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Patrick didn’t get angry. Instead, he took out his phone and showed Yannis the picture that Megan had
removed the mosaic on it, asking him to take a look. Yannis, upon seeing the photo of a rtively
good–looking face, was instantly shocked and could not believe it. Patrick took back his phone, his
tone cold, saying, “Have you seen it clearly? I don’t need to say anything more, right?”
Yannis struggled to lift his head and looked at Patrick with a panicked expression. Unable to form
coherent sentences, he stammered, “Sir… Sir, this… this is really
not me!”
Patrick’s gaze darkened. “At this point, you still want to im that the person in the photo isn’t you?
Alright, I get it.” He turned and said to Nilly. “Take care of it, just don’t kill him. After saying that, Patrick
walked away.
Nilly remained expressionless and took out a sharp dagger from his pocket. As soon as the dagger was
revealed, its sharp de gleamed with a snow–white radiance under the light. Seeing this, Yannis was
so scared that he instantly wet himself. He quickly stopped Patrick, crying and begging as he said, “Sir,
sir, please wait. I have something to say!”
Patrick paused in his footsteps, a sarcastic smile ying on his lips. He pulled a nearby chair andzily
sat down, casting a brief, contemptuous nce at Yannis. “Go ahead, I’m listening.”
Yannis, a grown man, with a tearful voice and a frightened look, stammered, “I… I was manipted by
someone to do this. That woman told me if I slept with thedy and took pictures, she would give me
money. My son recently had surgery, and I needed arge sum of money. I had no choice!” As Yannis
spoke, he burst into tears, a grown man crying and sobbing, which made Patrick frown. His eyes
flickered. He could tell that Yannis wasn’t lying, which meant that to find out the mastermind behind
this, they needed to track down that woman.
Just as Patrick was thinking this, Nilly’s phone rang. He checked his phone, and a hint of joy shed
across his face. “Mr. Hersey, we’ve found Tanya Stewart!” Patrick breathed a sigh of relief. This was
really perfect timing! He remained his expressionless face and said in a deep voice, “Bring her over.”
Nilly nodded and immediately instructed the men supporting on the other side to bring the person over.
Afterpleting this task, he looked at Patrick, his gaze
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briefly scanning Yannis on the ground, and his expression was filled with hesitation.
Patrick gave him a nce and said, “If you have something to say, just say it. You don’t need to worry
about him.” Upon hearing this, Nilly nodded and began speaking earnestly, “Here’s the situation. The
people I sent to Tanya’s residence couldn’t find her. So, as you suggested, I looked into her
connections and recent financial transactions. I found a significant transfer of funds in her ount, and,
interestingly, one–fifth of that amount was transferred to Yannis.”
Yannis, upon hearing his name, raised his head with a frightened expression, immediately shrinking
back and curling up on the ground. As for Patrick, his lips. curled into a sardonic smile, confirming his
suspicion. He raised an eyebrow and asked, “What’s next?”
Nilly, with a tense expression, continued. “Furthermore, our investigation revealed. that the person
making the transfer is someone named Cheryl Larson, who is actually a distant rtive of Jasmine
Dane. We found that this money is most likely being transferred to Cheryl by Jasmine herself. Cheryl
and Jasmine’s distant familial rtionship is not widely known, but Cheryl uses the alias ‘Swallow‘ and
works at Timeless Bar. Some of her acquaintances at the bar often heard her boast about being the
cousin of someone famous.”
Patrick listened for a while, furrowing his brow, and then asked, “Who is Jasmine Dane?”
Nilly was momentarily surprised but quickly realized that Patrick had no knowledge of the entertainment
industry, so he did not know anything about what he had told him. Nilly quickly exined, “Jasmine is
Rose’s agent. As for Tanya, we found her in the basement of Jasmine’s residence. Since the incident
involving Miss Webb started spreading on the inte yesterday afternoon, Tanya has been under
Jasmine’s control, presumably to prevent us from discovering her involvement. As for Yannis…”
Nilly paused and continued. “Yannis didn’t have as much knowledge about the matter as Tanya did,
and the money he received was from her. Additionally, his face was masked in the photos. Jasmine
probably assumed that we wouldn’t be able to trace his involvement. Hence, she didn’t pay much
attention to his actions.”
Patrick’s expression darkened when he heard the name Rose. He was a clever individual, and in a
matter of moments, he connected all the dots. Rose wanted to
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take down Violet, so she had her agent, Jasmine, spend money to bribe the small- time inte
celebrity Tanya to create a set of scandalous photos with Yannis, which they then spread on the
inte to tarnish Violet’s reputation.
Jasmine was likely concerned about Patrick investigating the financial transactions, so she had her
distant rtive Cheryl transfer the money on her behalf. She came up with a usible excuse,
believing that Patrick wouldn’t find the connection between Rose and her side of the matter. However,
she never expected that Cheryl, going by the alias “Swallow,” was selling alcohol at Timeless Bar, and
Patrick was the secret boss of the ce. When he decided to investigate his employees, he simply
needed to chat with a few acquaintances at the bar who knew Cheryl, and he quickly uncovered her
background.
A sly smile crept onto Patrick’s lips, and he absently toyed with the armrest of his chair. He hadn’t
anticipated that after Violet’s previous sessful online. turnaround, Rose dared to use inte public
opinion once again to target Violet. It seemed she had truly grown tired of her own life! He stood up, his
voice devoid of emotion, asking, “Do you know the whereabouts of Rose and Jasmine?”
Nilly nodded. “I’ve already sent people to find them.”
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Patrick’s lips curled into a bloodthirsty smile. “No need to find them. I will make theme begging in
person. He turned to Nilly and instructed. “Before 8 o’clock. tomorrow morning, I want to see Yannis
and Tanya publicly admitting online that they are the two figures in the photos and that they conspired
to tarnish Violet’s reputation.”
Nilly nodded vigorously. “I’ll make it happen as soon as possible.”
Patrick responded with a “Hmm,” with a glint in his eyes, he looked at Nilly, saying softly, “And
remember, have Tanya implicate Rose. If Rose is already fed up with life, there’s no need for me to be
lenient. I recall Rose’s family hails from the countryside, and it’s rumored they have many sisters but
only one brother. If her brother gets into trouble, do you think Rose would willingly admit her mistake
online to keep him out of jail?”
Rose probably never expected that the personal information she shared about her family background
during her first encounter with Patrick would be used against her in this way.
After hearing Patrick’s words, Nilly instantly understood. Patrick intended to handle Rose using this
method, and he would execute the n. He knew that when
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Patrick acted, he went for the jugr. He nodded earnestly. Tunderstand your intentions. Mr. Herury‘
Patrickzily responded. Hmm, good And also, apply the came strategy to Jasmine as you did with
Rose 1 believe they are both smart enough to know what to do when they are in a right apon. After
posting the videos of Yannis and Tagya also release the video where Rose publicly apologizes, and
make sure the timing isn’t too far apart