Chapter 80
At the news of Sabrina's accident, Alexander dropped everything and bolted into the lounge.
Seeing Sabrina's pale face with her eyes still tightly shut, Alexander felt his mind spinning with worry.
He scooped Sabrina up in his arms and yelled at the assistant beside him. "Quick! Get a car ready, we're going to the hospital right now!"
As Alexander hurried out with Sabrina, his assistant braced himself and called out a reminder. "Mr. Forbes, there's still a bunch of haters outside making a scene. Let's use the back door."
Alexander glared at him. "You're a liability."
The assistant led the way while suffering in silence.
Alexander had clearly demanded a massive press conference; the higher the profile, the better.
News broke, and a crowd of online haters gathered outside Forbes Group to celebrate Ms. Spencer.
But who knew things would take such a dramatic turn?
When those haters saw the complete video and learned the truth, they felt deceived, which is why they kept making a scene outside the Forbes Group, demanding that Ms. Spencer come out and apologize in person.
So how could this be his fault?
While Alexander struggled to carry Sabrina out the back door, Charlotte met Jenna outside in triumph.
It turned out Charlotte had planned everything from the start.
She deliberately found an opportunity at the venue to expose her identity, lured Sabrina over, then caused a commotion to attract everyone's attention. Having snuck backstage, Jenna swapped the company’s video for the footage she had prepared.
At this moment, Landon stood quietly to the side, watching the two women hugging and cheering, a smile quickly flashing across his face.
Vaguely, he seemed to see again that girl from years ago who loved to cry and make a fuss.
Standing nearby, Philip envied Jenna, wishing he were the one hugging Charlotte.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he looked up and asked, "Dad, Charlotte is so happy—does that mean the trouble is solved?"
Landon looked down at Philip knowingly. "You don't need to say it, I know what you're thinking."
Then his gaze returned to Charlotte. "Tonight, you can move back and live with Charlotte."
Philip immediately clapped his hands. "Yay! That's great!"
Watching Philip’s smugness made Landon’s hands itch with the urge to hit him.
That day, a piece of news spread like wildfire through River City—the Forbes Group's new design director Sabrina was actually two-faced!
The story exploded online and on city billboards, making the scandal impossible for anyone to miss.
So for a while, everyone on the streets was discussing it with great interest. The impact was even more shocking than when someone in River City won a hundred million in the lottery last time.
Forbes Group's PR department crushed the online news quickly on Alexander's order, but the damage was already done.
But some forward-thinking netizens had saved all those videos at the first opportunity, then spread them around in one small circle after another with great enthusiasm.
For every post The Forbes Group PR suppressed, several more surfaced instantly from unknown sources.
It was giving them a massive headache.
That afternoon, Sabrina finally woke up.
When Alexander, who had gone to the hospital corridor to handle matters, pushed open the door and walked back into the room, Sabrina was crying big tears to Calvin, who was keeping watch by her bed.
"Calvin, I really didn't mean to say those things."
"That day at the restaurant, I saw Charlotte running out to have fun by herself, ignoring Alexander and Owen, and she even scolded you, so I felt it was unfair to you guys and deliberately said those things to upset her."
"At the time, I just thought it didn't matter if she misunderstood me, but she couldn't treat you all like that."
"But I never imagined Charlotte would use that video against me..."
Seeing Sabrina cry, Calvin immediately became flustered: "Sabrina, don't cry. I don't know about others, but I definitely believe you."
Sabrina kept wiping her tears while sneaking a glance at the doorway: "It's no use if you believe me, Alexander must hate me to death."
"Not only did I ruin the press conference, but I also made him a laughingstock in public."
"After I'm discharged, I should just resign and leave River City..."
"No!"
Almost in unison, Alexander and Calvin both spoke up to stop her.
Calvin turned his head. "Alexander, you're back?"
"Quick, talk to Sabrina, tell her not to overthink things, that taking care of her health comes first."
Looking at Sabrina's still-pale face, Alexander couldn't quite describe what he was feeling.
At first, he had actually resented Sabrina a bit, resented that she shouldn't have said those things to upset Charlotte, causing Charlotte to misunderstand him even more deeply.
But as Sabrina remained unconscious, his worry deepened, and his resentment began to fade.
Until just now when he accidentally overheard her confession to Calvin, he finally understood that everything she did was for him...
Alexander walked closer step by step.
Seeing this, Sabrina looked up with teary eyes and tentatively reached out to tug at his sleeve. "Alexander, I'm sorry."
The next moment, Alexander's hand gently landed on her head. "I know everything now. Just focus on getting better, leave everything else to me."
"Really? Can it really be resolved?"
Meeting Sabrina's pitiful gaze, Alexander nodded firmly. "Don't worry."
After comforting Sabrina for a while longer and instructing Calvin to take good care of her, Alexander finally dragged his weary heart back to the company.
He had barely sat down when his assistant rushed in. "Mr. Forbes, this is bad."
Alexander pressed his temples. "What is it? Take your time."
The assistant swallowed. "Mr. Forbes, the PR department says several new posts have appeared online..."
Alexander suddenly felt a bit impatient. "Just pay someone to suppress them."
The assistant snuck a glance at him but didn't leave.
Noticing the assistant was still standing there motionless, Alexander looked at him. "Is there something else?"
The assistant paused, then finally steeled himself and stepped forward, showing Alexander the content on his phone. "Mr. Forbes, look at this."
To his surprise, at first glance, Alexander couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye!