"What do you mean, no proof? Didn't you literally show my daughter?"

Mrs. Amelia was terrified that those videos would leak. If they got out, her social standing in high society would be obliterated.

Lemira looked at her with a calm, unbothered expression. "That's your daughter. Do you really think her word holds up in court?"

Mrs. Amelia froze, entirely caught off guard.

Lemira pressed her advantage. "You don't have a shred of evidence either. You just make things up to manipulate Mrs. Amanda into turning against her own son, don't you?"

Truthfully, Lemira had fully intended to record a blackmail video. But the older

woman had passed out from sheer terror, so she never actually went through with it.

But Mrs. Amelia clearly believed the tapes existed.

The Sinclair family sure knew how to play the game.

They were experts at pointing fingers, but the second the spotlight turned on them, they fell apart.

Lemira turned her attention back to Orion's mother. "Are you really willing to blindly trust an outsider over your own flesh and blood? He knew exactly how toxic the Sinclair family was, yet he tolerated them all these years just to keep you happy. And you repaid him with a slap to the face?"

Lemira glanced at the red mark on Orion's cheek, an ache settling in her chest.

She was absolutely sick of the Sinclairs' manipulative theatrics. Did they honestly think they were the only intelligent people in the world?

Staring at the mark she had left on her son's face, Mrs. Amanda finally snapped out of her blind rage.

Taking a moment to actually think, she realized there really was no proof. She had just taken her best friend's hysterical word for it and marched down here to confront Orion.

Hearing about the blackmail videos had simply triggered her protective instincts. Sensing the tide turning, Mrs. Amelia frantically grabbed her friend's arm. "I'm not lying! Why would I ever make up something so humiliating?"

"But you still don't have proof, do you?" Lemira countered smoothly.

"I was tied to a chair! How was I supposed to gather evidence?"

"Exactly," Lemira shot back. "So you can spin whatever story you want to make yourself look like the victim. You know exactly what to say to tilt the scales in your favor."

Mrs. Amelia gasped for air, nearly hyperventilating from anger. She was the one who usually backed people into corners, leaving them unable to defend themselves. She never imagined the tables would turn so spectacularly.

Lemira didn't let up. "Am I wrong? I'm sure Mrs. Amanda is fully aware of what kind of person you really are."

Mrs. Amanda fell silent. It was true-she knew exactly how ruthless her friend could be.

She just never imagined that ruthlessness would ever be weaponized against her own family.

Panic finally set in for Mrs. Amelia. "I swear I didn't do it! You have to believe me!"

Cutting her off, Lemira addressed Mrs. Amanda one last time. "Let the law handle this. As for what happened back then, I will never settle, and I will never forgive them."

Mrs. Amanda looked at Orion, a sudden wave of dread hitting her. If this went to court, did that mean Orion and Lemira's relationship was doomed?

The moment Lemira finished speaking, Orion pulled her toward the passenger seat of his car. "Let's go."

As the car pulled away, Mrs. Amanda watched them leave, a heavy, suffocating knot tightening in her chest.

Mrs. Amelia glared at the taillights, her heart brimming with toxic resentment. "Your son is completely bewitched by that woman. If Lemira car

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day, she'll despise him forever.

Mrs. Amanda slowly turned to her so-called friend. "And isn't that entirely your fault?"

Mrs. Amelia choked on her words. A terrifying realization struck her-she absolutely

could not afford to lose the Everhart family's backing.

She immediately burst into tears, playing the ultimate victim. "You know how bad things were for my family back then! I didn't have a choice! just wanted to delay them from making it to the bidding war You know me I would never, ever resort to murder!"

"But if you hadn't orchestrated that crash, none of this nightmare would be happening right now."

Mrs. Amanda was caught in a miserable tug-of-war, utterly lost on who to support.