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Javier shot Jeremy a cold glance before rising and approaching them. “Dad, why didn’t you tell me that you were coming? I could have welcomed you properly.”
“I’m not a guest here; I’m returning to my own home. I don’t need a grand welcome,” Newton replied sarcastically, his tone laced with disdain for Javier. Their strained relationship was palpable.
Javier’s expression darkened at his father’s sharp retort. It was a clear reminder that Seaview Manor belonged to Newton, not him¡ªjust because he lived there, it didn’t mean that he owned the place.
“Grandpa, I heard that Lauren has been recuperating at your place. How is she? Is she feeling better?” Betty hurried over and stood behind Javier. She immediately made herself look like she was showing concern for her sister.
“Lauren is doing much better. She’s been eating well at my place.”
Newton then turned to Jeremy with a hint of suspicion. “Jeremy, you brought us here. Did you have something to discuss?”
Jeremy knelt to adjust the wool blanket covering Newton’s legs, his gaze piercing and cold.
“Haven’t you both been desperate to find the one who conspired with the Harpers, the one who leaked Lauren’s diagnosis and attacked the Walsh’s from the shadows? The culprit is closer than you think,” he said, his voice low and menacing.
With those words, Jeremy fixed his gaze on Betty, whose face contorted in fear.
“Why… Why are you looking at me?” Betty stammered, panic evident in her voice as cold sweat formed on her forehead. She began to retreat slowly, almost knocking over the expensive tea set on the nearby table in her haste.
“What are you implying? Don’t tell me you think I leaked that information! Don’t scapegoat me just because you can’t find anyone else to blame!”
Newton and Javier stared at Betty in shock.
Newton widened his eyes, his grip tightening on the armrests of his wheelchair. “Jeremy. Are you saying that Betty conspired with the Harpers to hurt Lauren?”
Javier glared at Jeremy sternly. “Jeremy, this isn’t a small matter! Lauren is your sister, but so is Betty. Even if you have grievances with her because of Alyssa, you can’t throw baseless accusations. You need evidence for such accusations!”
Betty seized the opportunity to deflect blame. “Exactly! You’re just trying to pin this on me to appease Alyssa’s grudge!”
Meanwhile, Alyssa, completely unrelated to the conversation, sneezed, wondering who was talking about her.
Jeremy continued staring at Betty without saying a word. Betty felt extremely uneasy.
How laughable was that? The individual harboring nefarious intentions could no longer restrain the anxiety brewing within herself.
“There are only four people who could access Lauren’s report¡ªGrandpa, Dad, myself, and Sophia, who’s dead.
“I’m certain that Grandpa and Dad wouldn’t have done that. Sophia might have made a deal with you and disclosed Lauren’s diagnosis report to you,” Jeremy reasoned calmly but assertively, his demeanor unwavering.
Betty felt like she was suffocating, as if Jeremy’s presence was wrapping around her throat, depriving her of air.
Unable to accuse Newton and Javier, Betty could only accuse Jeremy to deflect blame. “Then it could’ve been you! During the Jesseltons’ dinner party, Zoe exposed Alyssa’s inability to conceive, and at the horse racing event, the Harpers and the Taylors clashed!
“Maybe you orchestrated this drama to get revenge on the Harpers, even if it meant ruthlessly sacrificing your own sister! And your cutthroat maneuvers against competitors are well-known throughout Solana City. Your reputation precedes you!”
“Betty! Don’t speak to your brother that way!” Newton reprimanded sharply. “Jeremy has worked tirelessly for the family and Walsh Group. Don’t insult him! If Jeremy is truly as awful as you say, then perhaps there’s not a single decent person in the whole family!”
Those words ignited a storm within Javier. His expression darkened with each passing moment.
“Grandpa! There has to be a limit to your unconditional defense of him!” Betty stomped her foot, her mind a whirlwind as she desperately searched for a way to defend herself. “Last time… I did make two mistakes. But they were all because Sophia instigated them! She ordered me to do those things! She’d tricked me!”
Betty continued, “Jeremy can’t just pin everything on me because of what happened before! I won’t take the blame!
“Jeremy, even if you want to confront someone about what happened to Lauren, you should start with the Harpers! Are you trying to stir up more trouble at home?” Javier glared at Jeremy angrily, clearly siding with Betty.
In truth, he wasn’t particularly fond of Betty.
What angered him was the fact that Jeremy and Newton were singing the same tune. They looked like they were trying to sideline him as the head of the family. He couldn’t stand it.
“Landon will handle the Harpers. As for our side, there’s no need for you two to worry. I’ll take care of it.”
Jeremy’s icy gaze returned to Betty’s face. “Betty, I’ll ask you one last time. Did you give Lauren’s diagnosis report to the Harpers?”
“No! It has nothing to do with me!” Betty glared with crimson eyes, adamantly denying her involvement.
“Very well.”
Jeremy raised his voice. “Xavier.”
Xavier, who had been waiting outside, strode in and respectfully greeted, “Mr. Jeremy, Mr. Javier, Mr. Newton.”
“Bring out the gift I prepared for Betty,” Jeremy ordered calmly. His good-looking face looked so chillingly cold that it was bloodcurdling.
“Yes, Mr. Jeremy.”
After a glare at Betty, Xavier picked up the remote from the coffee table and turned on the massive television in the living room.
Not only that, he cranked up the volume to maximum, ensuring not only Newton and Javier could hear but also the helpers lurking around the edges of the room.
“Faster… Faster… This is thrilling… Fuck me hard!”
The obscene scene, coupled with lewd language, bombarded everyone present.
In the cramped bathroom, a completely naked Betty posed in various scandalous positions with a male model. Their limbs entwined as she excitedly gyrated and screamed wildly.
Xavier quickly averted his gaze. He had reluctantly watched it once in private and dared not look again. It was too disgusting.
If this footage made it overseas, Betty would likely become a top-tier adult film star. She was slutty enough, but her figure was lacking.
Newton and Javier couldn’t believe their eyes. That woman in the video who was more promiscuous than a prostitute was actually Betty!
Just then, a clattering noise sounded.
Betty’s complexion drained of all color as she stumbled backward, crashing onto the coffee table and sending drinks cascading onto her skirt. Tremors racked her body as she collapsed onto the floor, overwhelmed by the ordeal.
The man she had been intimate with last night had not only filmed her but had also passed the video to Jeremy.
Was that male model Jeremy’s doing? Did he orchestrate that model’s appearance to tempt her into taking the bait?
“Enough! Turn it off now!” Forced to witness his daughter’s sex tape, Javier was utterly embarrassed.
Newton and Ben dared not look at the video for another second.
Driven by embarrassment and anger, Newton trembled as he struggled to rise from his wheelchair. He staggered to Betty, raised his arm, and gave her a hard slap across the face.
“You shameless thing! You’ve disgraced our family’s reputation!”
Betty cried out as a searing pain shot through her cheek. The world spun around her, leaving her disoriented and buzzing.
The slap resounded loudly enough for all the helpers outside to hear.
The extent of Newton’s rage was palpable.
Jeremy raised his hand expressionlessly. Xavier, understanding the signal, promptly turned off the television.
“Betty, I trust you wouldn’t want to share the fate of your executed mom and to have the whole country reveling in the scandalous private life of the Walsh family’s daughter, would you?”
Jeremy met Betty’s gaze with chilling indifference. A slow, predatory smile spread across his lips, the kind that didn’t reach his eyes. “Did you give the diagnosis report to the Harpers?”
Betty was gripped with such fear that beads of sweat trickled down her forehead.
It was the most chilling smile she had ever witnessed. It was as if Jeremy himself were the devil coming from the depths of hell.
Finally, Betty completely broke down. She slumped to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. “Yes… It was me…”
Everyone was stunned.
Javier was dumbfounded. “What did you say? Say that again.”
“Mom gave me that report. I handed it over to Zoe. That’s how it got out.”
Betty wept tragically. With the truth exposed, she had no choice but to come clean to protect herself.
Compared to the video spreading nationwide and becoming a spectacle, admitting fault seemed like the better option.
In the end, she was still a member of the Walsh family. So what if she schemed against Lauren?