Chapter 91
Seeing Sabrina remain silent, Charlotte took another step closer. "Sabrina, hand over your costume to compensate me, and we'll call it even."
The other parents chimed in, "Hand it over."
Seeing how angry everyone was, Calvin had no choice but to stay close to Sabrina's side. "Sabrina didn't do it on purpose. You can't bully her like this."
Charlotte sneered, "Bully? Then what do you call her deliberately stepping on my dress!"
Watching Calvin protect her so closely, Sabrina's eyes suddenly flickered. "Calvin, help me! That bag just appeared in front of me out of nowhere. I really didn't mean to."
Hearing this, Calvin suddenly seemed to understand something. "I get it! You did this on purpose!"
"You were worried about losing to Sabrina in the competition, so you deliberately set her up, then used it as an excuse to force her to give up her costume as compensation. That way, Sabrina wouldn't be able to participate in the competition."
"Charlotte, you're so sneaky! You even dragged Owen into this."
Calvin was still cursing when a group of people suddenly rushed into the backstage area.
The person leading them heard Calvin's words and immediately flew into a rage.
"Charlotte, how dare you team up with others to bully your own son? I'm not done with you!"
The person who arrived was none other than Cynthia.
Knowing that Owen was participating in the kindergarten's parent-child competition today, she had gotten dressed up early in the morning and brought Elara along to cheer him on.
She had just met up with Alexander and Owen and couldn't wait to come backstage to see what Owen's performance order was.
But what she never expected was that as soon as she stepped backstage, she heard that Charlotte had framed Sabrina, causing Owen to be unable to participate in the competition either.
So she got angry on the spot.
Owen, who was right beside Cynthia, also looked completely shocked: "Mom, why would you hurt me and Sabrina?"
Calvin snorted twice from the side: "Why else? She's afraid of losing."
Cynthia glanced contemptuously at the dress Charlotte had just picked up. "The competition's about to start, right? Why waste time talking? How much is this crappy dress worth? I'll pay you ten times the price!"
With that, Cynthia lowered her head to pull out money.
Most of the watching parents came from prominent families and naturally recognized Alexander and Cynthia, and also recognized that Charlotte and Sabrina were the Spencer Family daughters who had caused such a stir online recently. However, intimidated by the Forbes Group's wealth and power, no one dared to speak up for Charlotte for the moment.
Just then, two low chuckles suddenly rang out from the crowd. "Your little bit of money doesn't interest me."
"But since Philip can't participate in the competition, then Owen shouldn't participate either."
With the voice, Landon and Philip appeared before everyone.
It turned out that when the argument first started, Philip, worried that Charlotte would be at a disadvantage, had immediately run outside to find Landon.
Now seeing Landon, Cynthia's heavily powdered face couldn't help but tremble, furious beyond words.
But she also knew that Landon had never taken her seriously, so for the moment, in front of everyone, she really didn't dare do anything to him.
So she avoided Landon and vented all her anger on Charlotte instead.
"Charlotte, you're the one who caused all this trouble. Now! Hurry up and fix this situation, or don't even think about entering the Forbes Family again!"
"Also, what's wrong with taking a little loss?"
Jenna was upset and was about to stand up for Charlotte, but Charlotte stopped her.
After handing the dress to Jenna for safekeeping, Charlotte casually picked at her ear: "What gives you the right to lecture me?"
"What are you saying?" Cynthia was furious with Charlotte, her fingers trembling non-stop.
"I'm kindly teaching you how to behave, and you dare talk back to me?"
"Alexander, if you don't properly discipline Charlotte today, I'll cut ties with you!"
Charlotte opened her eyes wide with a look of surprise. "Didn't you just say it's normal to take losses? But you can't take losses yourself?"
"Oh right, you want Alexander to discipline me? No problem."
"Everyone still remembers that online video from last time anyway. This is a perfect opportunity to post another video."
"Jenna, why aren't you recording yet?"
Jenna understood immediately, opening her phone while calling out. "Everyone come and see, come and see!"
"The most dramatic wealthy family drama of the year is about to start! Featuring mistresses, wives, and all kinds of juicy elements, free to watch, no charge!"
With Jenna's announcement, the parents all erupted in excitement.
"Doesn't Cynthia usually seem so dignified and elegant? How can she curse at Charlotte so harshly?"
"Can't you tell? It's all an act! Looking all refined on the surface, who knows what dirty things she does behind the scenes."
"Forget it, everyone say less. We can't afford to offend the Forbes Family."
Those gossipy remarks flew into Cynthia's ears, making her whole body tremble with anger on the spot, her face flushed red.
Thinking that it was all because of Charlotte that she had lost her composure in public, she wanted nothing more than to slap Charlotte hard across the face several times.
But in front of everyone, to maintain appearances, she ultimately swallowed this bitter pill.
Because she knew that if today's incident got out, the intellectual and refined lady image she had carefully cultivated for years would be ruined in an instant.
Damn Charlotte!
After cursing silently in her heart, Cynthia took a deep breath and tried to steady her voice. "Charlotte, I know Owen didn't ask you to participate in the competition with him, and you're very unhappy about it. That's why you're holding a grudge and want to prevent him from performing on stage too."
"But have you thought about this? You didn't even finish high school, and you don't have any presentable talents. Should we let you go on stage with Owen to be laughed at?"
Cynthia's words carried a huge amount of information.
She pointedly revealed that Charlotte had no education, no family background, and was just an ordinary woman who had luckily latched onto the Forbes Family.
You have to understand, what high society values most in marriages is being well-matched.
If one party's family background is lacking, they must make up for it with higher education to avoid being gossiped about.
So wealthy families care most about face, and the culture of comparison is very strong.
And women like Charlotte who have no background at all are destined to be at the bottom of the social hierarchy, where almost everyone can look down on them.
So after hearing Cynthia's words, everyone's eyes on Charlotte carried a hint of something different.
So she's a woman who can't do anything! No wonder even her own son didn't want to invite her to participate in the competition.
Who knows how the Forbes Family agreed to marry her in the first place? She must have used some shady methods, right?
Facing all kinds of questioning and contemptuous looks, Charlotte remained calm and composed. "Your words make no sense. Right now it's Sabrina who stepped on my dress and made it impossible for me to participate in the competition."
"So logically, if I ask her to compensate me with her costume, isn't that right?"
"Also, who told you I have no education and no talents?"