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Chapter 78 Proving Her Innocence

“Exactly. If she’s Mr. Emyr’s woman, why would she need to steal Ms. Nelson’s ring?”

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“That’s right. Whatever she wants, she could just ask Mr. Emyr for it. Why steal?”

“With Mr. Emyr’s wealth, he could buy her something far more valuable. It makes no sense…”

As the tide of opinions shifted, Leah’s heart began to race.

Seeing Emyr and Charmaine standing together naturally, something felt completely out of her control.

This wasn’t how it was supposed to go!

Taking a deep breath, Leah said, “Mr. Emyr, Celeste isn’t wrong. The ring was found in Charmaine’s pocket. The evidence is clear. You can’t expect us to believe her just because she says so.”

Emyr didn’t even spare Leah a glance. Instead, he turned to Charmaine and asked, “Do you have anything

to say?”

“Leah claimed the ring was missing, and then, not even a moment later, Celeste reached into my pocket and ‘found‘ it. She didn’t hesitate at all, almost as if they’d rehearsed it countless times.”

“This area is a blind spot for the cameras, so there’s no footage. However, I never touched the ring. There won’t be my fingerprints on it. You can

expert here and have them test it on the

a faint, chilling smile as he leaned back in his wheelchair.

dares to bully my people will pay

Tad said and left

felt a chill run down their spine at Emyr’s

known far and wide across Eragos as “the Satan,” could still command such

Veronica were utterly unprepared for this level of confrontation.

from lingering around and stirring up trouble. They hadn’t anticipated that someone like Emyr would step in to shield

Charmaine to the core but was even more terrified that Emyr’s people might uncover the truth. If that happened in front of this crowd, it would spell her

no need to trouble Mr. Emyr with this. Today is Mrs. Alessa’s birthday banquet. Let’s not waste

Charmaine hurt us, we

them and turned to Alessa respectfully. “Mrs. Alessa, I deeply regret disrupting your celebration today. However, this matter concerns my reputation and innocence.

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hand dismissively. “Don’t worry about it. I’ve had plenty of birthdays in my time. If something like this happens at our family’s event, it’s our failure to host properly. This

immediately felt their blood run

Olympia chimed in, walking over to Leah and gently patting her trembling back. “Don’t worry, sweetheart, Your father and I are here for you. We won’t let anyone bully

another strained smile. “Thank you,

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