Chapter 77
He did not continue to dwell on the past, but simply said, “Tomorrow I will personally issue a statement to explain today’s events clearly.”
Guadalupe: “Explain clearly? How are you going to explain clearly? Refute the false facts your mother fabricated? Or admit to your affair with
Belinda?”
Desmond: ”
What he wanted to say was that he had no engagement or any relationship with Belinda. Guadalupe was his legal wife. As for the photo of him. staying in a hotel with another man, it was a false accusation.
Guadalupe seemed to know his thoughts, “Your vague explanations only. confuse and create contradictions, leading to more speculations.
Desmond, you are still as hesitant as ever.”
Desmond leaned forward, “As long as we reconciled and time passed. those speculations and rumors would naturally be debunked.”
Guadalupe laughed loudly and said, “Ha, the fact that you cheated on Belinda while being married is not a rumor. The rumors are the dirty accusations your mother threw at me. Either you explain the whole story, or you better keep quiet.”
Desmond was forced into silence.
People are always inclined to seek benefits and avoid harm, so how could they possibly admit to cheating in front of the public?
Taniyah stood by and listened for a while.
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She casually interjected. “Desmond, from what I gather, are you admitting that your mother Elyse fabricated false accusations against Guada this morning?”
Desmond glanced at her.
Narrow and dark eyes were gloomy and deep, like a forest in the rain.
He seemed to know something, but didn’t want to expose it, just nodded with a helpless smile and said, “Yes.”
“Your mother was previously framed by Belinda and almost went to jail. Now she is speaking up for her. Don’t you find this strange? Do you think it could be instigated by the Graham family? Or to be more precise, instigated by Belinda.”
“Maybe, it’s possible, I don’t know.”
“That means you also acknowledge that this was the greatest possibility. right?”
“Hmm.”
“So, putting everything together, it means that your mistress Belinda, because of the airport video on Instagram a few days ago, was subjected to online bullying. She held a grudge and wanted to clear her name, so she found your mother Elyse and either threatened or tempted her. The two of them together fabricated a rumor that was very detrimental to Guadalupe, and convinced your mother to make a statement in order to both clear themselves and tarnish Guadalupe’s reputation, is that right?”
“Yes.”
Desmond took a deep breath after speaking and, seeing that Taniyah was about to say something, he raised his hand. “Ms. Howe, you should have recorded enough evidence that you need, right? It should be suflicient for
your use.”
Taniyah looked embarrassed.
He knew it before.
Well, the president of Zenith Group is not a fool either. She was eager to obtain a confession, and he could tell.
But she didn’t expect that he would willingly confess… Well, this scumbag has finally become human again…
Guadalupe looked at Desmond with a complex expression in her eyes.
“Let’s end it.”
“We didn’t end, and Belinda would always bite me to death. Today she instigated your mother to come and accuse me, what about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow? You may not kill me, but I will die because of you. There is no difference between you killing me and not killing me.”
“Whether you truly regret it or still love me, the fact remains that we can’t go back to the past. There’s no point in the three of us being entangled.”
“Once we were done, she wouldn’t be clinging onto me anymore. As for how you guys are, it has nothing to do with me.”
“Think about it carefully.”
Her words were spoken without any emotion.
Desmond did not oppose as vehemently as before.
Just like an illness, knowing that it has reached a critical stage where no medicine or treatment can help, those intense, unwilling, resentful, and regretful feelings will also gradually settle, until they disappear.
He sat at Tanivah’s house for a long time, and when he left, he did not indicate whether he agreed or still disagreed.
Just contact him if it was necessary for him to come forward and make a statement together.
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Desmond’s cooperation, on the other hand, left the two individuals who had already prepared the “heavy bomb” feeling a bit confused.
Imagining you coming and going, engaging in a battle without a trace of gun smoke, before they even made a move, someone from the enemy’s side had already defected.
The core figure switched sides.
“What to do? Stick to the original plan?” Taniyah admitted that she was a bit soft–hearted, so she left the decision to Guadalupe.
Guadalupe pondered and suddenly looked up at the gradually darkening sky outside the window. “I’m hungry, let’s have dinner first.”
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