Chapter 226

“Ms. Evans, we have arrested the man who attacked you the other day.”

“Oh, so soon?” Caroline was quite surprised. She thought it would take the police three days to solve the case.

“Yes. The policeman on the phone chuckled.

He’d had no choice. His superiors said that this case was important and that the suspect must be caught as soon as possible. Yet he didn’t know what was so important about it.

“All right. Thank you.” Caroline hung up and sent a message to Brillany.

Then, she looked up at Layla. She said, “This is a workplace. Unauthorized personnel should leave immediately.”

Vivian look Layla’s hand and argued, “Caroline, how can you say such heartless words to your cousin?

She came to visit because she was worried about you. It’s rude of you to kick her out like this.”

The smile on Caroline’s face faded. She said dismissively. “This doesn’t concern you. You’ve overstepped again and again. It’ll be bad if I don’t give you a warning.”

“Warning?” Vivian scoffed. “What kind of warning?”

“Cheryl, If I recall correctly, the company has a rule saying that we’re not allowed to bring unauthorized personnel into the premises. How much is the penalty for doing so?”

Cheryl glanced at Vivian and swallowed. “One hundred dollars.”

“Okay. Inform the accountant to deduct one hundred dollars from Vivian’s salary this month.”

Vivian was livid. One hundred dollars was a drop in the bucket of her salary. What really embarrassed her was that Caroline had announced it in front of the office.

This was tantamount to telling everyone that Caroline was the boss, not her!

“Caroline!” Vivian yelled. She charged forward, wanting to slap Caroline, but Layla held her back.

Layla gave her a look of warning.

Vivian snapped out of her anger and looked at Caroline calmly. “Go ahead and deduct my salary. You won’t be in Thorne Corp for much longer, anyway.”

“What’s going on here?” As soon as Jules walked in, he saw them standing in the hallway.

Vivian said, “Are you here to see this ungrateful bitch too, Mr. Hawkins?”

Jules immediately frowned at her words. “Vivian, you’d better watch what you say. What happened with Mr. Corvin last time proved that you’re not as good as Caroline. How can you still be so rude?”

Even though Jules normally lectured Vivian, he usually did it in private. This was the first time he had reprimanded her in front of so many people.

Caroline had just told Vivian off, and now Jules was lecturing her too. Vivian Immediately felt hurt. “Am I wrong, Mr. Hawkins? Isn’t Caroline ungrateful for not supporting her parents?”

“That’s old news. Don’t you people check the news?” Jules spoke sullenly.

*Just now, Caroline asked Star King PR to announce why she had cut off ties with her parents. If you ask me, her parents deserve what’s coming to them! Hmph!”

It was rare for a composed person like Jules to be so angry.

Everyone was stunned, arid all of them took out their phones. Star King Public Relations‘ post about Caroline was pinned on their Facebook account.

This behavior was unprecedented. In the past, even if they cleared a celebrity’s name, they would simply post their evidence on their account. They wouldn’t pin it anywhere ago.

It turned out that the two people who had abducted her had been hired by Sarah.

The post didn’t reveal what exactly happened to Caroline at the hotel. But the surveillance tapes showed that she was forced into a vehicle and taken to Saint Pierre Grand Hotel.

It was clear that they had kidnapped her.

Sarah’s bank transaction history proved that she was the person behind it.

No one had expected things to turn around like this. After all, a parent shouldn’t hurt their own child.

The comments online immediately showed sympathy toward Caroline.

“She kidnapped her own daughter? I–I must be seeing things!”

“I’ve met some irresponsible parents in my long life, but this is the first time I’ve met someone so terrifying!”