Chapter 107 Killing Two Birds with One Stone
"What if I'm pregnant with your child!" Lily said.
Raymond's face immediately darkened. "Lily, if you keep making up lies, I won't let this slide."
Lily cried out, "Raymond, even if you don't like me, you can't deny your own child!"
She flipped the camera to point at her belly and continued crying, "You slept with a woman and won't admit it, and now you won't even acknowledge your own child. With such an irresponsible company leader, is there any point in buying the Roberts Group stock?"
Sophia caught the smugness in Lily's eyes and mentally reviewed her actions from start to finish, seeing through her ultimate plan.
She was planning to fake mental illness to escape legal responsibility.
And Sophia had guessed right.
The moment Lily saw those accusations against her online, she had already made up her mind.
Mentally ill people don't have to bear legal responsibility.
She wasn't pregnant, but as long as she acted like she firmly believed she was, she could not only fake mental illness to avoid legal consequences, but also smear Raymond's moral character—killing two birds with one stone.
Sophia turned to look at Raymond. "Let's find a lounge."
If Lily's situation wasn't handled properly, she and Raymond wouldn't be able to discuss their cooperation either.
Raymond nodded. "Follow me."
Behind the first-floor lobby was a large lounge equipped with a tea room. The receptionist immediately made coffee for Raymond and Sophia.
Out of professional courtesy, she also poured a glass of water for Lily.
But Lily demanded arrogantly, "Where's my coffee?"
She placed her phone stand directly on the lounge table, pointing the camera at Sophia's face, adjusting all the settings to the worst quality.
But even so, Sophia's exquisitely sculpted features still looked incredibly beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
The receptionist was already annoyed with her job, and encountering such a crazy woman ruined her whole day's mood.
"Miss, before showing, pregnant women should try to drink less coffee."
Lily glared at her. "The baby in my belly is the future leader of the Roberts Group. Do I need you to tell me what to do?"
The receptionist rolled her eyes internally and quickly brought over a cup of coffee.
Sophia looked at the Baker Group stock on her phone—it had already dropped to rock bottom.
Meanwhile, Lily, in front of her, continued to act like a spoiled princess.
She didn't even know her father had been sent to the hospital.
"What kind of coffee is this? It tastes terrible!" Lily said with disgust.
Raymond looked at her expressionlessly. "Lily, you can apologize now for slandering Ms. Johnson and me."
"Ms. Johnson? Didn't you say she was your sweetheart at the police station? What, now you won't say it in front of the camera? Scared?"
Lily acted as if she had Raymond by the throat, speaking without any restraint, lifting her chin, and looking smugly at Sophia.
"You homewrecker, at least you have some self-awareness, keeping your bastard child hidden at home. But too bad, their classmates all know now that their mother is a shameless slut who seduces other men!"
Having decided to fake mental illness, Lily let loose with her insults. Seeing no one fighting back, she became even more energized.
Sophia watched her go crazy, her phone spinning nimbly between her fingers, her eyes cold.
Just as Lily was getting carried away, Sophia said coolly, "Lily, faking mental illness won't help you escape the problem."
Meeting her gaze, Lily's eyes flickered. "What do you mean by faking mental illness? I don't know what you're talking about."
"Nicolette, Liliana, Katerina... you should still remember them, right?" Sophia looked at her with a half-smile.
Lily: "I don't remember. Why would I remember people of that level?"
The display screen covering an entire wall of the lounge suddenly turned on, and the three people who had filed real-name reports against Lily appeared on screen.
Their accusations against her played on loop.
Below were many others who knew Lily, exposing her past misdeeds.
The screen was behind Sophia, directly facing Lily and also facing the camera. It was very close, making the enlarged text clearly visible at a glance.
Lily's pupils shrank. "Turn it off! Turn it off right now!"
Raymond looked at her coldly. This was the Roberts Group—it wasn't Lily's place to give orders.
No one in the lounge paid her any attention.
Sophia leaned back lazily, her eyes falling on the phone camera, her cool gaze making the spectators in the livestream feel a chill.
Seeing all the comments cursing her, Lily immediately shut down the livestream.
The next second, someone knocked and entered.
It was a technical staff member from the video app Lily had just used for livestreaming.
At Sophia's signal, they quickly connected to the official livestream.
The viewers who had been watching Lily's livestream all received invitations to watch the official livestream immediately.
At the same time, the app's opening screen advertisement was the current livestream, so anyone opening the app could see it right away.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... millions of people flooded into the livestream.
The biggest story this week was the "beautiful homewrecker" incident, so when people saw Sophia and Lily, they immediately thought of the recent trending topics.
With Raymond's nod, the lounge had been cleared.
As the professional team arrived, the lounge transformed directly into a proper livestream studio.
The video account where Lily first posted videos was backed by the Baker Group. Any comments unfavorable to her or questioning her claims would be deleted directly by moderators. The public only saw the negative comments she wanted them to see.
But this livestream app was different.
Sophia faced the camera and said lightly, "Regarding Lily's false accusation that I'm a homewrecker, let me clarify."
She raised her eyes slightly, and a small video immediately appeared in a split-screen in the middle of the livestream.
It was a screen recording of Raymond just explaining his relationship with Lily.
Sophia: "Three days ago, at the Empire City Police Station, the police determined that Lily's accusations were false. Those who don't believe it can check the official account."
A screenshot immediately popped up in the livestream—it was indeed a message from the official account, confirming that Lily's homewrecker claims were false.
Some people didn't believe it and clicked on the screenshot, which immediately jumped to the official account page. Seeing the verified account, their eyes widened.
[A message from three days ago—how come I didn't see it?]
[I did see it, but when I commented, it got buried. No one saw it at all.]
Because the Baker Group was a media company and a major player in social media in recent years, under Royce's deliberate manipulation, the visibility of this message kept dropping, and no one paid attention to this account's latest update.
The display screen also showed the livestream's real-time comments.
Seeing the messages above, Lily's face turned pale, and she collapsed weakly into her chair.
"No, it's not true. Raymond is my fiancé! His father promised me he would bring us together!"