The sound caught the attention of everyone present.
Christina looked in the direction of the sound and saw her former best friend, Missy Diaz, walking in from outside.
No, she was a malicious friend.
In her previous life, Missy seemed to be teaching her how to win William's heart, but in reality, she was pushing William further away step by step.
And the collaboration project, Missy used her to gather information from William, tricking her into catching William cheating with another woman, which ended up ruining a major deal William was negotiating.
And Christina's daughter, Harper!
Harper had a fever, and William didn't believe it because Missy had already deceived William once. Later, when Harper got sick, William assumed she was using their daughter to lure him back again.
Christina looked at Missy, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
In her previous life!
She was truly foolish, loving a scumbag and trusting a malicious friend!
Missy felt a chill under Christina's gaze, "Christina, even if you resent me, I have to say this. I can't just watch you turn your love into hatred. You know that false accusations can land you in jail, right?"
"Hurry up and apologize to Ms. Spencer. Ms. Spencer is kind and won't hold you accountable for the false accusations and online slander."
Missy easily shifted the blame for Jennifer's online harassment onto her?
Christina sneered and retorted, "Are you a worm in my stomach that you know everything I do? How do you know it was me spreading rumors online? I have evidence for my accusations against Christina. Do you have any evidence?"
In her previous life, she truly believed Missy.
She thought Missy was always looking out for her, but now she wouldn't think that way.
Because in the end, when Jennifer returned with her and William's son, Mike, Missy completely cut ties with her and went to curry favor with Jennifer.
Now?
Trying to frame her?
Impossible!
Missy was momentarily speechless, but then she became very aggrieved, "Christina, I'm doing this for your own good. How did you become like this?"
"Your so-called 'for my own good' is trying to make me admit that the online rumors were caused by me. Missy, did I tell you I was going to create rumors, or did you see it with your own eyes?"
Christina went into full battle mode.
But!
This was the architecture institute.
The staff didn't want to see a few people putting on a blame game here. He frowned and said angrily, "This is the architecture institute, not a stage for your talk show. Once you leave this door, do whatever you want."
"The person who made the accusations, stay here. Your words have already caused serious impact on our colleagues at the institute. You will be detained until the investigation is clear."
The staff couldn't let Christina leave the building now.
Jennifer's tears fell like a string of pearls, "Forget it, Director, don't hold her accountable. This is my fault, which led to her revenge against me. If we continue to pursue this, the institute's reputation will suffer because of me, and her future will be ruined."
"Christina, what happened the night before last wasn't intentional. I didn't expect you and William to end up making love by mistake."
"If you want William to marry you and take responsibility, just tell him directly. You don't need to design so many indirect schemes."
Jennifer's voice was hoarse and slow.
With her weak appearance, who wouldn't feel pity?
But her words were deeply hurtful.
The next second, William handed Jennifer a tissue.
He even gently patted her back, "Alright, this has nothing to do with you. Don't cry."
His actions and voice were intimate and doting.
But towards Christina, even if she were to be tortured in front of William, he wouldn't feel a thing.
William spoke coldly, "Christina, you'd better issue a clarification statement now, or you'll regret it!"
Regret?
Her countless compromises in her previous life, that was true regret!
Christina fearlessly met William's cold gaze, "You all keep saying this and that about me. I've already told you how to verify it. Do you have any evidence to prove your innocence? Do you have any evidence that I slandered Jennifer?"
Even though William had broken one of her hands, and it was still in a cast, she wasn't afraid.
William's entire face seemed covered in a dark cloud, and he looked like a demon from hell.
But Christina wasn't afraid.
Today, she would confront them head-on.
After all, William had power and influence. If it turned out not to be her fault, it wouldn't matter.
Unexpectedly, Missy still wouldn't give up, "Christina, stop saying these things. I'm your good friend. If others don't know you, don't I know you? You saw Mr. Cavendish and Ms. Spencer's good relationship, so you replaced Ms. Spencer the night before last. When you saw things weren't going your way, you slandered Ms. Spencer."
"Christina, I know you like Mr. Cavendish a lot, but you have to understand, forced love won't have a good outcome. What's not yours will never be yours."
"Why make yourself so embarrassed and hurt innocent people?"
Missy painted herself as a good person with every word.
In an instant, Christina became the villain.
Missy even apologized to William.
"Mr. Cavendish, I'm sorry. It's my fault for not keeping an eye on Christina, which led her to this point. But Christina did it because she likes you. She didn't mean any harm. Please don't trouble her. The rumors she spread about Ms. Spencer online were all posted from her own account."
"I'm not lying. If you don't believe me, you can check her phone. Her account is full of photos of you, Mr. Cavendish, and her passionate love for you."
Missy was really looking out for her!
Missy even earnestly advised her, "Christina, hand over your phone. Mr. Cavendish won't blame you. They say honesty is the best policy, so don't worry."
Missy assumed she wouldn't hand over her phone, but in reality, Christina opened her phone without hesitation.
On her phone, she only had one Facebook account.
She also only had one Twitter account.
She showed all the pages, including photos, which were all her study notes, with nothing related to William.
Christina said coldly, "Didn't you say all my social media was about William? Now everyone can see, there's nothing."
"And! If you think I spread rumors about you, Jennifer, your people are so capable, just have them trace the IP address, right?"
"And whether you hired someone to write for you, do you think you can prove your innocence with just a few words?"