Chapter 13
The hotel was packed with distinguished guests.Elites and socialites filled the room.
Under everyone’s watchful gaze,Luke escorted the pregnant Sovia onto the scene.
Whispers rose from the crowd.
“Everyone says Mr.Gritorn is so devoted,but look,his ex–wife just passed away and he already has a new bride.”
“I heard she was his secretary. The two were probably involved long ago. Who knows,maybe they even had a hand in the ex–wife’s death!”
Those voices reached Sovia’s ears and she shot a fierce glare at the crowd.A flicker of ange appeared on her round cheeks.
Turning to Luke,she pouted and said coyly,“Luke,what they’re saying is awful.Say something.Tel them I’m the real Mrs. Gritorn and that everything else is just a misunderstanding.”
Luke let out a cold laugh and pulled his arm away.“You did something so shameful and now you’re afraid of people talking about it?”
His voice rang out from the microphone,echoing through every corner of the hall.
The guests all turned to look at them in unison.
Panic surged in Sovia. She lowered her voice and asked what he meant.
Something felt wrong–deeply wrong. The unease in her heart grew stronger by the second.
“I already told you,all of that was just a misunderstanding. You must’ve gotten it wrong.”
She quickly shot a pleading look toward Carol for help,but before anything could happen,Luke grabbed the microphone.
His voice was powerful and steady.
Then,from the microphone,a recording played clearly for all to hear.
“Why did you drug Zelea with hallucinogens and make her strangle her own child?”
“Because I hated her.She wasn’t as pretty or as smart as me. Why should she get to be the lady of the Gritorn Family?”
“I wanted you to hate her for the rest of your life,to make her live forever in guilt.”
Sovia’s face turned deathly pale.
The entire room erupted in shock.
She lunged forward to grab the voice recorder, but missed. The weight of her wedding gown dragged her down and she fell awkwardly at Luke’s feet.
“You didn’t expect that the boomerang would come back and hit you squarely did you?Sovia,the evidence is right here. What more do you have to say for yourself?”
She stared in disbelief,stumbling backward,unable to recall when she had been drugged.
The flashing lights from the cameras burned her eyes. She tried to lift her gown and run,but was stopped by Carol.
“You killed my grandson and lied to me all this time?”
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“No,it wasn’t me!He faked it! That recording isn’t real!”
Panic consumed Sovia. Under the glaring spotlight,surrounded by the relentless clicks of cameras,she screamed in desperation.
“It wasn’t me!Really,it wasn’t!Stop filming me!This is a violation of my privacy.Stop it!”
She snatched a phone and smashed it on the floor.
With a loud bang,the doors of the hall burst open. Law enforcement officers pushed through the crowd and stopped before her.
“Luke,you have to believe me.This is all a misunderstanding!I’m carrying your child.I can’t go to jail!”
Her voice faded gradually and the farce finally came to an end.
The emotions Luke had been suppressing finally burst free. He let out a heavy breath.
“Zelea,l can finally clear your name.” •
