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Stephanie was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe what was happening before her, her face contorted with disbelief. Her image and her reputation, at that moment, Stephanie completely cast them aside. Like a madwoman, she desperately tried to snatch the photos from Thea's hands to tear them apart. "Fake. Thea, you would stoop so low to frame me, sacrificing any shred of dignity you had left." Just from Stephanie's twisted expression, everyone could tell who was on top and who was not.

The entertainment reporters, never one to miss a major scoop, pointed their cameras not just at Stephanie's face, but also at the photos she was desperately trying to hide.

Nicolas stood at the elevator entrance, coldly enjoying the spectacle unfolding before him.

"Don't look," Thea said, her warm palm covering Oliver's innocent eyes as she gently pushed him into the room. After all, Stephanie was still Oliver's biological mother.

Given Oliver's behavior of enduring being beaten up and trying his best to defend her, Thea knew she hadn't misjudged him. The sordid affairs of adults shouldn't drag an innocent child into their mess. "Fake?" Thea smiled sarcastically. "Ms. Ralap, you really are the last to regret. Would you like me to directly call your leading men?"

The photos depicted Stephanie in various poses, entangled with different men, including some foreign ones.

The reporters, seasoned in celebrity gossip, couldn't help but click their tongues. "Stephanie always pretended to be so innocent. Who knew she could be this promiscuous behind closed doors?" "Looks like she's been with at least a dozen different men."

"Who knows where she found the courage to stir up rumors with Mr. Hendrix... Mr. Hendrix is too refined and noble. How could he ever be interested in a woman like her?"

Stephanie had long been caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, but in the past, with Nicolas backing her, no one dared to fully denounce her. This time, the sharp words cut through her like a knife, causing her to falter. "Nicolas, please believe me. You've always been the only one in my heart, and I've never done anything to betray you." Stephanie pleaded, catching sight of Nicolas's tall figure.

Stephanie struggled through the flashes, tears streaming down her face as she delivered her best performance yet.

even give her the chance to touch his sleeve. He was

this now, he would also be disappointed." Nicolas's icy

Vergil's sake, Nicolas had genuinely cared for Stephanie and tried to take good care

looked after you for his sake. But I never expected

samples from both Oliver and Stephanie. The DNA

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and you so much. I wanted to find him a good home and get closer to you." Stephanie realized she could no longer maintain her facade. "I admit I made many mistakes when I was young, but my heart

even colder. "Save those words for Vergil. You've ruined his

her own doom. From Nicolas's eyes, she could no longer sense any warmth. His attitude returned to how it was before Vergil's death, when Nicolas néver spared a glance

these years, I have been the closest woman to Nicolas. Everything seemed so natural. It's Thea's appearance that has stolen

from her sleeve. "You already have Jake. Why are you still trying to take Nicolas from me? It's you, all because of you, that has made Nicolas grow colder toward me. Why do you have to interfere in our lives? Thea, just die!" Before Stephanie came, Thea had prepared for the worst. Stephanie lunged at Thea with the glimmering blade, bloodlust in the air. But the one injured wasn't

her grip, flipping Stephanie to the ground. "Stephanie, you've lost it. Between Thea and I... it was never a matter of her barging in. It was a scheme I'd been planning for a long time... "As for you, I was willing to take care of you for Vergil's sake. But now,

topic online. But Thea didn't care about that. Her focus was entirely on Nicolas's injury. "Darwin, send Stephanie abroad," she said coldly. Thea was never an innocent little rabbit. When she decided to be ruthless, she was more so than anyone else, especially since Stephanie had repeatedly harmed those close to her. "Ms.

the role of the matriarch of the Hendrix family, with Nicolas's silent approval and

Mrs. Hendrix said?" Nicolas whispered, his

for me.

be heartbroken if he knew." Stephanie's cries echoed in the air, but this time,

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