As Claudia spoke, she walked over to Josie. Her voice then became notably gentler.

"Are you okay?"

Mixed emotions brewed within Josie. "I didn't do, so I'm fine."

Claudia turned around to face Ava directly. Her first words were, "Young lady, I've met you before."

"Mrs. Olsen..." Ava's heart sank to rock bottom.

"Two years ago, I gave you a large sum of money in my son's condominium and asked you to leave him. You accepted the money and agreed to my terms. Yet, you stayed by his side and demanded more money by using pregnancy as an excuse."

With every word from Claudia, the color drained from Ava's face. In the face of such immense pressure, she couldn't utter a word of denial.

"If it weren't for me insisting that you get an amniocentesis, we would never have known that the child you carried wasn't my son's." Following that single statement, the crowd plunged into an uproar. Whoa! A honey trap!

"What's this? You raked in money hand over fist, yet it was still insufficient? Now, you're even trying your tactics on my daughter."

word "daughter" rolled off her tongue with such ease and familiarity that Josie was almost too stunned

red, but she insisted, "Regardless of whatever happened in the past, the fact remains that the bangle was

and motioned at the subordinate she brought along. "Check

learned of the entire situation and

hand trembled as she held the bangle. She took a deep breath. "Regardless of its worth, stealing is still

needing to touch the bangle, the appraiser made his conclusion. "The color isn't rich enough, and the material is too thin. It couldn't possibly

first lie

"You're right, young

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him in!" commanded Claudia in

floor, a young boy was escorted in under duress. Josie's brows furrowed in surprise, for it was the same person who asked her for a photo, and

him is akin to seeing Dexter.

was lost. "What is

young boy to the ground. "Speak

bangle..." Noticing the look in Shirley and Ava's eyes, the young boy didn't dare lift his head. He said through tears, "I'm an extra hired by Ms. Ava. She... She was the one who instructed me to stop Josie under the pretense of taking

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