Chapter 108 He Just Feels That He Can't Quite Recognize Isabella
William didn't say a word on the drive taking Isabella back to Floral Haven.
He just felt like maybe he didn't really know Isabella anymore.
Isabella didn't speak either.
Ever since she used the Brown Group's entertainment division resources, a lot of things became unavoidable.
Plus with mysterious forces getting involved this time, Carl's team alone wasn't enough, so she used the Brown Group's resources again.
But she was clever about it.
Learning from last time she used the Brown Group's resources, this time she did some separation.
She only used the Brown Group's resources to fight back against the negative speculation about her.
And to expose Lika's miscarriage.
The stuff about [trading sex for favors] and [charity fraud] - she had Carl's team do that secretly.
So the information William got was only that she had the team fight back against "false rumors" and gave a small push to let people know about Lika's miscarriage.
The rest - there might be suspicions, but as long as she didn't admit it, it was just speculation.
They stayed silent the whole way.
It wasn't until the car stopped in front of Floral Haven that Isabella finally spoke.
"William, I know you have issues with me right now," she said. "But I don't want to lie to you either."
"If I wanted to do things secretly, I could totally go to Zaid. Zaid would definitely want to take down Jeffrey."
"But I chose to let you see this other side of me."
Isabella looked at William.
Right now, his eyes were full of emotions she couldn't read.
"She came after me so hard, I needed to fight back. And I only exposed her miscarriage, and what I said was the truth - she did have a miscarriage 10 days before the first livestream. I didn't make anything up about her."
"I don't know if you'll be disappointed, William, but I think honesty is the foundation of everything."
Isabella's eyes turned slightly red as she spoke.
"Just like..." tears fell from the corners of her eyes, "just like I know that you still have Amelia in your heart."
"Some things we can't avoid, so let's not try to dodge them."
Watching Isabella cry, William didn't know what he was feeling.
He knew people were complex and multi-faceted.
Like how Amelia had been by his side for so many years - he never thought she had no tactics at all.
In fact, for many things, he was happy to let Amelia know, let her do them, let her experience what it felt like to actively hold things in her own hands instead of passively accepting them.
He hoped that even if one day he wasn't by her side, she could still live well.
But he still believed that people needed to have a bottom line.
This was the rule that kept the world running, and the foundation of trust between people.
Did Isabella really only expose Lika's miscarriage?
"William, I know what you're thinking. Those other two things weren't me. I can swear - if I'm lying to you, I'll get hit by a car and die the moment I get out!"
"I'm not the only one who wants Lika and Jeffrey to fail. Last time it was Zaid who did it."
"William, if you don't believe me, then just go. Your cooling-off period isn't over yet - go back to Amelia. She'll be really happy. I don't have much time left anyway, don't worry about me."
"And I think I was just fighting back. I didn't do anything wrong. From what others exposed afterward, even if I didn't do it, someone else would have revealed the miscarriage."
"I'm not just doing this for myself - I'm doing it for all the patients who believe in me and rely on me for support."
"William, I have my own goals too!"
William frowned as he looked at the crying Isabella.
His head hurt.
From the information and data Rhys presented, Isabella did indeed fight back against the speculation and expose Lika's miscarriage.
But he had deeper suspicions.
Was he overthinking it?
William wasn't sure.
Seeing Isabella looking like she was about to faint, he finally just said: "Go back and rest. Your health isn't good."
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Jeffrey had already brought Amelia to Hawk's place.
Everyone was waiting for them.
"What do we do now?" Everyone here knew Amelia's true identity, but they all had concerns.
Because they all knew that in 3 more days, Amelia and William's divorce cooling-off period would be over.
If they exposed that Lika was actually Amelia at this point, would it cause complications?
Everyone present knew that Amelia had decided to get divorced.
What if it didn't go through...
And if Isabella found out that Lika was Amelia, would she use even more extreme methods?
Nearby, Jeffrey's phone kept ringing.
Amelia saw calls coming in from various investors in the show.
Jeffrey didn't answer any of them.
He didn't dare to.
Countless messages popped up, one after another.
Amelia looked and saw they were all messages demanding that Lika be removed from the show.
They were all pressuring Jeffrey.
The power of [charity fraud] was too strong.
None of the investors dared to take the risk - if this blew up and someone issued "guidance," the whole show would be done for.
Jeffrey had a headache. He waved his phone in front of Amelia, then put it away.
They had to come up with a plan quickly, or there would be endless trouble.
"Don't panic yet," Amelia said.
She had been thinking the whole way here.
"The next livestream is the finals. If everything goes smoothly, I'll have my divorce certificate before the finals."
Everyone nodded.
"So right now, we just need to stall."
Amelia looked at everyone present and said: "As long as we can temporarily keep my spot and prevent me from being kicked out, or the whole show from having problems, once I get the certificate, a lot of issues can be resolved."
Everyone nodded.
But then fell silent.
Because there were so many uncertainties.
First, could Amelia actually get the divorce certificate smoothly?
Second, how were they supposed to stall?
Jeffrey knew Amelia's identity, but the other investors didn't, and they couldn't let them know.
The atmosphere in the living room was heavy.
The [charity fraud] issue that seemed unimportant before had become the key point now.
Everyone was thinking.
Just then, Amelia's phone suddenly started vibrating.
"Who is it?" Mia asked.
Amelia shook her head: "Not sure."
"Could it be harassment or something? Someone found out your information." Mia got nervous - this kind of thing had actually happened in the entertainment industry before.
Soren nodded too. He'd been around these circles a lot and seen many bad incidents.
"Hawk, can you set up some kind of blocking program for Amelia's phone?" Soren looked over at Hawk.
Hawk nodded and went to work on it.
Amelia looked at her phone suspiciously but didn't answer.
Then the phone stopped ringing, and two text messages came in.