Chapter 52 âSo did she photoshop that photo as well? Was this a hoax?â
Some paparazzi scowled at Amelia while some threw one question after another.
Hearing that, Amelia snapped back from her shock and yelled, âI didnât photoshop the photo. Itâs real! The reason I went to Prince Gray was to help him dissolve the situation!
âThere has to be something going on between Prince Gray and Charmine. Otherwise, why would he help her? He even gave her such a huge diamond ring!â
Since Ameliaâs reputation was ruined, she wanted to drag Charmine down with her.
Just as she expected, the paparazzi directed their questions at Simon.
âPrince Gray, whatâs your relationship with Charmine? Why did you give her a diamond ring?â
âHow did you get to know Charmine? Are you here today to defend Charmine?â
Simon never lost his composure and remained coolheaded, even after being questioned incessantly.
âYes,â he calmly spoke, âIâm here to defend Charmine, and Iâll tell you why! Charmine is my boss!â
What? Charmine?! She was his boss?! Was he kidding?
Seeing that everyone stared at him in disbelief, he reiterated clearly, â Charmine holds sixty percent of Gray Diamond Empireâs shares. Sheâs the director with the most power.â
Wow!
So Charmine was Prince Grayâs boss all this while?
She was Gray Diamond Empireâs director?!
How could it be?
[Prince Gray, are you mistaken? Charmine is just an adopted daughter. How could she be so rich?]
[Gray Diamond Empire belongs to your family for many generations. About a hundred years ago, isnât it? How could the director be someone outside the family?]
[Youâre just making things up to cover for Charmine!]
Simon was bombarded with innumerable questions on live-streaming platforms; n o one bought what he had just said. There were so many comments that most of the live- streaming influencersâ phones had crashed.
Even the Baileys were flabbergasted. They were wellequipped to spring right into action, but the event unfolded in such a direction that they never saw coming.
First it was Amelia, publicly shamed due t o the video footage. Now, Simon spoke out and claimed Charmine was his boss?
Warily, Nial eyed Anthony. âBrother, how much of a percentage do you think Simon is truthfully speaking right now?â
Anthony stared at the screen, and he could not help recalling that proud and arrogant face Charmineâs.
Not long after, he replied firmly and surely, âA hundred percent sure.â
As expected, facing the questions and doubts, Simon declared in an affirmative tone, âI, Prince Simon Gray, never lied m y entire life. As a matter of fact, I do have proof. Hereâs a photo taken five years ago, during the dinner to celebrate Charmine for buying Gray Diamond Empireâs shares.â
With a gesture from Simon, a number of photos showed up on the screen: Gray Diamond Empireâs share distribution graph, a photo of Charmine in a meeting with the rest of the board, and a full image of Simon passing Charmine a diamond ring.
This was the true, full image of what Amelia found earlier. In this photo, however, Simon was shown standing at the front, passing a pigeon egg-sized diamond ring to Charmine. Princess Verna stood behind him and held a certificate of the shares. In truth, they were standing in a line to pass the diamond and the certificate to Charmine, but the photo Amelia found only captured half of it.
Shocked, everyone had long forgotten to take photos as they stared blankly at the screen.
It was true. Charmine was Gray Diamond Empireâs director. She was Diamond Prince Simonâs boss!
Prince Simon, a handsome and rich prince, was merely Charmineâs staff!
This was unbelievable! What shocking news! 1 There was only one influencer with her phone still streaming, but after the last photo was shown, her last-phone-standing crashed like the many other phones...
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