"Are you sure you didn't do anything?"

Charlotte's gaze was filled with suspicion as she stared the servant down.

The servant's face immediately turned sour.

"Miss, all I did was accidentally spill some wine on you. Are you trying to bully us who have no status by framing me in this way?"

Charlotte's gaze lingered on her unwaveringly as she said calmly, "I simply asked a straightforward question without putting the blame on you. Why are you getting defensive?" Speaking, she tore her eyes away from the servant and began scanning each corner of the room they were in.

"A wealthy family such as the Emersons should have a surveillance system in place, am I right? In that case, shall we take a look at the recordings to uncover when exactly I stole the necklace?"

Charlotte's gaze ultimately fell on Elaine. The coldness in her eyes sent a chill down Elaine's spine.

However, thinking of her prior arrangements, Elaine regained confidence.

recordings," Elaine instructed

housekeeper immediately stepped forward with an unsettled expression. He stammered, "Madam, the

surveillance system fail unexpectedly yesterday, or was it because I tampered with the cameras, that you're unable to pull out these recordings?" Before the housekeeper could finish,

was stupefied. His lips parted, but

sudden, the people around them

quick-witted words shocked Elaine, but she did not let her guard

at the housekeeper as though she was not the mastermind. "What's

Charlotte with astonishment and responded cautiously, "Miss, how did you know

that, he tossed another glare at

finger at Charlotte, shrieking, "Of course she would know!" "It was me who told her! The theft of the

you made my life difficult, I

she broke into applause. She praised, "Great, this is brilliant. With such extraordinary acting skills,

the past, it was thanks to Elaine's superb acting that she managed to frame Charlotte not just once or twice, but over

this Charlotte standing right here was no longer the once foolish girl who could not be bothered to

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