Chapter 409


    Chapter 409


    “What on earth are you trying to achieve?” Neil’s words were aimed directly at me, his brow furrowed in


    a manner that oddly mirrored Karina.


    Was he upset about me “bullying” Karina?


    Was he feeling protective?


    I stared back at him impassively. I was well used to him defending others. His relentless defense of


    Bonnie in my past life had prepared me for that, so I felt more irony than anything else


    now.


    “I just want a clearer picture of Dr. Karina’s actions; is there a problem with that?” I retorted.


    “This is not the ce for it. Let’s leave it at that.” Neil’s tone was stern, as though I was a child who had


    misbehaved.


    If not there, then where?


    At that point, Ryan and Faith chimed in, “Irene, tell us what really happened!”


    I was surprised that under those circumstances, Ryan and Faith were still on my side. Once I revealed


    the truth, it would have not only pped Karina’s face, but also Neil’s. If she were to truly marry into the


    Whitmore family, that incident would have also be a stain on the Whitmore family’s reputation.


    “What exactly is going on here?” The Dean couldn’t hold back his curiosity. With so many people


    watching and the media invited for publicity, that turn of events was unexpected.


    “The supposed patient was just someone Dr. Karina had hired! I don’t know why she did it. That’s for


    you to investigate!” I blurted out the truth, then handed my phone to the nearest person. They took it,


    bewildered, nced at it, and then their eyes widened.


    Everyone else crowded around to look. Gossip spread fast, and once a few people in the crowd knew,


    it would have naturally disseminated.


    Karina tried to snatch the phone, but nearly everyone had already seen the contents.


    Someone, filled with a sense of justice, shouted, “The patient was really someone she hired! Isn’t this


    deceiving us all?”


    With that revtion, the award ceremony instantly became a farce.


    The faces of the Dean and other leaders on stage resembled someone who had swallowed a fly. They


    were extremely ufortable.


    Neil’s gaze instantly darkened. He nced at Karina, and I thought he would have reproached her for


    her actions. Instead, he walked through the crowd, took Karina’s hand, and led her away from the


    scene.


    Suddenly, I, the whistleblower, felt like a clown, unsure if I had won or lost.


    Due to my revtion, the award ceremony ended in chaos. Some people came to ask me about the


    process of discovering the truth, but I refused to exin. I just wanted to go home. After leaving the


    hospital, I was preparing to drive home when Ryan and Faith caught up with me. They were


    apanied by Hiram, whom Neil had left behind when he left with Karina.


    Hiram seemed to understand what had happened. Seeing me, he gritted his teeth, broke free from his


    grandparents’ hands, and rushed at me, pounding his small fists against me. “You hurt my mommy!


    How could you be so mean? My mommy didn’t do anything wrong!”


    Seeing Hiram’s violent actions, Ryan immediately grabbed him. “Hiram, you can’t behave like this. Your


    mommy was in the wrong, do you understand?”


    “My mommy didn’t do anything wrong. Grandpa, why are you helping this meandy too?” Hiram


    whimpered and cried, then pointed at me and used me.


    “She’s not a meandy,” Ryan corrected Hiram. “Be a good boy and wait in the car. Grandma and I


    have some things to deal with.”


    On such a serious matter, Ryan didn’t indulge Hiram at all and was even quite stern.


    Hiram, scared, sobbed his way to the car where the driver was waiting.


    Once Hiram was in the car, Ryan sighed, his face filled with displeasure. “I don’t know how Karina has


    been raising the child abroad. Hiram has many ws that need to be corrected gradually!”


    “Yes, this child has really been spoiled!” Faith also expressed her dissatisfaction with Karina. “No


    wonder she herself is of such character and has corrupted the child!”


    I kept silent. I didn’t want toment on that matter, as it would have seemed too deliberate.


    Faith continued, “Irene, you did nothing wrong today. She almost deceived Ryan and me. We thought


    she was at least decent, but it turns out everything was a setup to deceive us to change our impression


    of her. We weren’t going toe today, but Hiram insisted, so we had no choice. Now it seems it was


    a good thing we came!”


    “Faith, as long as you don’t me me, it’s fine.” I said.


    “You silly girl, why would we me you? If we didn’t know her true colors and slowly epted her,


    letting her marry into the Whitmore family/it would have been a disaster!” Faith answered firmly.


    I truly admired them, not only for their favoritism towards me but also for their clear sense of right and


    wrong.


    Ryan couldn’t help but add, “This Karina, we objected to her not just because of the disparity in our


    social status!”


    I didn’t know there were other reasons. I was surprised.


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    Ryan seemed to think it was inappropriate and shook his head, saying no more. But Faith couldn’t


    resist, “What’s there to hide? She took a sum of money from Neil and then came to us asking for


    more!”


    I was at a loss for words after hearing that.


    Karina did that? I was sure Neil’s breakup fee to her wasn’t small. She wouldn’t have needed to ask


    Ryan and Faith for money. What was her purpose? She was simply ruining her own image.


    But what was done was done, so it was no wonder Ryan and Faith had such a bad impression of her.


    After chatting for a while, I saw Neil and Karina’s figures appear. They probably hadn’t gone far. And


    Karina’s eyes were red.


    Seeing me talking with Ryan and Faith, she turned around and walked away.


    Neil reluctantly grabbed her wrist, “Wouldn’t it be better to exin things clearly?”


    “I don’t want to exin when they’re not going to believe me anyway. They only believe who they want


    to believe.” Karina’s words held a veiled meaning as she looked at me. Her eyes were filled with pain.


    Ryan and Faith, of course, understood her words, but they chose to turn a blind eye,


    “Speak up, and I’ll make them believe you.” Neil’smand was clear and unarguable. He brought


    Karina back in front of Ryan and Faith. “Speak.”


    Seeing him defend Karina like that, I was taken back to a moment from before. It was like watching Neil


    defend Bonnie, standing up for her in front of his parents, wasn’t it?


    I averted my gaze, turned around, and strode away. Whether Ryan and Faith chose to believe Karina


    or not, it was none of my business anymore.