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.
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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 maliciousments 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
commenting.
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?"