Chapter 1121


    Now that his scheme was exposed, Harry felt embarrassed as he sat there frozen.


    Rose, who saw that he was in a daze, smiled while patting the back of Mary''s hand. "Mr. Lore,


    Mary''s right. You should speak what''s on your mind instead of running in circles. I''m old now, so I


    don''t have the spirit to y this game with you. Wouldn''t that just be wasting our time?"


    Squeezing out a smile, Harry replied, "You''re right, Old Mrs. Fuller. If so, I''ll speak my mind then."


    "You should have," Rose calmly stated.


    Inhaling a deep breath in, Harry found himself in a difficult situation. He had gotten used to speaking


    in an indirect way, so diving straight into the topic was not his forte. To him, it felt like he would


    easily lose the dominant side of the situation.


    For so many years, he had always spoken like this, even to Toby, who did not seem to mind his way


    of speaking.


    Only this olddy has so many problems with it.


    Closing his eyes, Harry disguised his opinions against her and slowly opened his mouth. "There''s


    this thing that happened. It''s not major nor is it minor. It''s an incident that concerns Toby''s ex-wife."


    "I would like to correct something, Mr. Lore. She''s not Toby''s ex-wife. Miss Reed has always been


    his wife. They have just been separated for now and will remarry each other again. Since it''s been


    —and always will be—Miss Reed, then there is no such thing as an ''ex-wife'', is there?" Mary asked


    while smiling at Harry.


    Yet, this smile was only surface deep.


    Since Harry was able to decipher her true intentions, he knew that she was warning him to not


    speak out of line. Panicking, he felt helpless as he maintained his smile and replied, "You''re right,


    Mary. I worded that wrongly. You won''t hear it again."


    Regardless, he was not about to admit that he said that on purpose.


    Naturally, Mary and Rose could hear how stubborn he was behaving. This was no surprise because


    they knew how he was like.


    "Since you know your mistake, Mr. Lore, please continue." Mary decided to not expose him while


    gesturing for him to continue.


    Taking another deep breath, Harry tried his best topose himself before continuing, "The


    scandal that concerned Miss Reed went like this. Apparently, she and her friend were discussing


    business at a hotel when a paparazzi took a photo of them. When it was uploaded online, the article


    stated that she betrayed Toby and had an affair with that friend of hers. It became a major topic


    online and everybody believed that was what she did. So, for a period of time, a lot of malicious


    comments were directed at Miss Reed until she managed to find evidence to prove herself


    innocent. Then, she exposed the real perpetrator, who happened to not be the mediapany.


    Rather, it was my granddaughter that ordered thepany to do it."


    "Oh, really?" Mary acted like she was hearing it for the first time.


    She was a capable actress as she had a lot of experience when dealing with her enemies. As soon


    as she decided to put on an act, not a lot of people could differentiate whether she was sincere or


    not. At the very least, Harry and Grayson could not tell, so they really thought that Rose was


    oblivious to this incident.


    Wait, she didn''t know? Phew! If so, I can control this situation even better.


    With this in mind, Harry started to look around as the ploys he was devising almost manifested


    themselves from his gaze.


    This made Rose and Mary look at each other and they noticed a visible disgust in their eyes.


    This old b*stard. He''s actually calcting how to trick us right in front of our eyes. How foolish.


    Unknowing that his inner thoughts had been exposed by them, Harry was still secretly jumping for


    joy.


    Coughing lightly, he then stated, "That''s the rough story. I feel very sorry that this happened. I really


    didn''t think that my granddaughter would do such a thing."


    With a guilty expression, he looked as fake as he could get.


    This was a person that did not know how to act, for he showed how immature his skills were.


    Without even batting an eye at him, Rose grew impatient. "Why did she do that?"


    Harry thought that Rose spoke in an upset manner due to what his granddaughter did. Not knowing


    that it was because of himself, he showed a guilty facade. "I also knew about this not long ago,


    hence my visit."


    "So, why did she do that?" Rose slowly took a sip of her tea. "If my memory serves me right, your


    granddaughter isn''t acquainted with Sonny, no? Why did she frame her like that? What did she have


    to gain from it?"


    She acted as if she was unaware how Lte felt about her grandson.


    Sighing, Harry replied, "Lte indeed doesn''t know Miss Reed, but Toby was my student, so he


    and Lte are considered childhood friends. As they are close enough to be considered siblings or


    niece and uncle, they always shared a close rtionship. Even though she had been abroad all this


    time, she had been keeping close tabs on what was going on here. After she knew that Toby had


    reconciled with Miss Reed, she became especially attentive. Since Toby was someone she cared


    about, she might have been too rash or misunderstood the situation. Either way, she thought that


    Miss Reed had let Toby down, so she had the media upload the article."


    "Does that mean that your granddaughter''s innocent? So, what you''re trying to say is that she did


    not plot against Sonny and she only wanted to help Toby, right?" Rosemented and closed her


    eyes.


    With a bright gaze, Harry nodded profusely. "Yes, yes. It''s as you said. Miss Reed is somewhat


    considered to be a sister-inw to Lte. If so, why would she frame her, seeing that they don''t


    have bad blood or know each other? The real reason is that she only wanted to stand up for Toby.


    She''s not a malicious person. She never thought that she would attract so much trouble for Miss


    Reed by uploading the article. After she calmed down, Lte actually regretted her actions a lot.


    Yet, it was already toote when she wanted to apologize to Miss Reed, as she had already publicly


    stated she won''t forgive her on the inte."


    "If it were me, I wouldn''t forgive her either." Rose scraped her cup gently against the coaster before


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    This made Harry freeze up. "Old Mrs. Fuller, you—"


    "Are you finding it hard to understand why I''d say that? Why I would stand on Sonny''s side?" Rose


    looked at him.


    Harry did not reply, for she had grasped his inner thoughts precisely.


    Sneering, Rose continued, "Why should I forgive her? Regardless if the other party intended it or


    not, the damage is done. This is the fact. As a victim, why should I forgive the perpetrator? Just


    because she stood up for someone? If she wanted to stand up for Toby, why didn''t she take this to


    Toby instead of uploading it? Her actions not only made Sonny be the target of everyone, it


    implicated Toby too, making him the butt of everyone''s joke. Her actions had hurt people, so why


    should Sonny forget and forgive her just because she apologized? Even an old woman like myself


    isn''t that magnanimous or forgivable. Sonny is very simr to me in this regard. So, I support her


    decision by choosing not to forgive Lte."


    After hearing Rose''s words, Harry found the reality hard to swallow. "Even so, Lte did it for


    Toby. Although she might have gone about it with the wrong method, she meant good. Now, not


    only does Miss Reed not forgive nor ept an apology from her, Toby even cklisted my family


    because of this. He didn''t even ept my call or a face-to-face talk, and I''m his teacher! I heard


    that he is going to cut all ties with my family. Isn''t this a bit overboard?"