“Ahaha! Has this woman ever done anything that wasn’t immoral?” Mocking laughter sounded from the banquet hall’s entrance.
Naomi rushed into the room and huffed. “This two-faced woman is the reason why you deserted me, isn’t she, Ryan?”
Her use of the word ‘deserted’ garnered the pity of many.
“You’ve already been caught hugging and being close with Ryan by the media, Eveline! Are you still going to deny it? Are you still going to argue and say that you didn’t?”
“You stole my fiancé, you wh*re!”
Naomi slandered Niamh with horrid vulgarities.
Her hatred for Niamh was evident from the look in her eyes.
Ryan frowned and pulled Niamh behind him. “It’s no one else’s fault that we broke up, Naomi Lionel! You were the one who revealed how heinous a woman you were. I refuse to date a person like you, let alone get married to you.”
Naomi continued to rage as her eyes fell on Niamh’s hand in Ryan’s and how he was defending her. “What’s wrong with a woman like me? How am I worse than this b*tch? She just got divorced and she’s already your girlfriend? That just means that you’ve been together before she got divorced!
“Hmph! She acts like this dignified and kind lady when in truth, she’s the kind who’d even steal from charity funds! Eveline Montgomery, you’re nothing but a fake b*tch!”
Ryan, who was rarely angered, was now enraged.
However, Niamh held him back and replied calmly, “Ryan and I are an upright couple, Naomi. Don’t just go around spitting lies and slander. As for the charity funds, do you have any proof that I was the one who stole it?”
From afar, Kendrick’s focus faltered the moment he heard the first half of Niamh’s defense.
His heart hurt, but he made sure not to show it.
“Isn’t the transfer details enough proof? What more are you trying to deny?” Naomi pointed at the receipt in the woman’s hands.
The woman was furious as well. “Stop lying already, Eveline! How could you do such a thing as the new heir to Montgomery Enterprise and the person in charge of tonight’s charity gala? You’re a disgrace to Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery.”
“If that’s the case, then let’s call the police.” Kendrick’s voice cut through the crowd.
Watching him approach, a few people started to whisper among themselves. “I didn’t think Kendrick Waldburg would come.”
“Isn’t it awkward, coming to the charity gala his ex-wife is hosting?”
Ignoring them, Kendrick walked toward Niamh with a light smile. “I don’t think my ex-wife’s the kind of person who’d do such a thing either. Let’s call the police. If you didn’t do it, then why fear investigation?”
While Niamh did not want to see Kendrick, his words spoke of her thoughts. She had intended to call the police since the beginning.
Eve began to protest nervously. “No, we can’t. We can’t call the police, Ms. Montgomery.” She was even winking at Niamh as she spoke.
Niamh did not understand and instead heard Naomi press after Eve. “Why can’t we call the police? What’s this? You can’t possibly be in on the crime with Eveline, right? Don’t you know that this amount is enough for you to spend the rest of your life in prison?”
Naomi threatened, but she did not expect Eve to suddenly fall backward onto the floor. “It’s not my fault! I already told her we shouldn’t, but… But Ms. Montgomery said she wanted to! She forced me! I don’t want to go to prison!”
Eve pointed at Niamh. “It’s her, it’s Ms. Montgomery who told me to do it! She said she’d pay me 100,000 in return! I didn’t lie! You can check my bank account. I just got the money from Ms. Montgomery two days ago!”
Hearing her, the person in charge quickly called to check.
She found that Eve had indeed received 100,000 dollars two days ago.
It was wonderful. Now nobody present except Ryan and Kendrick believed Niamh.
Lana smirked sinisterly by the side as the scene unfurled just as she had imagined.
Both witnesses and evidence pointed at Niamh. Whatever she was going to say next would only be an excuse.
She would make Niamh into a two-faced wh*re who liked to steal charity funds. Every bit of her dignity that she lost that day, she would make Niamh pay for it!
Yet just as Lana thought that Niamh was about to lose her status and image, she watched Niamh turn to look at her with a deep smile. “What a flawless set-up you have here. What a shame that there will always be miscalculations.”
Lana’s expression shifted, and her heart grew uneasy.
No way.
Her plan was sound, and she had even used cash when she bribed Eve. How could she have miscalculated?
Lana thought that Niamh was bluffing.
She could not help but fan the flames. “Your accomplice has already admitted it, Eveline. There’s no use in arguing.”
Niamh knew then that Lana was the person behind this entire play.
However, she was Eveline Montgomery, not Niamh Delgado. There was no way she would just forgive and forget when someone was trying to frame her.
“You’re right, there’s no use in arguing at all. Which is why I’m calling the police.” Niamh pulled out her phone and made a report in front of everyone.
Still sitting on the floor, Eve’s eyes flashed to Lana before she quickly got up to keep acting. “You can’t call the police! How could you set me up, Eveline? You were the one who said you’d keep me safe even if they found out. How could you—”
Instead of getting angry, Niamh smiled and consoled her. “Oh, silly. Since you’re so adamant that we both worked together to steal that 30 million, then aren’t we technically on the same boat? Of course, I’ll keep you safe.”
“…” Eve was shocked, wondering if she had heard her wrong.
Did Eveline just admit it? That they were working together to steal from the charity funds?
What was she playing at?
Lana did not understand. Instead, she found it strange.
The police arrived at the scene in no time and began to investigate. They brought Niamh into the lounge and began a one-on-one interrogation.
Eve was frantic. She thought she only needed to listen to Lana’s instructions and slander Niamh for the 100,000 dollars to be hers.
She never thought that the police would be involved!
She was sitting limply on the floor, pretending to be afraid despite having slandered Niamh earlier.
However, she was truly terrified now!
She did not want to have a criminal record, nor did she want to go to prison!
She had finally met a great boyfriend, so how could she go to jail now?
Eve was anxious as she stared at Lana who was standing by the side. She wanted to align their alibis, but there were too many people in the banquet hall waiting for Niamh to come out.
After a while, Niamh exited the lounge.
Her complexion was bad, and her eyebrows were knitted. The main point though, was that there were handcuffs around Niamh’s wrists!
Both Kendrick and Ryan’s expressions changed at the sight.
Kendrick felt his heart ache as well.
He remembered how Niamh had spent three years in jail for a crime she did not commit.
He did not want to see her framed again.
Both Lana and Naomi were shocked because they had not expected Niamh to actually be brought away!
Surprised as they were, the two were also elated.
Watching the scene, the person in charge sneered at Niamh, “You had this coming!”
Leaders of Montgomery Enterprise who disliked Niamh began to talk among themselves as well. “See? That’s our new president. What a disgrace! Had it not been for Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, how else would she have gotten the right to sit at the top?”
The crowd began to berate her, saying, “How vile must you be to steal from the charity funds? She has to spend at least a few years in jail for this!”
A few years? In jail?
Eve’s heart raced at the words and she asked in disbelief as Niamh walked past, “Did you admit it, Eveline Montgomery?”
Niamh halted to shrug hopelessly at Eve. “You already identified me, didn’t you? What more can I deny?”
“…” Eve was stunned by Niamh’s expression of acceptance.
Staring at Eve’s conflicted expression, Niamh continued, “Although the police did say that they haven’t found any evidence that I was the one who instructed you, so I might not be charged in the end. I’ll be out in a few days, but I can’t say the same for you…”
Niamh paused intentionally as she stared at Eve’s frantic expression meaningfully.
“The police found camera footage of you transferring the funds, so you most definitely would be charged. The transfer is quite the amount, so you might spend at least a decade in jail. Weren’t you the one who claimed that I stole the money with you? Is this the result you wanted?”
“What?” Eve’s complexion paled. If she went to prison, then it was goodbye to whatever future she had!
After Niamh was done speaking, she left with the police nonchalantly.
Eve was terrified. “Stay where you are, Eveline!”
She yelled at Niamh’s retreating figure. Niamh’s steps came to a halt as the corner of her pretty lips lifted slightly.
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