Chapter 302: Betrayed by Blood Selina said casually, "As long as you step up and plead for Katie, Iâll let her goâno strings attached. Isnât that kind of me?"
A spark of hope lit up in Katieâs eyes.
"Angelica..."
Angelica bit her lip hard. She didnât believe for a second that Selina was being generous.
"Whatâs wrong, Angelica? Donât want to save her?"
Selina blinked innocently, then leaned in and whispered:
"Other people might not know, but I do. Katieâs probably your real mother, right? I donât know how you weaseled your way into the Morris family, but one thingâs clearâKatie shares your blood. And now youâre just going to give up on her? Can you really live with that?"
Angelicaâs head snapped up, her face going white.
Waitâdid Selina know?
Did she know that secret?
No. No way. The title of Morris family heiress could only belong to her.
She couldnât let Selina ruin it.
Selina raised an eyebrow in surprise. She had only been speculating, but Angelicaâs reaction...
Had she actually guessed right?
Angelica quickly covered, "I am part of the Morris family. But Mom raised me. I owe her for that."
Selina didnât press the point.
"Youâre right, Angelica. And if she raised you, then you owe her even more. So how can you turn your back on her now? Just say the word, and Iâll let Katie go."
"Sure, the Clark family might want nothing to do with herâbut youâre the Morris family heiress. You can take her in. No one will stop you. Isnât that right?"
Katie was tempted.
She didnât have the timeâor the clarityâto think through Selinaâs trap.
She cried out, begging, "Angelica! Please, please help me! Iâm your momâI canât go to prison! Youâre the only one who can save me! I did it all for you!"
Angelica hesitated.
Pleading wasnât off the table. But would Selina really let Katie go?
Right then, her phone rang.
Public backlash over the competition scandal was exploding. The bribery, the rigging, the setupâit had all gone viral.
Her agentâs voice came through, urgent and panicked.
"Angelica, what the hell is going on? Sponsors and investors are all calling! Youâre about to lose your endorsementsâeverything!"
"I can still help spin the âprearranged winnerâ story. But if you also helped frame Selina? If you were involved in that? Not even God can save you."
If Angelica not only rigged the championship but also paid to ruin her own sister, her career would be over.
"Angelica, listen to meâcut ties with Katie. Now!"
Angelicaâs hands clenched into fists. Her vision blurred. She nearly passed out.
It was over. Completely over.
If she didnât make a move soon, she and the entire Clark family would be a joke in high society.
Why had everything turned out so differently from what she planned?
Selina watched her, calm and patient.
"Well, Angelica? Timeâs ticking. Have you made your decision?"
Katie looked at her with desperate eyes.
freeweÉnovÄl.coɱ "Angelica, please... save me. Youâre the only one who can. Everything I didâI did for you..."
Angelica felt like she was about to snap.
If she helped Katie now, sheâd go down with her.
Maybe it was better toâ
She gritted her teeth, turned sharply, andâ
"Mom, I canât believe you. You were sleeping with Ellis behind my backâand framing my sister?!"
"You always said you cared about Selina, that she was the one being difficult. And I believed you..."
She turned to Selina, tears in her eyes.
"Selina, Iâm so sorry. I didnât know the truth. I didnât want to believe my mom was hurting you. This is all my fault. Pleaseâplease forgive me."
She dropped to her knees.
Selina gave a slow, satisfied smile.
Perfect. Mission accomplished.
She turned her gaze to Katie.
"Well, Ms. Bryant. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Katieâs eyes widened, her terrified expression frozen on her face.
Her own daughterâs betrayal was the final straw that broke her.
From this moment on, Katie would face prison. She would be reviled by the public.
And all of it... was because of Angelica.
Seeing that Katie still wouldnât confess, Angelica panicked, afraid sheâd be dragged down with her.
"Mom! How could you? Did you even think about me and Natalia before doing all this?!"
Katie snapped out of it.
Yes. Yes, she couldnât drag her daughter down with her.
Angelica was the heiress of the Morris family. Her reputation had to stay clean. Morris must never learn the truth. As long as Angelica remained untarnished, Natalia would be safe too.
If she took all the blame herself, her daughter would walk away innocent.
But what she never expectedâ
Was that the person to put the knife in her back would be the daughter she loved most... the one she had sacrificed everything for.
Katie, tearful, confessed:
"Yes. It was all me. I hated Selina for being the first wifeâs daughter... I wanted to ruin her, so I worked with Ellis. Angelica had nothing to do with any of it."
"I confess... I confess..."
The room went dead silent.
Then Selina let out a small laugh.
Katie had clawed her way into the family, schemed endlessly for Angelica.
And now?
Her life was a complete joke.
Online, Katieâs recorded confession was already going viral. The truth was out.
Selina hadnât seduced a judge. In fact, the entire competition had been rigged against her by the Clark family.
The truth completely flipped the publicâs perception.
Angelica apologized.
The Clark family apologized.
It looked like the situation had been resolved.
But everyone knewâit was far from over.
As the crowd dispersed, Selina was just about to head back to the lounge with Logan when Grandpa Clark hurried up behind her.
"Selina! Just now... I was wrong about you. I didnât know Katie was capable of such cruelty. Donât take it to heart, weâ"
Luke stepped between them in a flash, voice full of biting sarcasm.
"Oh? Who wouldâve thought? Maybe everyone but the Clark family."
Selina didnât even bother responding.
"Luke, letâs go."
Grandpa Clark watched her walk away, heart heavy.
Two years ago, Selina had knelt in front of him.
Why hadnât he believed her then?
"Youâre still staring after that little tramp?" James said coldly. "Good riddance. So what if she was framed? She couldâve just admitted it quietly and spared us all this messâ"
"Shut up!"
Grandpa Clark suddenly turned and roared.
James jumped. "Why are you yelling at me?!"
Grandpa Clark snapped, "You knew the truth two years ago! You knew Selina was innocent. You and Katie destroyed her together!"
James exploded, "So?! Sheâs a bastard childâsheâs not even blood! You really think she compares to Angelica?! Can you not tell who your real granddaughter is?!"
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ï¤Chapter 301: The Final Fall of Katie "If Selina had just confessed back then, we wouldnât be humiliated like this today! Everything I did was for the Clark family. She deserved what she got!"
But at those wordsâ
"Can you not tell who your real granddaughter is?"
Grandpa Clark looked like heâd been struck by lightning.
His face went pale. He stood there, speechless.
Back in the lounge, Selinaâs mood was noticeably better.
Then something hit her.
"Wait... those recordings and filesâhow did you get them?"
Logan raised an eyebrow. "Curious?"
Of course she was.
Some of the design competitionâs internal documents were so locked down, even she couldnât get to them. How did Logan pull it off?
Unless... he had deep ties with the competition itself?
But sheâd never heard of anything like that.
Selina wracked her brain.
"To access that kind of insider information... youâd have to be someone like Rowan."
Logan gave her a meaningful look.
"Keep guessing."
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