Chapter 144 Chapter 144: Return To Work
Seeing that the situation was out of control, Estelle pulled Rebecca’s sleeve and whispered, “Rebecca, you have already embarrassed them. Let’s go. Don’t go too far. I’m afraid that Gretchen will take revenge on me and hurt my children again.”
Hearing this, Rebecca snorted and said, “How dare she! I won’t let her hurt you! If she wants to take revenge, just let her come at me. Besides, you don’t need to worry about the children. Mr. Mysterious is powerful, and he will protect you.”
“Rebecca, you don’t know how vicious Gretchen is. She...”
“No matter how vicious she is, I’m not afraid of her.” With one hand on her hip, Rebecca pointed at the fitting room door and said loudly, “Listen carefully, Gretchen. What I did has nothing to do with others. If you want to take revenge, just come at me. I’m not afraid of you!”’
“Rebecca,” Estelle sighed and didn’t know how to persuade her.
The silence in the fitting room contrasted sharply with the noise outside.
Still standing there with an indifferent expression, Cristofer stared at Gretchen and waited for her reply, looking rather calm.
On the contrary, Gretchen was anxious and at a loss for what to do.
She had dated many men, and she was clear that when a man showed such an indifferent attitude toward her, it meant that they would never be reconciled.
In her previous relationships, when those rich men wanted to dump her, she would drug them secretly and have sex with them. Then when she got pregnant, she would blackmail them by threatening to tell their wives about their affair and her pregnancy.
However, even though she had drugged Cristofer that day, Cristofer still refused to have sex with her. Ultimately, she had no choice but to take off their clothes, creating a false image that they had sex that night to deceive Cristofer.
Today she asked Cristofer out to make the last effort to get him back, but she didn’t expect to meet Rebecca and fall into such a situation.
“Gretchen,” Cristofer took a deep breath and said. “Fifteen minutes have passed. The reporters should be arriving soon. Are you still unwilling to tell me the truth?”
“Are you sure you want to know?” Gretchen asked in reply.
“Yes. And don’t lie to me. I have told you that I hate to be deceived most.”
“Okay. Since you want to know it, I’ll tell you,” Gretchen said with a sneer. “The car accident was indeed not an accident. Someone tampered with the car’s brake system, and I found it when I did car maintenance. But before I could tell your parents about it, they drove the car and went out, and then... the car accident happened.”
Hearing this, Cristofer stood straight at once and said, “Who tampered with the brake system? Don’t tell me it was Estelle. It couldn’t be her.”
“Do you trust her?” Gretchen asked with a frown.
“Yes, because she has never lied to me. And she said that she didn’t expect that the car accident would happen. I believe her.”
“You are right. It was indeed not her,” Gretchen sighed and said with a bitter smile.
“Then who on earth was the one that killed my parents?”
“Estelle’s father, George.”
“Estelle’s father? What’s the difference between what you said and the result of the police’s investigation?” Cristofer sneered and said coldly. “Gretchen, are you kidding me?”
With a cold expression, Gretchen hurriedly said, “The police’s investigation determined that George’s driving under the influence caused the car accident. But that’s not the case. George had long wanted to kill your parents to pocket your family’s properties. However, the car accident was so serious that he also died. And in the end, York became the one who benefited from the car accident.”
After a few seconds of silence, Cristofer frowned and shook his head, saying, “That doesn’t make sense. If George had the motive for the crime, he should be clear that I would fall out of love with Estelle once he did that. I know how much he cares about Estelle. No matter how greedy he was, he wouldn’t sacrifice his beloved daughter’s happiness for his own interest. Besides, you are the one who was responsible for maintaining the car that day. Compared with him, you were more likely to be the one who tampered with the brake system.”
“Cristofer, are you suspecting me? What good would it do to me if I killed your parents? I had no motivation to do that!” Gretchen retorted.
With his mouth tightening into a thin line, Cristofer stared at her with sharp eyes for a while and said, “You had the motive. By staging the car accident, you could make me fall into despair and cast in a bone between Estelle and me. And only in this way could you have the chance to get close to me.”
“Excuse me!”
“Bang!” The door of the fitting room was suddenly pushed open.
The next moment, several reporters rushed in with microphones and cameras. They focused their cameras on Gretchen’s face and couldn’t wait to ask her.
In a fluster, Gretchen immediately hid behind Cristofer, but it was too late. The reporters reacted quickly and took a lot of photos of her.
“Wow, it’s Mr. Hans! It’s really Mr. Hans!”
“Mr. Hans, is this lady your new lover?”
“We heard that you were going to marry the daughter of the Hudson family, Estelle, and you two grew up together. Does Miss Hudson know about the affair between you and this lady?”
“Mr. Hans! Mr. Hans, look over here!”
Seeing the reporters and the crowd gathering at the fitting room door, Rebecca couldn’t help laughing and said, “Hahaha! I’ll let Cristofer, the bastard, know how it feels when his reputation is completely ruined! Now Gretchen has been regarded as a notorious shameless woman. No rich man will want to keep a mistress like her in the future! Estelle, I’ve taken revenge on them for you. Are you happy?”
Looking at the crowd, Estelle nodded and said, “Well, I’m indeed in a better mood now.”
“That’s good. The most important thing in our life is to be happy. The scum and the bitch don’t deserve to be forgiven. You work so hard and raise the children alone, but they enjoy a good life and even go shopping together leisurely. Damn it! Thinking of this, I can’t hold back my anger!” Rebecca said.
Estelle looked at the time and said, “Rebecca, I must return to work. The lunch break is about to end. I have to meet a client this afternoon. Tim is waiting for me.”
Hearing this, Rebecca nodded and said, “I’ve achieved my goal of punishing them. Now, we must wait to watch their affair hit the headlines in the afternoon. Let’s go. I’ll drive you back first.”