Chapter 64
After Elvira carefully wiped her fingers clean, she threw the wet wipe into the trash can. Her disdainful attitude was unmistakable.
As Calvin looked at Elvira’s disdainful expression and actions, he felt a mix of anger and shame. No man could remain indifferent when his former fiancée showed such disdain, especially since Calvin was clearly the one who had ended their engagement. The fact that he had forgotten about the engagement contract now made it seem as though he had been dumped. He had lost all sense of dignity.
In an attempt to salvage his dignity, Calvin said coldly, “Elvira, there’s no point in saying these things now. We broke up a long time ago. Judy is the one I love. I just forgot about the engagement contract. If I had remembered, I would have broken off the engagement with you long ago!”
But his words further confirmed their engagement and that they had never actually broken it off. This was indisputable evidence that Judy was a third party who had become involved with her sister’s fiancé, despite knowing about the engagement.
The final confirmation came from the man she had, no less, snatched.
When Judy heard this, she felt dizzy. She looked at her grandmother for help, hoping Karen could stop Elvira and make her retract her statements.
“Elvira, you were the one who cheated with John first,” Karen said. “How could you distort the truth and slander your sister?” Karen had already arranged for someone to take photos of Elvira and John together. Today, she wanted someone to catch them in the act of making out, to ensure there would be no future trouble for Judy and Calvin’s relationship.
She just didn’t expect that Elvira managed to avoid ending up in bed with John.
“I’m with John?” Elvira said. “How come I don’t know?”
“The photos of you and John on a date have been captured,” Karen said. “The photos are all with me.” She then got someone to release the photos.
There were indeed photos of Elvira and John standing in front of a car. There was also a photo of John pulling Elvira. Everyone looked at Elvira to see how she would explain herself.
Elvira smiled and said, “Karen, you really know how to take things out of context. I happened to find the dashcam footage from that day. Let’s all watch it together and see if I’m in a relationship with John.”
The video was played. Clearly, John was pestering Elvira. Elvira kicked him in the groin, and it was so painful that he had no choice but to give up.
As Karen saw the video, her expression turned even more sour.
The people around began to whisper among themselves, their eyes filled with shock as they looked at Karen. After the series of events, they could tell what kind of life Elvira had been living in the Willis family home. They thought, ‘Karen is using Elvira as a stepping stone for Judy. The Willis family is playing favorites to the extreme.’
“And regarding the matter of Judy’s miscarriage, I also have some interesting things for everyone to see,” Elvira said. “Let’s view them, and I’ll then apologize to Judy.”
Tired of looking at the expressions of the Willis and Kennedy families, Elvira wanted to settle things quickly and go home to kiss her handsome husband.
When Judy heard this, she got even more flustered. She looked anxiously at her mother and then at her grandmother, but the two of them were helpless. The banquet hall was filled with people who supported Elvira. They could not even get close to her.
The large screen started playing a video showing Judy with her assistant entering an examination room and the ultrasound room at the hospital. The timing was just a few days before Elvira’s miscarriage. Next, the video showed Judy’s conversation with a doctor. The doctor clearly stated that the fetus no longer had a heartbeat and that an abortion had to be carried out. At the bottom of the video, Judy’s examination report under a false name was also displayed, indicating the absence of a fetal heartbeat and suggesting an abortion.
Everyone was shocked by this sudden video, thinking, ‘So the child in Judy’s womb was an unhealthy fetus in the first place?’
Next, Elvira released the video taken in front of the mall that day. It clearly showed Judy and Elvira tussling. Elvira initially intended to leave, but Judy went over to stop her. Elvira gently raised her arm, clearly wanting to shake Judy off. However, as soon as Elvira started moving, Judy flew out like a kite with a broken string and fell down the steps. This staged action made it seem like Elvira had magical powers.
After the video was released, everyone looked at Judy. It seemed like all eyes, including those of cameras and phones, were waiting for her explanation.
Everyone thought, ‘Such an inferior framing tactic is really crude! Judy deceived all the netizens as if they were fools! She exploited their trust and sympathy, using them to cyberbully her own sister, whom she snatched her boyfriend from and framed! This is nothing short of being heartless!’
Calvin also looked at Judy in shock, as if he did not know her.
Judy grabbed Calvin’s hand anxiously and looked at him with tears in her eyes, saying, “Calvin, it’s not what you think. Can you believe me? I’ll explain it to you when I get back.”
Calvin’s face darkened. In the end, he chose to believe Judy and turned to look at Elvira angrily.
Vincent’s expression was grim. He wanted to pull Elvira down from the stage, but someone blocked him. He could not get close to Elvira at all. He thought, “This damn girl is really getting on my nerves!”
Karen looked at Elvira coldly with resentment and said, “Elvira, what exactly are you trying to do? Are you only satisfied after you ruin your own sister? Couldn’t this be handled behind closed doors at home? Why do you insist on causing such an ugly scene in public?”
“Pili, as expected, you’re all just hypocrites!” Elvira said. “You forced me to apologize in public. If I don’t apologize, you’ll lead the entire netizen population to cyberbully me! I exposed Judy’s involvement in a relationship as a third party and her schemes against me. You then blamed me for not handling it behind closed doors? Impressive! Your double-standard skills are so polished! Now, I want to ask everyone. Do you still need me to apologize?” Elvira stood at the center of the stage. She was stunningly attractive, but no one dared to disrespect her even the slightest bit anymore.
Upstairs, Zach’s gaze never left Elvira. She stood there with her back straight and a proud posture, fighting against her family and the entire world. That made his heart ache, as if it was torn apart.
He was glad that he had married her. That allowed him to stand behind her and accompany her in the fight against these scoundrels. It also allowed him to have the opportunity to assist her instead of letting her fight alone.
The internet was in uproar. Netizens’ comments about Judy being a scheming bitch were even more intense than those directed at Elvira earlier. This was exactly what Elvira wanted. She thought, ‘Judy incited netizens to curse me harshly. As the backlash comes to her now, it will only be harsher!’
Even so, at least twenty percent of netizens still chose to believe in Judy.
Judy said, “It’s fake. It’s all fake! It’s… It’s fabricated by Elvira! All of it is fabricated by Elvira to frame me.” Judy cried as she defended herself. She thought, ‘I can’t admit that these things are real. If I do, then I’ll lose completely. Now that technology is advanced, it’s not difficult to synthesize some videos and photos. So, as long as I don’t admit it, no one can be certain that these things are real or fake.’
Sure enough, as soon as she said this, those netizens who believed her began to counterattack. Some of those who believed Elvira earlier also began to switch sides, thinking that what Judy said made sense.
Elvira looked at Judy coldly, thinking, ‘I’ve always known that Judy and her mother are difficult to deal with, but I’ve never expected that they can still spin the truth despite having solid evidence against them!’
Upstairs, Zach sneered at this scene and ordered his subordinates to bring a person in.
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