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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.

her the chance to touch his sleeve. He was

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

had genuinely cared for Stephanie and tried to

after you for his sake. But I never expected you would even use Oliver's

from both Oliver and Stephanie. The DNA results confirmed that

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could no longer maintain her facade. "I admit I made many mistakes when I was young, but my heart has always belonged to you." No matter

and depraved Stephanie's thoughts were, Nicolas's expression grew even colder. "Save

to her own doom. From Nicolas's eyes, she could no longer sense any warmth. His attitude returned

seemed so natural. It's Thea's appearance that has stolen everything that should belong to me,'

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 Thea. Nicolas caught

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

each one piercing Thea's heart. Thea carefully cradled Nicolas's wound, not for show but out of genuine concern. "Does it hurt? Don't worry about this crazy woman. I'll get you some medicine." The cameras captured their tender moment, the combination of the handsome couple and the bloody atmosphere even turning into a trending 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

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

hear what Mrs. Hendrix said?" Nicolas whispered, his

is finally feeling for me. That's a good sign,' Nicolas

you really going to be this heartless toward me? Vergil would be heartbroken if he

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