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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.”

spot for the cameras, so there’s no footage. However, I never

get a forensic expert here and have

faint, chilling smile as he leaned

dares to bully my

Tad said and

run down their spine at Emyr’s

thought that this man, once known far and wide across Eragos as “the Satan,” could still command such an intimidating presence, even with both

and Veronica were utterly unprepared for this level

Charmaine away to keep her from lingering around and stirring up trouble. They hadn’t anticipated that someone like

people might uncover the truth. If that happened in front of this crowd,

tried to sound composed as she suggested, “There’s no need to trouble Mr. Emyr with this. Today is Mrs.

Charmaine hurt us, we won’t hold it against her. Can’t we

celebration today. However, this matter concerns my reputation and innocence. I hope you’ll grant me

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Proving Her Innocence

༥ ཏཱི, 72%°

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waved her 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

felt their blood run

chimed in, walking over to Leah and gently patting her trembling back. “Don’t worry, sweetheart,

forced another strained smile. “Thank you,

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