Chapter 143
Sabrina seemed to sense his gaze. She lifted her small face and looked at him with complete trust in her eyes. "Alexander, why are you looking at me like that? Is my face dirty?"
Alexander tightened his jaw, his voice somewhat hoarse. "Why didn't you remind me to check the surveillance footage first?"
At Alexander's question, Sabrina was clearly taken aback.
She opened her mouth, about to speak, when the security captain walked over.
Alexander was on the verge of asking him to pull up the footage when Sabrina beat him to it. "I got it. You can go now. I'll explain about the surveillance."
As the security captain left, the crowd couldn't help but voice their doubts.
But then Sabrina took a gentle step forward, her face showing a hint of guilt. "Everyone, I'm truly sorry."
"Due to an oversight by the exhibition staff, the surveillance system went down early this morning and we haven't had time to get someone to fix it yet."
Everyone suddenly understood.
They had thought Alexander and Sabrina were being foolish, but it turned out there was another reason.
Alexander also looked guilty at this moment. He had suspected Sabrina without asking clearly first - he must have lost his mind earlier.
Watching this scene, Charlotte couldn't help but scoff .
"Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"
Meeting Charlotte's sharp gaze, Sabrina looked as if she'd been greatly wronged.
Her eyes reddened as she sniffled lightly. "Charlotte, I'm really happy you came to the exhibition."
"But you've really misunderstood me!"
With that, Sabrina suddenly grabbed Charlotte's hand. "But it's okay. With or without surveillance, I promise that as long as you take out the brooch, I definitely won't pursue this."
Before Charlotte could react, she felt a sudden pain in her arm!
She instinctively pulled away forcefully!
"Ah!"
With a short cry of pain, Sabrina staggered back two steps and fell to the ground.
Everyone gasped.
"Sabrina!"
Alexander snapped back to his senses, his eyes blazing with fury. He pushed Charlotte aside and rushed toward Sabrina!
Caught off guard, Charlotte was pushed to the ground, feeling a burning pain in her palm!
On the other side, Alexander had already rushed forward, carefully helping Sabrina up from the ground. "Sabrina, are you okay? Are you hurt?"
But Sabrina shook her head with tears in her eyes. "I'm fine. Please don't blame Charlotte."
Alexander gritted his teeth.
He turned to stare at Charlotte, who had just pushed herself up from the ground, his eyes full of disappointment. "Charlotte, give the brooch back to Sabrina right now and apologize!"
Hearing these words from Alexander again, Charlotte suddenly felt nauseous.
She looked down at her palm, which was showing traces of blood, then slowly raised her head. "Alexander, you disgust me!"
Today, Charlotte had finally seen clearly the man she had loved for over ten years!
Her heart was completely dead.
Nearby, several society ladies who had accompanied their husbands began whispering among themselves.
"No matter what, you shouldn't push your own wife, right?"
"I heard long ago that Mr. Forbes treats Sabrina better than Mrs. Forbes. Today I'm seeing it with my own eyes."
"But I feel kind of sorry for Charlotte."
"Yeah, my heart feels a bit sour too."
At this moment, seeing the determination in Charlotte's eyes, Alexander couldn't help but feel his temple throbbing. "Charlotte!"
Seeing the two of them at odds, Sabrina quickly came forward despite her pain to separate them. "Alexander, Charlotte, please both calm down."
As she spoke, she took the opportunity to get close to Charlotte and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Charlotte, do you think this is still Maurice's collection room? I advise you to admit it quickly, or it'll be embarrassing when when we reach the police station."
"Is that so?" Charlotte smiled slightly, neither humble nor arrogant. "But I'd really like to see just how embarrassing it can get."
Hearing Charlotte's barbed words, Sabrina also smiled. "Charlotte, know when to stop."
Charlotte looked at her without blinking. "That's what I should be saying to you."
Sabrina's smile froze instantly.
But she quickly smiled again. "Charlotte, this is my territory. You want to get away? Impossible."
Charlotte raised an eyebrow. "You want to keep me here without any evidence? You're dreaming."
Sabrina's smile deepened. "Charlotte, don't worry. There will definitely be evidence."
Charlotte was slightly stunned. "Sabrina, what do you mean by that?"
But Sabrina just smiled at her, then returned to her original position.
Charlotte's alarm bells went off.
What other tricks was Sabrina planning to pull?
But before she could think more about it, a figure stepped forward. "I know who stole the brooch."
Angela!
Charlotte was stunned on the spot.
Seeing Charlotte's expression, Sabrina secretly raised her chin triumphantly.
Angela's appearance was like a drop of cold water poured into hot oil - everyone was shocked.
They all urged Angela to quickly identify the real thief to prevent the farce from getting out of hand.
Finally, under everyone's gaze, Angela slowly raised her hand and pointed. "It's her!"
"She just came out of the restroom and bumped into me."
"I kindly helped her pick up the things that fell out of her bag and accidentally discovered a gemstone brooch designed by Lynn !"
Angela moved her gaze from Charlotte to the others. "I'm really not lying! If you don't believe me, you can search her bag!"
The scene fell silent for a moment, then erupted in noise.
"So it really was her? And I was speaking up for her earlier."
"Now there's a witness. Let's see how she denies it."
"If you ask me, Mr. Forbes and Sabrina shouldn't worry about any relationship - just send her to the police."
"I really didn't expect that Mrs. Forbes would do such a thing."
"Poor Mr. Forbes, he really chose the wrong person."
Hearing the mockery around her, Charlotte swept her over everyone bit by bit, finally landing on Sabrina, who was pretending to be weak and shocked. She let out a cold laugh.
She must have been blind to help that ungrateful Angela!
Charlotte thought coldly as Angela suddenly darted forward and quickly snatched the bag from her hand.