Chapter 104The Lost Ne


    Alina was not interested in meeting Sophie.


    However, Silvia red at her angrily. "You don''t know what''s good for you. My mother even told me to


    get along well with you in the future. Is someone like you worth my time?"


    Hearing Silvia''s words, Alina''s heart began to beat faster.


    Inwardly, she hoped to get Sophie''s approval. After all, she was Scumbag''s mother.


    She followed Silvia to a luxurious room.


    When Sophie saw her, she sighed and changed her usual cold attitude. "Have a seat!"


    Although her expression wasn''t friendly, Alina was pleasantly surprised. At the very least, she wasn''t


    ring at her nor ridiculing her.


    She sat down and said politely, "Thank you, Auntie!"


    Sophie frowned again in disgust and sat down opposite her. She poured a cup of tea, pushed it across


    the table, and said impatiently, "Drink this!"


    "Thank you, Aunt!" Alina immediately held the teacup in her hands and took a sip to show respect.


    Sophie suddenly spoke up. "What should I do for you to leave my son alone?"


    With a single sentence, Sophie dashed Alina''s hopes. She was truly naive to have thought that the


    meeting this time would have a different oue.


    Sheposed herself and said, "Auntie, Wilson and I really love each other. We will not be


    separated!"


    With that, Alina didn''t say anything else. She was afraid that she would offend Sophie if she said too


    much. It was enough to just express her decision firmly.


    "Oh, listen to yourself! Are you ming Wilson now?" Sophie''s tone was full of sarcasm.


    "Aunt, that''s not what I meant. Please have a rest as I excuse myself!" After saying this, Alina put down


    the teacup and strode away.


    She couldn''t stay there any longer in case an argument broke out.


    In her hurry, she did not notice the deceitful smile on Sophie''s lips.


    At dinner, Monica was still present at the table, to everyone''s surprise.


    Mr. Scott sat down at the table and said, "Wilson is on a business trip overseas. He will probably be


    back in a few days. Lina, remember toe back and apany me every day!"


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    There were two underlying messages in his words. First, he hinted at Monica that Wilson was on a


    business trip so she should hurry home. Secondly, he wanted to tell everyone that he acknowledged


    Alina''s position in the family.


    Alina nodded. "Yes, Grandfather!"


    Her gratitude towards Lincoln could no longer be described in words.


    A marriage out of social ss would never be smooth sailing. At the very least, she still had


    Grandfather''s support, so she must try her best.


    Suddenly, Lincoln asked, "Silvia, why hasn''t your mothere over for dinner? Ask someone to check


    on her, is she feeling unwell?"


    Only then did Alina raise her head and realize that Sophie didn''te down for dinner. It was truly


    strange. Wasn''t she fine just now? Could it be that she was so furious that she refused to eat?


    Hearing her grandfather''s words, Silvia immediately replied, "Oh, I don''t know either. I''ll go take a look."


    As soon as she walked to the door, Mr. Kyree came in and whispered something into Lincoln''s ear. The


    expression on his face changed and he dered sternly, "Lina will never do such a thing!"


    This sentence caught everyone''s attention.


    What exactly did Alina do?


    There was a lot of gossip surrounding Alina''s past. Furthermore, she was the reason that sent the


    share price of Scott Group tumbling, which caused dissatisfaction within the Scott Family. However,


    they did not dare to say anything because of Lincoln''s support.


    The day before yesterday, Lincoln had reprimanded Rainee for mentioning Alina''s previous rtionship


    with Ken at the dinner table.


    Was Lincoln going to believe the rumours and withdraw his support for Alina?


    If that was the case, that would be great!


    Everyone present at the table looked around at each other with bright eyes, waiting to see what would


    happen. At this moment, no one was interested in eating.


    They stood up expectantly.


    However, Lincoln turned around and roared at the rest of the family, "Sit down and eat. Don''t be such


    busybodies!"


    Therefore, everyone sat down reluctantly.


    Lincoln added, "Lina,e with me!"


    "Yes!" Alina immediately followed behind him, with the butler and Silvia in tow.


    They walked towards the building where Sophie lived. On the way, Silvia nced at Alina from time to


    time with a devious smile on her face. She couldn''t wait to drive Alina away from the Scott Family.


    They found Sophie in the room where Alina met her before dinner. It was not a bedroom, nor was it a


    study, but a parlour to receive guests.


    When they arrived, there were already servants bustling around inside the room.


    Besides the servants, there was also a young man in a uniform. At this moment, he was dusting for


    fingerprints on a teacup.


    Sophie''s face was emotionless as she stared at the teacup in the man''s hand. When she noticed


    Lincolning, she raised her voice, "Check everything carefully. Who would have thought that there


    would be a thief in the family? What an outrage!"


    Mr. Scott frowned and asked sternly, "What''s going on?"


    Sophie turned to the door as if she had just noticed their arrival at that moment. "Father, the ne


    that Miss Monica gave me this afternoon is gone!"


    Lincoln frowned. "You used Lina of stealing the ne just because it was gone?"


    Sophie red at Alina, who was standing beside Lincoln and exined, "No, Father. It''s just my


    suspicion."


    Lincoln''s expression darkened.


    Sophie continued, "Miss Alina was the only person to enter this room today. I''m not using her of


    taking the ne, but she is the most suspicious. After all, the ne is an inanimate object and


    can''t grow feet."


    Lincoln asked, "What was Lina doing here with you?"


    Sophie answered his question quickly, "This afternoon, I asked Miss Alina toe here because I


    wanted to have a good talk with her. Since Wilson is so kind to her, she should exin how true the


    rumours online are. Wilson had suffered so much in his previous rtionship, as his mother, I really


    don''t want to see him get hurt again. Even if Miss Alina has no social status or family background, I


    won''t mind as I only hope for Wilson''s happiness. But now, there are so many terrible stories about


    Miss Alina on the Inte. As her mother-inw, I have the right to know what truly happened, right?


    So, I asked her toe over and exin herself!"


    Lincoln frowned again and said sternly, "Lina could not have taken your ne. She is not a thief!"


    Alina''s heart was filled with anger and grief when she heard Sophie''s words. She knew that Sophie was


    unreasonable, but Alina never thought that she would think up such a sinister n. She deliberately got


    Silvia to bring Alina here in order to pin the crime on her.


    After hearing Lincoln''s words, she was moved to tears. Grandfather was so kind to her that she didn''t


    know how to repay him. With Grandfather''s trust, it was enough for her!


    Alina held back the tears that threatened to spill out of her eyes and bit her lip. If she was innocent, the


    truth would speak for itself.


    Sophie continued, "Father, that''s hard to say. There''s a saying, one may know a person for a long time


    but not know his nature. Everyone in the Scott Family are trustworthy, there hasn''t been any incidents


    of theft in the vi. This afternoon, Miss Monica and I went to the Brooks Family to buy a ne,


    after that I ced the ne in a teacup. After that, Miss Alina came over to chat. Due to a slight


    disagreement, Miss Alina left in a short while. However, the ne was gone when I wanted toe


    to dinner. Miss Alina was the only one who came to this room. Apart from her, I really don''t know who


    else could have stolen the ne."


    At this moment, the uniformed man stood up. "I found two sets of fingerprints on the teacup."


    Alina looked at the teacup and her heart sank.


    The man was actually waiting for her to turn up. Sophie had really thought of a brilliant n!


    She quickly exined to Lincoln, "Grandfather, when I came over in the afternoon, Aunt Sophie poured


    me a cup of tea. I did have a sip, so there may be my fingerprints on the teacup."


    Lincoln turned to Sophie angrily. He was furious that his daughter-inw had yed such a dirty trick to


    frame others.


    However, Sophie appeared nonchnt.


    She went along with Alina''s words. "Yes. There were two teacups. One was used as a teacup, the


    other held my ne. Miss Alina has really good eyesight to im that the teacup was the one she


    used. Are youpletely sure?"


    Alina peered carefully at the teacup. Based on her memory, this should be the teacup she drank from in


    the afternoon. However, since Sophie was trying to frame her, who knew what she had nned in


    mind?


    With a frown, Alina said, "When I was drinking tea in the afternoon, I didn''t inspect the teacup carefully.


    I just said that there might be my fingerprints on the cup."


    Sophie became indignant. "Your mouth is really full of lies. Did you deceive my son with your pretty


    lies? Let me tell you now, this teacup is not the one you drank from, but the one with the ne."


    After that, she said to the man in the uniform who had extracted the fingerprints, "See if one of the


    fingerprints are mine?"


    Sophie quickly walked to the table and dipped her thumb into the ck powder used to dust for


    fingerprints. She marked her fingerprint on a piece of paper and showed it to the man.


    He nodded cautiously. "Yes, Mrs. Scott. One of the fingerprints on the teacup belongs to you."


    "What about the other one?" Sophie still looked furious.


    Alina''s heart couldn''t help but beat faster. She grew up in an ordinary family, the only pressure she had


    in life was due to poverty. She didn''t have any experience in handling the power struggle and schemes


    within affluent families.


    With gritted teeth, Alina walked to the table, dipped her thumb in powder. and pressed her fingerprints


    on the paper as well. "If the fingerprints on this teacup match mine, I would like to ask you to bring out


    the teacup I drank from this afternoon to prove that this teacup contains the ne."


    "Good, very good! I will prove it to you!" Sophie red at her fiercely.


    Afterparing the fingerprints, the man said, "Mrs. Scott, this youngdy''s fingerprints match the


    other set of fingerprints on the teacup!"


    Alina suddenly felt sadness welling up within her. She really wanted to burst into tears!


    She was obviously manipted, but she couldn''t show her anger, and she had no way to refute


    Sophie. It was really unbearable!


    Sophie gave Alina a cold nce. "Alina,  I''ll show you the teacup you drank from in the afternoon. I''ll


    personally get it!"


    With this, she walked to a small room next to the parlour.


    As soon as she walked in, she screamed, "Who the hell did this?"