Chapter 83

The guard came back with a laptop soon enough.

“Give me that.” Derek took the laptop and retrieved the ‘camera’ from the cop.

Rachel and Xandra’s hearts were thumping fiercely, and Emma was starting to worry as well. What if

they find out? What if they know I did it? No. They couldn’t. I wasn’t the one who slipped the necklace

in. The camera couldn’t have captured me. I just have to deny everything.

Derek checked the camera out, and he frowned. He had no idea how to use this. What model is this?

He had seen a lot of gizmos and gadgets in his line of work, but he had no idea what this model of

camera was and how to use it.

Derek was about to ask Ethan for instructions, but then Alice shot the camera a glance and said, “Mr.

Jenkins. Let’s say this is someone trying to sabotage me. What if I sue them for slander? What kind of

punishment would they receive?” asked Alice calmly, her face inscrutable.

“It really depends. If the victim insists on taking it to court, the perpetrator might be sentenced to jail.”

Derek was surprised she would ask that question, but he didn’t give her an attitude this time.

“Good to hear. I’ll take this to court, so make sure you are thorough with your investigations. And make

sure everyone knows I’m sabotaged. I despise those who sabotage me and try to get away with it,”

said Alice calmly while looking at Rachel and Xandra. There was a hidden message in her words.

That ‘camera’ Derek was holding was just an accessory in Alice’s bag, but no one aside from Alice

knew. There was no footage whatsoever and it was impossible to find out who slipped that necklace

into her bag. What she said just now was just a bluff. And now I wait for the fish to take the bait.

Xandra was smart enough to understand the underlying message. She looked at the camera and

gulped, then she made a decision. “I’m sorry, Miss Woland. My manager slipped that into your bag.

She… she didn’t know what she was doing.”

Xandra pushed all the blame onto Rachel so she would seem innocent. Of course, Rachel was the one

who slipped the necklace in, but she was standing next to Rachel at the time. The camera might have

captured her, so she confessed before this case could escalate.

Rachel froze. She tried to say something, but in the end, she stayed silent. It didn’t matter even if

Xandra said nothing. The footage could still prove that they were the culprit. Alice called the cops, and

even Derek came. There was no way they could hide it much longer.

Alice looked at Xandra calmly, but she said nothing.

Xandra took Alice’s silence as a sign she could negotiate, so thinking she could still escape in one

piece, she said, “Miss Woland, we’re all in the circle of high society. I really don’t want to make more

enemies than I should. Please, can you have mercy on me?”

“Sorry, but I don’t really think we’re in the same circle.” Alice cocked her eyebrow. That was as

straightforward as it could get. This isn’t the truth I want. They were obviously used by Emma and I

want them to say that out loud.

Some among the crowd burst into laughter. Indeed, Xandra was just a no-name model while Alice was

the young miss of the Woland Family and the ex-president of Woland Group. She was leagues above

Xandra. Nobody actually took Xandra seriously, but they wouldn’t tell her that straight to her face, of

course.

Xandra didn’t think Alice would be this forward, and her face fell. She was starting to wonder if she

should sell Emma out. Will Alice let me off the hook if I do?

Rachel was going to use Keith to threaten Alice again. No one would disrespect Keith openly. Not in

this city. “Xandra is Keith’s woman. You—”

Keith finally broke his silence and interrupted Rachel. “She’s my woman? Why, I don’t remember taking

her in.” He spoke calmly, but there was solemnity in his voice.

Rachel froze and looked at Xandra in shock and confusion. Xandra shivered and hung her head low,

not even looking Rachel in the eye. She was the only one who knew that she was not Keith’s woman.

She wasn’t even his acquaintance.

He only passed by when she was shooting an advertisement, so she took the chance to talk to him.

After that, she received a bouquet, and everyone, including her, thought it was from Keith. Shortly after,

Xandra found out it was from a fan of hers, yet she didn’t clarify the situation seeing that everyone was

worshipping her.

She knew how powerful Keith was, and she wanted to hook up with him as well. And so, the rumors of

her being his woman spread. Keith said nothing about it, so she kept quiet and hung on to that

‘girlfriend’ title. That garnered her a lot of worship and envy. She didn’t think Keith would crush that

rumor right now, though. It was humiliating.

“You know what happens to people who ruin my show. Now tell them the truth.” Keith glanced at Alice.

He seemed to be helping her, but no one could be sure. He was in a dim corner, his visage shrouded in

the shadows.

Ethan’s face fell. She doesn’t need another guy’s help.

“I didn’t mean to do it. It was Emma. She told me to do it,” Xandra spilled the beans. If she didn’t, Keith

might destroy her. She knew that all too well. “She said she could get me a modeling job in Glenn

Group if I helped her. I… I was blinded by my greed, so I agreed. It’s true, Miss Woland.” Worried that

Alice might not believe her, Xandra kept explaining. “I didn’t know you. I’ve never met you until tonight. I

had no reason to sabotage you. Emma told me to do it, I swear.”