Chapter 145
Angela grinned widely, "I knew it was here!"
"I didn't pull the zipper all the way open earlier, the brooch was blocked by the zipper."
As she spoke, she confidently gave her shoulder bag a shake!
Sure enough, a dazzling gemstone brooch fell out from inside the bag.
"No way! It really is the gemstone brooch!"
"That's right, this is definitely Lynn's work."
"Looks like I wrongly accused that young employee earlier."
"Now that we have evidence, let's see how Charlotte can argue her way out of this!"
Hearing everyone's chatter, Angela's lips curved up: "Everyone look, this is the missing gemstone brooch!"
After speaking, she looked at Sabrina ingratiatingly: "Ms. Sabrina Spencer, I told you I wasn't mistaken, right?"
Sabrina was secretly delighted, but put on a shocked expression.
She pressed her hand to her chest, looking at Charlotte with disbelief: "Charlotte, if you wanted the brooch, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
"You know very well that in the past, whatever you wanted, I would always give it to you unconditionally."
Sabrina's voice caught in her throat, as if she was too emotional to continue.
Alexander panicked and quickly helped her sit down: "Sabrina, don't get upset, you need to take care of yourself first."
After comforting Sabrina, Alexander turned to look at Charlotte, his eyes full of doubt and disappointment.
"Charlotte, are you still going to deny it?"
At this moment, Landon, who had been quietly watching the show, also straightened up slightly.
However, when his gaze fell on the gemstone brooch again, his eyes flickered slightly.
Meanwhile, Angela had already raised the brooch, looking at Charlotte mockingly: "Mrs. Forbes, you should honor your bet."
Sabrina also stood up, holding Alexander's arm, her eyes full of disappointment: "Charlotte, you've really let me down."
"To make sure you learn from this and don't make the same mistake again, I need you to sincerely apologize to me and Angela!"
Alexander also looked deeply at Charlotte: "Did you hear that? If it weren't for Sabrina's kindness, you'd already be at the police station! Hurry up and apologize!"
At this point, the people around them were pointing at Charlotte with looks of disdain on their faces.
Landon finally couldn't sit still and was about to stand up, but Charlotte stopped him.
The next moment, Charlotte slowly scanned the entire room, calmly stepped forward, and firmly grabbed Angela's hand.
"Everyone, please look carefully. This gemstone brooch was actually won by me at an auction over a month ago."
As soon as Charlotte said this, Sabrina's hand gripping Alexander's arm suddenly tightened!
What was going on? Was Charlotte bluffing, or had Angela ruined the plan?
Alexander winced in pain and was about to speak, but saw Sabrina's furrowed brow.
So he changed what he was going to say: "Sabrina, Charlotte is just making a last-ditch effort. Don't get upset, you need to take care of yourself."
"Besides, don't you remember? The brooch from the auction was already deformed when you accidentally stepped on it."
Sabrina paused, then slowly sat back down.
She had been too anxious and forgotten about this.
That day she had clearly stepped on the brooch and deformed it. Even if Charlotte wanted to have it repaired, there were only a few people in all of River City who could do it.
And she had secretly checked afterward—those few people with top-notch restoration skills hadn't received any jobs to restore Lynn's work at all.
It seemed that, as Alexander said, Charlotte was just making a desperate attempt.
On the other side, Angela was startled by Charlotte's words!
She wanted to let go of the brooch, but Charlotte held it tight, making it impossible for her to move.
And seeing that Charlotte had already made her move, Landon also stood up: "Charlotte is right. The butterfly gemstone brooch in front of everyone was indeed won by her and me together at the auction."
"Impossible!" Angela's face turned pale.
Charlotte glanced at her like she was looking at an idiot: "Impossible? I have the receipt and documents from the auction right here. Do you want to take a closer look?"
As Charlotte spoke, she gestured with her chin toward the items scattered on the table.
Immediately, several people stepped forward to pick up the receipt and documents Charlotte mentioned, then carefully examined the brooch still in Angela's hand.
"It's true! This really was bought from the auction."
"I can tell too, this doesn't seem to be the brooch from the display case earlier."
"Right, I can see it too."
"Looks like someone really did make a mistake."
Hearing these words, Sabrina couldn't hold back anymore!
She had to personally expose Charlotte's lie!
Right then, she suddenly stood up and rushed toward Charlotte.
Everyone who saw it, including Alexander, was shocked.
Wasn't she acting all fragile just now? How did she suddenly become so energetic?
While they were still puzzled, Sabrina had already rushed in front of Charlotte.
Without a second thought, she snatched the brooch from Angela's hand!
"Charlotte, stop lying! This really hurts me."
Looking at Sabrina's agitated state, Charlotte remained exceptionally calm: "Tell me, how am I lying again?"
Sabrina frowned, her expression both disappointed and innocent: "On the day of the auction, the brooch was clearly stepped on and damaged by me."
"And I asked around later—no one in all of River City who knew how to restore brooches had been hired to repair Lynn's work."
Sabrina's words stopped abruptly.
She suddenly realized she had been too emotional and said things she shouldn't have.
Sure enough, the next moment Alexander's voice rang out beside her: "Sabrina, why would you check whether Charlotte had the brooch repaired?"
Sabrina closed her eyes.
She desperately clenched her hands, telling herself she had to stay calm!
Finally, her eyes shifted, and she squeezed out a guilty expression: "Alexander, didn't I step on and damage Charlotte's brooch? So I thought I'd secretly pay for the repair costs for her."
"As compensation from me."
Looking at the remorseful Sabrina, the doubt in Alexander's heart instantly vanished.
He pressed his lips together guiltily: "Sabrina, I'm sorry. You're so kind, I shouldn't have doubted you."
Landon remained expressionless, though inwardly he sighed—if it weren't for Charlotte's help, the Forbes Group would probably have been ruined in Alexander's hands long ago.
Nearby, Charlotte glanced at Alexander as if he were a fool. He was asking to be manipulated by Sabrina.
At this moment, someone finally asked the most important question: "So is this the missing brooch or not?"