Chapter 718


    “Miss Jessica, after hearing what Miss Reed said, can you justify your actions?” one reporter asked.


    “Miss Jessica, did you know that your father had sold his shares a long time ago?” Jessica couldn’t


    tolerate the never-ending questions that were thrown in her direction, so she pressed her palms


    against her ears as she scrunched up her face. “That’s enough! Shut up! Everyone shut up!” She


    began to scream like a madwoman. The crowd and the live stream viewers let out sympathetic


    sighs when they saw her that way. Perhaps they assumed that she was raging out of shame.


    Sonia lowered her gaze to give Jessica a cold re while Jessica thrashed and raged on the


    ground. Sonia smirked. “Let me answer on behalf of her since she doesn’t want to do it. She was


    aware that Dad had sold the Reed Family’s shares, and she was aware that the shares I own have


    got nothing to do with her. The reason she started all those rumors about me online was because


    she couldn’t get what I have. That was why she imed that I was an illegitimate daughter who had


    bullied her when we were young—she wanted to use the power of the media andizens to force


    me to hand her some shares.” ‘Sheesh. That’s so horrible,’ someonemented. ‘Exactly! This is


    my first time encountering someone who’s so disgusting,’ another one replied. ‘I knew Miss Jessica


    wasn’t as innocent as she seemed to be. I was right! I can’t believe she tricked all of usizens to


    side with her, and I can’t believe I spoke up for her. F*ck...’


    While all theizens raged over the incident online, the reporters on the site looked as if they


    wanted to tear Jessica into pieces. The paparazzi and the media had always been the ones who


    would stir rumors and gain benefits from others’ pain, but Jessica seemed to be the one who was


    doing their job this time. They refused to forgive this woman so easily.


    “I’m d that Miss Reed stopped Miss Jessica’s evil n from happening,” one reporter uttered in


    an attempt to tter Sonia.


    Sonia responded with a polite smile. “You’re right. However, I don’t think she could’ve seeded


    from the start. She thought that I didn’t have proof of my identity as an adopted child, and she


    thought that I couldn’t prove that I had never bullied her as a child. That was why she was so certain


    that I wouldn’t be able to speak up for myself, and that was why she thought I’d crumble under


    societal pressure to hand her the shares.” “Miss Reed, are you saying that you can prove that


    you’ve never bullied Miss Jessica as a child?” The reporters stared at Sonia with stunned


    expressions. Jessica, who had been sitting on the ground, threw her head up as she screamed.


    “How is that possible?! How could you have proof of our childhood days?”


    “Of course I do!” Sonia’s smile seemed to demolish thest bit of Jessica’s pride and ego. While


    Jessica stared at the wless smile on Sonia’s face, she felt as if she were looking into the face of


    the devil. “You...” Jessica’s lips were trembling. Sonia wasn’t interested in having a conversation


    with Jessica and simply turned sideways to look at the man beside her.


    Toby opened the box in front of him and pulled a USB drive out before handing it to Daphne. Sonia


    had been holding the box at first, but Toby had offered to help her carry it as he didn’t want her to


    tire herself out. That was why the box was with him.


    Daphne had previously heard Sonia talking about the CCTV cameras, so she understood that the


    footage was stored in the USB that Toby had just handed her. Without saying anything, Daphne


    hurried over to theputer that was connected to therge projector. Everyone watched as Toby


    handed the USB over to Daphne.


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    When Jessica saw the USB, she felt intense fear consuming her entire being. She had already felt


    cold and shaky to begin with, but she was practically numb with fear after she saw the USB. She


    had no idea what sort of evidence the USB contained, but she knew that she was about to be


    thoroughly destroyed.


    Meanwhile, Asher, who had been sipping on his tea and trying his best to remain invisible


    throughout the press conference, realized that Jessica was about to be defeated. He lowered his


    teacup before giving Jessica a deadly re. She''s such a good-for-nothing''. I was hoping that she


    might have some skills, but now I know... Once brainless, always brainless. I got excited for no


    reason!


    Sonia didn’t care about what the reporters and staff members thought —she simply held her


    microphone up before parting her red lips to speak. “This USB consists of more than ten video clips


    showing CCTV camera footage of Jessica and me as children. Bullying is seen in the footage, but it


    was Jessica who bullied me, and not the other way round. Both Jessica and her mother bullied me


    together.”


    “That means Jessica lied again! I can’t believe she’s acting like she’s the good person here,” one


    reporter uttered. Sonia nodded. “That’s right.


    Furthermore, it’s also true that my father’s wife had cheated on him. However, it wasn’t my mom


    who did it, but Jessica’s mom!” Sonia pointed at Jessica.


    Sonia’s cerise-colored nailsplemented her slender fingers and fair skin, and Toby’s gaze


    darkened when he saw her pretty hands. He reached over and held her hand before he nted a


    gentle and loving kiss on her fingers. He did this in front of the crowd, and it wasn’t just Sonia who


    was stunned by his actions—the rest of the crowd were equally shocked. I-Isn’t this a press


    conference? Since when did it be a ce for them to disy affection to each


    other?


    “Pfft.” Rose, who had left the hospital and returned home, burst intoughter when she watched this


    scene on the TV. Mary happened to walk over with a te of fruits when this happened, and she


    laughed along with Rose. “Young Master Toby sure is full of surprises, Old Mrs. Fuller,” Mary


    commented.


    Rose shook her head as she continued to smile. “I don’t know what to feel about this boy


    sometimes. Well, I guess it shows that his rtionship with Sonia is going well.” “That’s true.” Mary


    agreed.


    While Rose and Mary gave the couple their full support, there was another man who was grinding


    his teeth in anger. Zane grabbed a fistful of his hair, feeling like he was about to lose his mind.


    “Toby, you Peking snake! How dare you do such a thing to Sonia during a live broadcast? You’re


    clearly doing this on purpose. You knew that we would be watching this press conference, and


    you’re doing it because you want us to see this, right?! You’re doing this to piss us off! I can’t


    believe you even drew attention to the ring!”


    Dous, who had been reading aic book, lifted his head to nce at his uncle who was


    grumbling in front of the TV. After a few moments, Dous lowered his head once more. “Why does


    it matter if he did it intentionally? You wouldn’t be able to do it intentionally even if you wanted to,


    since Mr. Toby and Aunt Sonia-Oh no! I can’t call her Aunt Sonia anymore. I should call her Miss


    Sonia instead. Since Mr. Toby and Aunt Sonia are dating, all you can do now is to continue feeling


    jealous of them,” the young boy uttered tly.


    Zane stormed over to grab Dous’s cor from the back before lifting the child up like he was


    some soft toy. Then, Zane held Dous up in front of him and looked at the child’s pure and


    innocent face before letting out a scoff. “Hey, whose side are you on? How could you help the


    outsiders? You’re looking down on me, aren’t you?”


    Dous rolled his eyes in response. “I was siding with you at first, but you didn’t seize your


    opportunities when you had them. I even tried helping you out with Miss Sonia, yet you didn’t get


    her in the end. What am I supposed to do now that Mr. Fuller won her over?” Dous waved his


    arms around as he continued. “I think you should be d that I still call you my uncle despite you


    being useless.”


    Zane was close to dropping Dous to the ground when he heard the child’s words. However, soon


    enough, Zane calmed down and lowered Dous onto the couch before he took a nce at the TV.


    “Do you think I didn’t try hard enough? 1 don’t think so. I think it’s all because of fate. It doesn’t


    matter how much I try; nothing will be enough if she doesn’t wish to consider me at all. She will


    never be with me. Just look at that guy from the Lane Family!”


    At the same time, Charles was sitting in front of hisputer with a forbidding look on his face. He


    stared at the screen as Toby kissed Sonia’s hand. Charles shared the same opinion as Zane—he


    thought that Toby was using the live stream to put on an act that would provoke all his love rivals.


    Why else would he kiss Sonia’s hand at such a public event?