Novel Square
Chapter 449
Chapter 449
"Overstepping?" Astrid scoffed, "Don't you realize the gravity of the situation? What's the purpose of
you being here today? Have you forgotten?"
Lucinda whirled around to face Astrid, who smiled and showed her cell phone screen. "What's your
purpose here today?"
Upon seeing the screen the cell phone, Lucinda’s mind went blank momentarily. In a daze, she
mumbled, "Today... today's goal was to ruin that little bitch, Astrid, for not paying me. Fannie Santos
promised me five million after the job was done. Because I know Astrid's secret, and Fannie wants to
bring Astrid down by revealing her pregnancy. So, we collaborated."
Everyone was shocked.
Paula, watching the live stream, nearly choked on her coffee!
Fannie was already in deep water. Even at this point, Lucinda didn't forget to drag Fannie further in?
Lucinda, now under hypnosis, was spilling her innermost thoughts. The room fell silent as a tomb until
Lucinda continued, "Astrid doesn't deserve to be my sister. She's like a dog we've kept for eighteen
years. How can we let her go that easily? We want Astrid to be under our control forever!"
"Slap!" A sharp slap landed on Lucinda's face, the searing pain snapping her back to reality.
She covered her face and looked at the furious Yates with tear-filled eyes. "Yates! Why did you hit me?
Look everyone, he's hitting a woman! He's hitting a woman!"
Parrish retorted, "If he hadn't beaten, I'd do it myself. Are you even human? Still playing the victim,
huh? Who doesn't know you're a wolf in sheep's clothing?"
Lucinda looked at their accusing eyes, panic rising rapidly.
She hadn't said anything wrong, but why were they reacting this way?
The spectators also wished they could reach through their screens and tear Lucinda apart. [Damn, this
woman has no shame!]
[But I didn't expect all this was planned by her and Fannie. Fannie is disgusting!]
[Fannie really won't rest until she's dug her own grave.]
[Lucinda has no proof, why is she dragging Fannie into this?]
[How can Fannie still have fans? I'm shocked.]
[Lucinda, where's your proof? Don't just sling mud at Fannie because she's messed up!]
Astrid glanced at the comments, a smile on her lips. She turned to Lucinda, "Lucinda, the viewers all
believe that this was your plan, and you're trying to make Fannie your scapegoat. I also think that this
is all your doing! I can easily sue you for this."
Provocation. A low-level provocation. But Astrid knew it was enough to deal with Lucinda.
Sure enough, as soon as Astrid finished her sentence, Lucinda became flustered, "Nonsense! I have
proof. I was afraid Fannie would back out and not pay me, so I secretly recorded our conversation!"
Saying this, Lucinda quickly pulled out her cell phone and played the recording of her conversation with This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
Fannie.
[Recording] Fannie said, "I know you have something that can bring Astrid down and you need money.
If you can make Astrid lose face at the celebration live stream tomorrow, I'll give you five million."
Lucinda said, "Let's put it in writing."
Fannie said, "No, we can't leave any evidence. Don't worry, I'm a public figure. I won't cheat you out of
your money."