrassed. She did not expect Kendrick to already know of it!
Eloise listened with shock as she shook her head again and again. “Impossible! Nevaeh is the victim!”
“She’s the perpetrator,” Kendrick answered affirmatively without hesitation, “Vera is the real victim. I asked Vera not to pursue this matter to save your daughter’s reputation.”
“…” Eloise was tongue-tied and speechless. “How could this be possible? Why would Nevaeh do this? No…”
“Mom, please believe me. Of course, I wouldn’t do this!” Nevaeh struggled to quibble. “Kendrick, you’ve been deceived by Vera. She must’ve bought off those four people! If it really was me, the police would have come to arrest me long ago but they have no evidence to prove that I did it!”
“Do you want evidence? The evidence is here.”
Niamh spoke unhurriedly as she took out her mobile phone and showed a phone number on the screen.
Everyone looked over, and Nevaeh was stunned when she saw a string of numbers displayed on the screen.
She did not understand it at first, but after watching for a few seconds, her face went green as her eyes flickered.
Seeing her panicking and shirking, Niamh smiled comfortably.
“Miss Delgado, why aren’t you speaking? Do you find this number familiar? Of course, you’re familiar with it, because this is your foster mother, Rose Tanner’s, phone number.”
Niamh smiled and walked gracefully to Nevaeh. Her elegant and proud temperament had crushed Nevaeh in seconds.
“Miss Delgado, you’re indeed very smart. You were afraid that if the incident was exposed, you would draw fire to yourself, so you used your foster mother’s mobile phone to contact the four hoodlums. Now, the phone still retains the call records from the time. Even if they’ve been cleared, one can just go to the telecommunications company to check the records and it’ll be clear at a glance.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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