Chapter 145


    Eliana followed the teacher into the ssroom.


    Both adults and children were present. Two groups of people were facing off in the center of the room.


    Aileen and Adrian were standing on one side. Aileen’s eyes were red from crying and tears streaked


    down her cheeks.


    Adrian stood on her right andforted her in a low voice. Ss stood on her left and wiped her tears.


    Behind them stood Ss’s bodyguards.


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    Eliana also recognized the other group of people.


    Erica was in the lead.


    Why was this woman always trying to make her life harder?


    Eliana paid no attention to Erica as she strode over to Aileen and squatted in front of her. She caressed


    Aileen’s tiny face and looked at her gently.


    “What happened, my love? Don’t cry. Mommy is here. Tell me what happened.”


    Her mother’sfort only made Aileen felt more aggrieved. She pursed her lips and stayed silent.


    Adrian was about to exin the situation, but a sharp voice interrupted him.


    “Eliana, you need to discipline your daughter. She is a little liar! She refuses to admit that she broke my


    daughter’s diamond ne. She is so ill-bred. Well, it’s not surprising, since her father is a…”


    “Shut up, Erica! Watch your mouth, or you’ll regret it!” Eliana shouted.


    Everyone was stunned by Eliana’s outburst. Everyone except Erica, who was unfazed.


    “Eliana, don’t think that you can scare me just because of what happened with the pink diamondsst


    time. You are far below my league.”


    As she spoke, Erica held up the ne, which was broken into two pieces.


    “Everyone here can judge who is right and who is wrong,” she said to the crowd. “I bought this precious


    diamond ne as a gift for my daughter. My daughter showed it to your daughter. Your daughter


    was jealous and broke it. Now she refuses to admit what she has done. What a cheap little liar! You


    won’t be getting away with this.”


    The crowd whispered to each other and exchanged nces. Erica was satisfied to see that most of


    them were on her side.


    Now that the Harrison family had gone through a crisis, her rtionship with Asher was as good as


    before. Her status was far above that of Eliana, whose family had already fallen. Eliana was no


    competition to her.


    “I didn’t do it!” Aileen shouted. “Mommy, I didn’t break the ne. It was broken when Ivy showed it


    to me.”


    Aileen gripped Eliana’s hand. Her face turned red and all of her little body trembled in anger.


    “That is true!” Adrian affirmed.


    Eliana’s heart ached. She hugged Aileen and patted her back. “Baby, it’s okay. I believe you.”


    Aileen slowly calmed down.


    Once Aileen had beenforted, Eliana walked to Erica’s daughter, Ivy.


    She squatted down and asked gently, “Ivy, can you tell me what happened?”


    Ivy stared timidly into Eliana’s eyes. She didn’t dare to speak.


    Ivy liked Eliana very much because she was gentler than her own mother.


    The truth was that Ivy had broken the ne. She was terrified that her mother would punish her for


    it. She asked her friend Aileen for advice and showed her the ne. It was at that moment that


    Erica entered. Erica insisted that Aileen had broken the ne.


    Ivy opened her mouth to speak. But her mother shot her a deadly nce that scared Ivy into hiding the


    truth.


    “The ne… Aileen broke the ne.”


    Though she spoke quietly, everyone heard her.


    Erica smiled in triumph. “Did you hear that? Your daughter broke the ne. It is your responsibility


    topensate me for it.”


    Eliana raised her eyebrows. “If you want me topensate for this ne, I need to take a look at it


    so I can judge the price.”


    Erica thought that she was already the victor of this game, so she thoughtlessly handed over the


    ne.


    Eliana epted the ne and examined it carefully. It was an ordinary diamond ne with a


    basic design. The diamond seemed to be expensive at first nce, as it looked like it weighed about 6


    carats. The rest of the ne was made of cheap pearls.


    There was something off about the diamond.


    Wait a moment.


    Eliana realized what was wrong.


    Eliana turned to the crowd and said confidently, “This diamond is a fake.”


    Erica’s smile froze. “That’s impossible. You’re only iming that because you don’t have the money to


    compensate for it!”


    Eliana smiled in disdain at Erica’s refusal to admit the fraud.


    She didn’t have the time or energy to argue with Erica. She put the ne on the table, picked up a


    ss, and smashed it into the diamond.


    “What are you doing? Are you crazy?” Erica yelled.