Chapter 237
Zoe stared at him for a long time. She didn’t turn around until her eyes hurt from the crying.
e moment she turned around, she donned her identity as Mason’s wife. Walking into the resplendent lobby, she made her way to the elevator. She didn’t turn back and see what was behind her, afraid that she’d regret her decision once she did.
The reception hall was wide enough to seat a hundred guests. It was filled with people from high society. Leslie wasn’t here, but Langston and his parents were here to pay respect on his behalf.
Nellie wasn’t happy about it, but she put a smile on her face and
drank with everyone.
At that moment, the door to the reception hall opened and they could the loud, crisp voice of a heel clicking on the floor.
Everyone directed their gaze at the door.
Wearing a dress fashioned after the revenge dress of Diana, the Princess of Wales, she took slow steps toward Langston’s table and shoved any waiters who tried to stop her.
A moment later, she was standing before him. Then, she confronted him in front of all the guests.
“Ella did have a relationship with Leslie, but that was before he was engaged to Nellie! You ordered your men to beat her up so badly that she lost her hearing.
“You even found a way to murder the innocent baby in her belly. Worst of all, you tried to kill Ella after all that! The Schmidts only ever had one son in each generation for the longest time, Langston. Aren’t
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you worried that karma might sink its fangs into your family and cut off your entire lineage in some way?”
Langston had seen much in his lifetime. Tapping his cane on the floor lightly, he asked, “You have no proof of your claims. You mentioned a baby, but how can you prove that it was Leslie’s? Don’t
know you need evidence before you start pointing fingers?”
Then, he swept his eyes around and everyone started speaking up for him.
“Leslie’s not this foolish!”
“Ella is a whore to begin with!”
“We have no idea who that baby belonged to!”
These people relied on the Schmidts. Needless to say, they were dying to slander and demean Ella as much as they could.
Lowering her gaze, Zoe sneered.
There was a report in her hand, and she raised her voice again.
“I asked the doctor to take a sample from the fetus when it was removed and did a DNA test with Leslie. This is the result.”
The Schmidts were horrified at what she said.
Langston smacked his cane on the ground fiercely. He wished he could snuff the life out of Zoe right there and then.
Laying down the report before him, she said softly, “I made a hundred thousand copies of this test report and arranged for it to be distributed to every soul in Brookesville before I came here!
“Also, I hired journalists to publish this in the papers! By now, everyone in this city knows that Ella was pregnant with Leslie’s baby
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and that she met an accident and lost the baby on the same day that he got engaged.
“What’s the public going to think about that, Langston?”
ston chuckled. “How ruthless! You’ve gone all out this time! Aren’t you worried about dragging your good friend’s reputation through the mud?”
Sneering, she said, “Thanks to you, her reputation was plenty muddy! I’m merely making sure Leslie gets his fair share of the mud. You care about his future. I think you’re going to want to clarify things for Ella!”
Nellie could no longer stand it. She barked, “Who do you think you are, Zoe? What gave you the right to come here and speak on behalf of that bitch?”
Then, they heard a deep, cold voice.
“She’s my wife! Is that good enough for you?”
Wiping his hand with a napkin, Mason flashed Langston a smile. ” Excuse me, Langston! I think there’s been a misunderstanding between us!”
After a brief pause, he continued, “My wife befriended Ella in the past and they were so close that she treated her like her own family. Ella isn’t a bitch, as Nellie had so brazenly called her. She certainly isn’t as bad as you try to make her out to be
“I knew about it when Leslie started a relationship with her, but you can’t force this sort of thing. If he chose Nellie, then so be it!
However, someone made her lose her baby and covered up the whole thing as an accident.
“What’s worse, she was slandered as a lady who was merely after Leslie’s wealth. I thought a long time about that accusation,
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Langston. Lockwood Corporation was never in any sort of financial crisis. So, why do we need to marry her off to your family for some measly money?”
Everyone on the spot was shocked to the core. In less than a minute, vhose reputation was completely ruined, had transform into one One most esteemed figures in the Lockwood family.
However, it was like they said. With age, came wisdom. Langston was the first one there to realize Mason and Zoe must’ve struck a deal. That must’ve been why Mason was destroying them the way he was now!
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