Chapter 3
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I calmly lifted a hand to my earlobe, a mocking gesture that said I was all ears.
Charlotte lowered her voice. "You know exactly how my father died, don't you?"
I smiled faintly and met her angry gaze.
I spoke in a clear, steady voice, completely unafraid to make his cause of death public. "He accidentally fell overboard from the cruise ship and drowned while we were on vacation."
I shrugged, putting on a slightly helpless expression.
"Unfortunately, the search team searched for a whole week and never found the body. Chances are the sharks got him, bones and all. That's why I never had the chance to claim his ashes or hold a funeral."
Hearing that, the netizens were furious.
A: [Did you hear that? She talks about her husband's death without a single hint of sadness! She definitely married him just for his money!]
Suddenly, Charlotte choked me and roared with her red eyes, clearly enraged. "You're lying!"
"Your third crime is murdering my father! His death was never an accident—you pushed him off the ship! And I have the evidence!"
The room erupted into chaos, the sounds of camera shutters were deafening—they were desperate to get a full shot of this evil woman's face to show the whole world.
A glint of cunning flashed in her eyes, and she pulled out security footage from the scene.
"Everyone! Look at how this evil woman pushed my father off the cruise ship!"
I had destroyed all the surveillance footage from that day and spent a fortune covering everything up. So how did Charlotte get her hands on this so-called evidence?
I watched the footage as it played on the screen.
The deck was empty; Henry was leaning against the railing, leisurely admiring the view.
Seeing that he had let his guard down, I shoved him hard into the water from behind.
Charlotte grew increasingly agitated as she spoke, as if trying to get her words out as quickly as possible.
"My father was struggling in the water, and Lana just stood there and watched him drown! Only after she confirmed that he was dead did she put on an act and call for help! This was premeditated! She took advantage of his affection to betray him, and steal the company!"
In an instant, a trending topic shot to the top of the hot search list: #CEOofJohnsonGroupMurdersHerHusband
The internet was flooded with curses directed at me.
A: [Why on earth is this inhuman monster still alive? She's a curse on society!]
B: [So that's why Johnson Group holds a charity gala every year—she's done so many wicked things, and she's trying to atone! This monster should be cut to pieces! She deserves the death penalty for such a heinous crime!]
Charlotte looked down at me from her high position, exuding overwhelming pressure.
"If you return the group to me, I'll consider not calling the cops on you, and spare you from spending the rest of your life in prison."
Seeing me silent, she turned to the camera and started crying dramatically.
"I'm not even pressing criminal charges. I just want back what my father left behind. Are you really so determined to hand Clarkson Group over to Mandy that you're not even afraid of prison?"
What a superb act by Charlotte.
"This video is fake! His death has nothing to do with me! A forged surveillance video can never be used as evidence!"
Talking wouldn't help. The only way to stop this is to present hard, irrefutable evidence.
"The truth will come out once I send this video for forensic analysis."
Just as I stepped forward to grab the USB drive, Charlotte grabbed my wrist and shoved me hard to the ground.
"Do you take us all for fools? You think I'd give you a chance to destroy the evidence?"
"Then call the police, Charlotte! Let the police prove my innocence! If I really did kill your father, I will accept whatever punishment the law hands down!"
Charlotte crossed her arms over her chest and stared down at me with cold contempt. "After what you did to my dad, prison is way too lenient a punishment. I want you to feel exactly what it's like to lose the person you love most!"
My eyebrow gave a sharp twitch, and my heart clenched instantly, feeling that something bad was coming, "What did you do?"
Charlotte flicked her wrist, and a mobile phone went clattering to the ground at my feet.
"I want you to watch with your own eyes as Mandy gets thrown into the sea to feed the sharks!"
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