The assistant scratched his head, then his eyes lit up. "I get it! Since we've already been hit with mud, why not turn that mud into fertilizer and make everyone watch the Hearthlight Initiative? Brilliant, Ms. Vale!"
Verity clutched her chest with an expression like she was about to have a heart attack. "I'm the only one here genuinely angry..."
Scarlett didn't smile. She glanced down at the messages pouring onto her phone and tapped her fingertips lightly against the table.
"Don't celebrate yet."
The assistant blinked.
Scarlett looked up, her voice calm. "Everyone's waiting for me to defend myself. If I release the evidence now, all I'll prove is that I did nothing wrong."
"Then what do you want to do?"
"Let them keep talking a little longer."
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