Chapter 147
Impossible!
Angela reached out to hide the item on the table, but Charlotte beat her to it and pressed her hand down!
Only then did Charlotte slowly raise her head, staring unblinkingly at Angela: "So it was you who stole it."
Angela was completely stunned, her face drained of all color: "It wasn't me!"
Charlotte looked at her with a cold smile, then raised the brooch high in the air: "Everyone look, here's the evidence!"
The crowd erupted in shock.
"She's so vicious! She stole it herself and then tried to frame Charlotte!"
"A mere employee dares to frame Mrs. Forbes? There must be more to this."
Hearing this, Sabrina couldn't help but flinch!
The next moment, she pretended to look shocked as she questioned Angela: "Angela, what's going on? How did the brooch end up in your bag?"
Angela was thunderstruck: "I don't know what happened either!"
She suddenly grabbed Sabrina's hand: "Ms. Sabrina Spencer, I swear! I didn't steal it, you have to help me!"
Sabrina yanked her hand back forcefully, lowering her voice: "You can't even handle a simple task, how am I supposed to help you?"
At this moment, Charlotte walked closer with a half-smile: "What, are you two discussing how to apologize to me?"
Looking at Charlotte's gloating expression, Sabrina was too angry to speak.
"Sabrina, what exactly is going on here?" Before Sabrina could catch her breath, Alexander's voice sounded beside her.
The whispers around them and the subtle glances made Alexander's head throb with anger on the spot.
To promote Sabrina, he had spent considerable effort and money on this exhibition.
He never dreamed Sabrina's assistant would stir up such a huge disaster! If he didn't handle this right, what would become of the Forbes Group's name, and his own?
Hearing Alexander's questioning, Sabrina suddenly snapped back to reality.
Being angry was useless - the urgent thing was to cover this up quickly.
Fortunately, her mind had always been sharp.
The next moment, Sabrina looked up, her face full of guilt: "Charlotte, I finally remembered."
"Earlier, when I saw the surveillance was broken, I was worried something might happen to the brooch, so I temporarily gave it to Angela for safekeeping."
"But then I got busy and forgot about it. I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
"If you're going to blame anyone, blame only me. Angela really didn't mean to wrongly accuse you."
Hearing this, Angela quickly followed up with an explanation: "Mrs. Forbes, you know me - honesty is my greatest virtue."
"So I really didn't mean to wrongly accuse you."
"The truth is, when I heard the brooch was missing, I panicked and mistakenly thought you deliberately bumped into me at the restroom door and picked up the brooch when I wasn't paying attention. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."
As Angela spoke, she bowed deeply to Charlotte.
"Wait!"
Charlotte suddenly raised her hand to stop them: "Why am I getting more confused the more I listen?"
"Sabrina gave you the brooch, then turned around and said it was stolen? And after you found out, instead of reminding her or explaining, you directly came forward to accuse me of stealing it?"
"This sounds like you deliberately conspired together to frame me for theft, doesn't it?"
The second Charlotte said that, a wave of understanding swept over the crowd. Then all kinds of suspicious and contemptuous looks landed on Sabrina and Angela.
Angela didn't know what to say.
Sabrina shot her a dark look!
'Idiot, can't do the job right, and now can't even speak properly?' she cursed inwardly.
Just as she was racking her brains to salvage the situation, Charlotte suddenly held up her phone: "Forget it, let me reveal the truth instead."
Landon had been quietly watching Charlotte.
Watching what she did this time, a flicker of approval crossed his eyes. She was finally learning to be wary of people.
After swiping through her phone a few times, Charlotte quickly found what she was looking for.
The next second, everyone's eyes went to the video on the phone screen, and the whole room erupted in shock.
In the video:
Charlotte had just come out of the restroom when Angela walked straight into her!
Then Angela hurried over to pick up Charlotte's bag for her, but the moment she passed it over, she quickly shoved something inside!
After Charlotte took the bag, she opened it to look.
Visibly, Angela's face tensed up nervously at that moment.
Charlotte seemed not to notice anything wrong and looked up to say goodbye to Angela.
But just as she walked past Angela, Charlotte very friendly patted her shoulder, and almost simultaneously, she very cleverly put the item Angela had stuffed into her bag back into Angela's bag.
Seeing this, Angela completely understood.
She stared hard at Charlotte: "You set me up!"
Almost simultaneously, Landon flashed in front of Charlotte like lightning.
But Charlotte wasn't the least bit scared. Instead, she gave Angela this knowing little smirk. "You did this to yourself, who else is there to blame?"
At this moment, there was suddenly a commotion outside.
Soon, several police officers walked straight up to Angela: "Ms. Peterson, someone reported that you framed someone else. The amount involved is huge and the circumstances are extremely serious. Please come with us."
Seeing this scene, Charlotte raised her eyebrows and leaned slightly closer to Landon: "Did you call the police?"
Landon glanced at her sideways and snorted: "How dare they mess with my people? I won't let it go."
Charlotte felt this sounded a bit strange, but didn't say anything more.
Right when the cops were getting ready to haul Angela off, she suddenly fought back and ran over to Sabrina. "Ms. Sabrina Spencer, you've gotta help me!"
Sabrina suddenly slapped Angela viciously across the face: "Shut up!"
"Charlotte is such a good person, how did she offend you? Why would you harm her like this!"
"Also, before doing this, did you think about your sick father? And your brother who dropped out of school? They're both counting on your salary to live."
Sabrina was clenching her teeth with this look like she wanted to tear Angela apart, and it stunned everyone around, including Alexander.
His face darkened, but he said nothing, just stood there motionless watching.
Finally, he licked his lips, his voice hoarse: "Sabrina,"
Hearing Alexander call her, Sabrina suddenly came to her senses.
Her face shifted, and just like that, she was all innocent again, sweet and wide-eyed. "Alexander, I'm sorry, did I scare you?"
She suddenly covered her face: "But I'm just so angry!"
"How could Angela harm Charlotte like this!"
Watching Sabrina's frail shoulders keep shaking, the shock on Alexander's face slowly started to fade.
Sabrina was too kind-hearted, she was just standing up for Charlotte.
He shouldn't have suspected her of conspiring with Angela to frame Charlotte.
So he reached out and gently patted Sabrina's back, while turning to glance at the police: "Take her away quickly!"
"Wait." Charlotte still felt something wasn't right, so she stepped forward to stop the police who were escorting Angela out.
She stared at Angela without blinking: "Angela, I have no grudge against you, I even helped you before, why would you still harm me?"
Unexpectedly, Angela suddenly started yelling at her: "Because I hate you!"
"You say you helped me two years ago, but whenever I think of your high-and-mighty attitude back then, it makes me sick!"
Probably out of guilt, seeing Angela dare to yell at Charlotte, Alexander quickly stepped forward to shield her: "You're fired from the Forbes Group!"
Hearing this, Angela collapsed on the spot: "No, you can't fire me!"
Nearby, Sabrina secretly glanced at Angela while shaking her head helplessly: "Angela, you brought this on yourself."
"Officers, please take her away."
The police swarmed forward and escorted Angela out.
Outside, the sound of sirens gradually faded away.
Just then, Sabrina came up to Charlotte, eyeing her carefully. "Charlotte, I'm sorry. It's all on me for not reading people right. I nearly got you hurt."
Looking at Sabrina's pretense of humility, Charlotte couldn't help but sneer inwardly: "What? Shouldn't you be slapping yourself and apologizing?"