Chapter 38 Your Price

Chapter 38 Your Price

"What did you say?"

Michael's pupils flickered, a flash of coldness crossing his eyes as his anger nearly reached its peak.

He warned through gritted teeth, "Seraphina, don't push it!"

Seraphina shrugged. "At the hospital that day, you could watch me crawl on the ground, begging pathetically, but I can't ask you to apologize? That's not fair!"

"Michael, if you don't apologize, don't blame me for spreading the video!"

As she spoke, she picked up her phone threateningly.

Michael's pupils contracted sharply. He shot to his feet, veins bulging on his forehead as he growled through clenched teeth:

"Seraphina, my patience has limits!"

Faced with his warning, Seraphina let out a light sneer. "I thought your love for Susan was so deep, turns out it's nothing special!"

"If you don't want to admit you're wrong, fine."

After all, he was the head of the Talbot Family. Seraphina knew perfectly well that getting Michael to bow his head and apologize was basically impossible.

However, that didn't stop her from making other demands.

"Michael, I want a divorce."

If everything before was just talk, this was Seraphina's truest intention.

Her eyes were determined, without a trace of hesitation.

Michael's expression darkened.

"So this is your final move? You've gone in circles just to divorce me? Seraphina, where did you learn these dirty tricks? It's disgusting!"

His mockery and insults didn't faze Seraphina one bit.

As long as she could divorce Michael, she didn't care about such trivial matters at all.

"So, do you agree or not?"

Michael frowned in disgust. "I'll never agree."

"Seraphina, what I hate most in this life is people threatening me."

As his words fell, Seraphina didn't get anxious or angry. She just nodded calmly and quietly sipped her coffee.

Her composure was strangely unsettling.

The next moment, Steven's call came through.

Looking at his phone, Michael's heart instantly filled with a sense of dread.

After hesitating, he answered: "What's wrong?"

"Mr. Talbot, this is bad. That video suddenly started spreading like wildfire online. Our PR department is trying to contain it, but it's spreading too fast and too wide. There's no way to completely cover it up. The whole internet is going crazy!"

"Miss Dixon was out shopping and immediately got surrounded by a crowd. I heard she got beaten up and has been taken to the hospital..."

Michael's pupils contracted. He turned to look at the composed Seraphina, coldness spreading in his eyes.

"You knew this moment would come all along?"

Seraphina looked at him coldly. "I should say, you made this moment happen!"

"Michael, if you'd agreed to divorce me, none of this would have happened. But unfortunately, you refused!"

With that, she put down her cup and gave Michael a victor's smile.

"I told you, you'd pay the price. Since you didn't believe me, I have my ways of making you believe!"

Michael clenched his fists, fury raging in his heart, yet he felt unexpectedly panicked...

She'd taken things this far—did she really want to divorce him?

But thinking of Susan still lying in the hospital, her fate uncertain, he didn't dare stay. He just coldly dropped a line: "I won't let this go so easily!"

Then he quickly left.

All along, Susan had maintained a delicate and pitiful victim image online. No one expected this plot twist—turns out she was the one at fault.

So enthusiastic netizens started digging into Susan's past, only to discover she'd played the victim way too many times.

Whenever she had a dispute with anyone, she always acted pitiful and innocent, as if the whole world was bullying her.

In no time, she was being condemned online!

When Michael arrived at the hospital, Susan was covered in injuries from the beating, with a black eye that looked particularly ridiculous.

Seeing Michael, she cried and threw herself into his arms.

"Michael, I'm so scared..."

Michael was about to raise his hand to comfort her as usual, but suddenly remembering the video online, he frowned slightly and instinctively pushed Susan away.

Susan's expression froze. Before she could understand what was happening, she heard Michael ask coldly.

"Susan, didn't you say Seraphina hit you, but why..."

He didn't finish, but the doubt in his eyes was clear.

Susan's eyes filled with panic. She covered her face and sobbed: "Michael, you don't believe me either?"

"I was rushing and wasn't paying attention. I thought Seraphina bumped into me, but it turns out I bumped into her first. But I didn't mean to!"

As she spoke, she actually got up and stumbled toward the door.

"I know I was wrong. This is all my fault. I'll go apologize to Seraphina right now. I'll confess to her!"

"Enough, Susan."

Michael's brow furrowed deeply as he pulled her into his arms.

Susan leaned into his chest, crying uncontrollably.

Looking at her weak and wronged appearance, Michael sighed helplessly. "Stop crying. I'll do my best to handle the online situation for you."

So that afternoon, the video that had been spreading everywhere and was on everyone's lips almost instantly disappeared!

Of course, netizens had anticipated this might happen, and many had saved it in advance, continuing to share it privately.

But anything posted publicly would be immediately blocked!

To take down a video on such a large scale in such a short time—in Silverpeak City, besides the Talbot Group, there was no other possibility.

So the netizens' anger turned entirely toward the Talbot Group!

The most direct impact was the stock market dropping 7 points in a row, about to hit the limit down!

At home, Bianca watched the stocks plummet and nearly fainted from anger.

She'd also seen Seraphina's warning video that morning.

Without thinking, it must have been Seraphina who first released the video of Susan framing her, which then triggered this whole chain reaction.

Michael was so unlucky to have married her!

Actually, Bianca didn't particularly like Susan either—after all, who would like a sickly person?

But compared to Seraphina, Susan was much more pleasing to the eye. She was now hoping Susan would get rid of Seraphina first, and then when Susan died, Michael could find someone new, right?

The more Bianca thought about it, the angrier she got. She simply called Seraphina.

The first call, Seraphina hung up.

Furious, she cursed a couple more times and kept calling, determined to keep calling until Seraphina answered!

Finally, the call connected.

Bianca immediately started cursing: "Seraphina, do you have a death wish or what!"