Chapter 478

Sylvia froze, stunned. She thought she'd played it safe, but she'd still been set up.

Naomi, sensing trouble, quickly stepped in front of her.

"It wasn't Sylvia. She doesn't know anything about this."

Tristan narrowed his eyes, his voice sharp. "Then it must be you, Naomi. After all, the money ended up in your account."

Naomi was speechless, her eyes filling with tears.

Sylvia lifted her chin, meeting Tristan's icy gaze. His shrewd, imposing stare was utterly unforgiving, and the disgust in his eyes was unmistakable.

Tightly pressing her lips together, Sylvia shifted her gaze to Rupert, who sat calmly sipping his coffee, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Well?" Rupert said quietly, "Need me to tell you what to say?"

Sylvia sucked in a shaky breath. She tried to speak, but the bitterness rising in her throat almost choked her.

It felt like a noose-every time she tried to escape, it only pulled tighter.

her go, and Tristan

down, her voice steady and cold: "It wasn't

to see her grovel, wanted her and Naomi out of the Garcia house

at Sylvia. She didn't flinch. Instead, she calmly stepped forward, grabbed some napkins, and slowly wiped herself off, her

and Ms. Sanford knew about it before it arrived. My mom and I didn't even know

couple of bracelets, maybe you could pin it on us. But we're talking dozens—there's no way

look at it logically, only

or evidence mattered here. Even if the police showed up, Naomi couldn't explain away the three hundred thousand dollars in her account. Everyone in the house would point fingers, and Sylvia's words wouldn't count for

argument, Tristan declared, "The evidence is clear. Someone, go pack up Naomi's things and toss

kept his eyes on Sylvia the whole time-a

step forward to

the same: either pin

both. Either

by. Sylvia stayed silent. Even Naomi, through her tears, stood firm and refused to

"Well, I always thought the Garcias were strict about family honor. Seems

that's enough!" Edwin

like to pay back the money yourself?" Kay raised

goes, I'm leaving too.

expression hardened. "So I'm the bad guy now,

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