Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Chapter 1080

Her face broke into an unintentional smile, but it vanished in a heartbeat. Henrik gave the staff a knowing glance, and the stage's big screen flickered to life. Up popped a series of screenshots.

There they were conversations of Liam pestering Cecelia for money and snapshots of Cecelia forwarding the cash. Liam's words were downright vile, a string of curses thrown Cecelia's way. Those screenshots alone demolished the caring dad image Liam had just tried to put on.

The screen shifted to show a bank account statement. "As you can see," Henrik grabbed the mic, his voice crystal clear to everyone, "five years ago, Cecelia aced the city's high school exams, and the school rewarded her with two hundred thousand. Look here, that money ended up in Liam's account. And in just a month, he blew through it all."

"These transfer screenshots are the proof." Silence fell over the room again.

Liam's face showed panic as plain as day. Aisha shot up from her seat, staring at the screen in disbelief. How could this be happening?

She had assumed these parent-child matters were always messy. Even if Cecelia found a way to clear things up later, her reputation would have taken a hit. But here she was, clearing things up now! Doing it now versus later made all the difference!

was off before, and now it clicked-everything was too smooth! Cecelia had been too calm! Like she knew

have Cecelia's mentor here with us," Henrik continued. An assistant helped a middle-aged man onto the stage. He wore glasses, sported

Cecelia's lips quivered slightly when

who kept her from going to college." He

grew more

own outrage. How despicable! Damn it! How could parents like this exist?

in the audience, unable to stand it, hurled water

viewers were just as furious, wishing they could reach through their screens and give Liam and Peyton the

heart aches for

rumor-mongers just

this, herè eyelashes flickering like a butterfly's wings at rest. He'd already dug into her past, but hearing it brought up again stirred