Chapter 211

Chapter 211

Maria was thrilled that her name was cleared.

During the chaos, all she could think about was getting the children to safety, but that so-

called family tutor had pulled Grayson back. In the struggle, the explosion happened, leading to utter chaos, with Maria having to evade the attacker and protect the children simultaneously. Fortunately, witnesses had seen what happened and cleared her name.

Maria smugly raised an

eyebrow in the direction of the Vanderbilt family before sitting down with Serena in her arms, feeling at ease.

Claire, however, was no longer feeling relaxed. She had casually shifted the blame earlier, never expecting to be exposed on the spot. At this moment, she felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles. Without even looking up, she could feel Lauren's murderous gaze on h "Claire!" Lauren was now seething with rage, wishing she could tear Claire apart.

Claire was one to bend and endure. She had been acting arrogantly in front of Maria before, but now, facing Lauren's anger, she immediately dropped to her

knees at Lauren's feet.

"Ma'am, ma'am, I didn't. It's, it's all his fault!" Claire tried to argue, but only then did she realize she had no way to defend herself.

Could she really say the police were lying or accuse everyone present of lying? She could only sit there, her face as pale as a ghost, trembling as she knelt on the floor.

"Officer, is it a crime to use a child as a shield like this?" Lauren asked, not bothering to waste time on Claire, instead turning to the police directly.

forcefully pulled Grayson away earlier, Lauren was now even more furious at Claire's

huge salary provided by the Vanderbilt family. She had promised to

if Claire had just run off and left Grayson behind, but to put

actions. However, he said, "Well, it's probably just a civil

she met Dominick's cold, calculating gaze. Immediately, she had the thought that maybe jail would actually

everything's fine here. We won't

to the two officers. The officers didn't leave immediately. Instead,

be doing anything illegal, Dominick assured them

a message came through the

a brief exchange, they quickly

his cold eyes on Claire, giving instructions to his men, "Take her out of here. Don't let her disturb

out. Her legs went weak with fear. "Sir, Sir! I

watched the entire scene in stunned

called for Julian, "Hand this

knew that

simple as civil compensation, it wasn't necessary to involve him. Especially for someone like Claire, a powerless young woman. However, Dominick's use of Victor meant

to live peacefully.

police, not breaking any laws. But in the

sit in jail. At least

away," Julian nodded. Though he thought Dominick's punishment was harsh, he had no sympathy for someone like

selfishness were natural human emotions, and they could be excused. But

this was the best. Right now, she could only stay by Grayson's side, feeling

known, she never would have hired Claire. The

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