Chapter 115
Freya's mind exploded. She never expected things would get more and more complicated.
Hadn't things just developed according to her expectations? Evelyn was left speechless.
How did it turn into her being the one cornered with questions?
"No one can say for sure exactly how much time passed. Maybe it was just an illusion at the time. Perhaps you had just arrived not long ago, but anxiety made you feel like a lot of time had passed?"
"Yes."
Evelyn didn't make things difficult for her. Instead, she went along with what she said: "So, we still need an exact time to determine what really happened."
Freya didn't think Evelyn was helping her, but she knew clearly in her heart that she had to seize this opportunity.
"Yes, so simply estimating the time won't be accurate for this matter."
"Who said anything about estimating? Mr. Lopez, why did you come over? You weren't resting in your office and suddenly sensed something had happened to me, were you?"
Faced with Evelyn's question, Gregory suddenly slapped his forehead, realizing something.
"Mr. White called me at the time. Let me check."
He took out his phone and immediately announced the time: "Ten-oh-three. Mr. White called me at ten-oh-three!"
As soon as Gregory spoke, Freya's face turned pale.
Evelyn's expression didn't change much: "With that much time, even if someone crawled from my lounge to Mr. Lopez's office, they would have gotten there."
"Yet Freya ran into Mr. Lopez in the hallway."
"So I'm very curious - what did this person who was so worried about me do during those ten-plus minutes?"
Evelyn's soft, gentle tone carried a suffocating feeling.
Freya felt Benjamin's cold gaze fall on her. It was as if someone was choking her neck. The painful sensation spread, and her panic was almost uncontrollable.
Freya's fingers dug hard into her palm. The pain brought back her rationality.
"I... I don't know how long it was... Maybe I was scared by that sound."
"I stood there for quite a while, I'm not sure exactly how long."
Freya's explanation was fairly reasonable.
After all, she was still a college student. Suddenly encountering such a situation, being at a loss was normal.
"Too shocked to react, standing there frozen, didn't know to find Mr. Lopez for help, but remembered to call Benjamin."
Evelyn said slowly, her finger lightly poking Benjamin's chest.
"Your position in her heart really is special, making her unable to forget you at any time."
"No wait - in a dangerous moment, she thought of you first thing."
By now, everyone was half-believing what both Evelyn and Freya had said.
It was hard to say whose words they believed more.
Freya understood this. She suddenly raised her head: "Ms. Thomas, what exactly do you want?"
"I admit I misunderstood you two, and I apologized. Why are you still coming after me?"
"What are you trying to prove with all this now?"
"Prove that I told Benjamin because I wanted him to catch you in the act, without giving anyone a chance to cover for you?"
"Even if I did that, it's not unforgivable, is it?"
By the end, she was almost shouting, seeming grief-stricken to the extreme.
What she did really wasn't unforgivable.
Freya had feelings for Benjamin. What she did was flawed, but she just wanted him to see reality clearly.
On the other hand, Evelyn was being aggressive, almost confusing the issue.
For a moment, those who had been inclined to side with Evelyn started changing their stance again.
"Actually, there's one thing I've never understood."
Evelyn's chin pointed at Gerald, who was being restrained by Chase: "He's right here. Why not just ask him directly? Who contacted him to come over - he should know best."
"He said a beauty came to see him." Freya seemed very shy about saying such words, forcing herself through the discomfort to say it.
"But which beauty? After all, there are quite a few beauties present."
Following Evelyn's gaze, the dance troupe members instinctively stepped back.
This pushed Freya, who hadn't moved, to the front.
"You..." Freya seemed furious. "Not only are you pushing this on me, but you want everyone to be a suspect?"
This time, Evelyn ignored her, didn't even look at her, but looked at Gerald instead.
"Speak! Who exactly told you to come?"
Gerald still wanted to shout defiantly.
But before the words could leave his mouth, Chase gripped his wrist tightly.
The intense pain made him scream like a pig being slaughtered. How could he dare talk nonsense now?
"Someone called me and told me to come over, said something good would happen."
"What person called you?" Chase asked coldly.
"My call history is still there."
Chase took the phone from Gerald's hand, quickly looked through it, and his expression wasn't good.
He said nothing, just handed the phone to Benjamin.
Observant people would notice that when Chase handed over the phone, he glanced at Evelyn, his eyes clearly showing disapproval.
Evelyn already knew the answer, so naturally she didn't look.
"So, you're certain that the person who called you is the phone's owner?"
"Is there something wrong?"
Gerald understood in his heart that after what happened, he definitely couldn't escape.
Only by dragging Evelyn down with him could this matter possibly be minimized.
Otherwise, given Benjamin's protectiveness of Evelyn.
Forget about him - even the entire Rivera family would be reduced to ashes.
"No."
Evelyn played with her phone, a smile on her lips, but no trace of amusement in her eyes.
"I'm giving you one last chance to clarify. Otherwise, the outcome of this matter will definitely surprise you."
Panic was all of Gerald's emotions at this moment.
He thought about how just now, after Freya left the lounge, Evelyn quickly woke up and attacked him...
For a few seconds, he almost suspected they had conspired together to set him up.
But now that things had developed to this point, he understood he was just a pawn, a pawn used to destroy Evelyn's reputation.
"Gerald, I thought you should know that the best choice now is to tell the truth. Otherwise, even if I wanted to help you, I couldn't."
"You know who he is!" Freya suddenly pointed this out.
Everyone's suspicion of Evelyn deepened.
Evelyn ignored Freya, instead staring fixedly at Gerald.
Evelyn's superior and confident attitude made his unease reach its peak at this moment.
"It was... it was Freya who found me and told me to have sex with you."
"That way, when Benjamin came to catch you in the act, your reputation would be ruined."
He didn't dare lie anymore and told everything.
Evelyn didn't speak, but looked at Freya.
"What nonsense are you talking?"
She stepped back, her face flushed red with anger: "Are you saying that because you can't explain things clearly, you want to push everything on me?"
"Ms. Thomas, I'm just an orphan. Why do you have to target me like this?"
"Benjamin already ignores me. Why do you still need to do this?"
"I pose no threat to you at all!"