Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Right now, all his previous plans did not achieve the effect he desired as Sophia was allegedly in mortal danger, hanging between life and death!
“Mr. Knight, should we upload the video now?” Caleb wanted to do something for Alice, fearing that she might die in the kidnapper’s hand if they did not do anything.
“Hold on.” Ethan recalled the scene at the wedding, thinking that if the Little Fox he was looking for really was Alice, then she would not just sit there and accept her fate. His gut was telling him that she would retaliate and things might even turn around in their favor!
At the same time, the live news made him chuckle, for he thought that it was amusing to go against her own grandmother!
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Taking her phone out, Alice phoned Elijah, who became excited upon seeing that it was her. In his head, he thought that she must be calling to plead for mercy.
Since his goal was to obtain Woland Group, he predicted that he could name any price if Alice was begging him. Yet, Elijah did not know that disaster was heading his way, for he was still immersed in his own dreamland!
Barely holding in his laughter, Eljiah remembered that the media was all over the room, so he needed to keep his facade up. Exiting the ward with his phone in hand, he went to a secluded corner before answering the call. “How dare you call me! You assaulted your grandmother until she was admitted to a hospital, you…”
Eljiah wanted to strike first.
“Uncle Elijah, I have something here that you might be interested in seeing.” Without wasting her words, Alice stated her aim openly.
“What is it?”
This stunned Eljiah. This is different than what I’ve thought. Isn’t she going to plead for mercy?
“I’ll send a few photos for you to see, Uncle Elijah.” Alice then uploaded some photos to him.
Not thinking too much into it, Elijah was shocked upon seeing what the content of the photos were. “What do you want, Alice?”
Smiling, she replied, “Is it not obvious what I want?”
“Where did you get these photos?” Elijah had a very fierce expression. Although he could suppress his voice, he failed to suppress his anger and fear.
“Uncle Elijah, if you didn’t want anyone to know about this, then you shouldn’t have done it. Not only do I have photos of you and Emma’s intimate moments, I even have a video of it. Do you want to take a look? If you want to, I can send it over shortly.”
“What do you want?” Elijah played the video with shaky hands. Although he did not know when Alice managed to record this, he knew that he would be finished if the video got out.
Now, everyone knew that Emma was his daughter, so this kind of scandal would place him in a very hard spot.
“As for the incident where the old hag was assaulted, you should settle it in a satisfactory way. If I don’t like it, you should know what the consequences are.”
Since Alice already achieved her aim, she did not want to stay even a second more on this call. Hanging up right after that, she believed that she was in for a very spectacular show.
At that moment in the villa, Caleb did not understand what Ethan meant by telling him to wait. Things have already reached this point, so why are we still waiting around?
What else can we wait for? What else is there to see?
Caleb had been keeping tabs on what happened online when he suddenly saw that Eljiah was about to host a press conference, which confused him. “Elijah is hosting a press conference now? Does he still want to further slander Miss Woland? Why is he going so far? He’s just plainly humiliating Miss Woland now! That b*stard is too cruel!”
This made Ethan smirk. Elijah has been hiding behind the scenes all along and has not directly pointed the blame at Alice, so he would not hold a press conference just to condemn her now.
“My aim for holding a press conference today is to explain yesterday’s incident and to prove my niece’s innocence.”
Since the media was broadcasting this live, Elijah’s voice came from the phone as soon as Caleb clicked on the livestream.
“What? What is he playing at?” Caleb did not believe his words, for Elijah was defaming Alice the moment before. Now, he wants to help prove Miss Woland’s innocence?
As the incident had been rapidly escalating from yesterday, the reporters could smell a huge scoop, so they squeezed to the front. “Mr. Woland, what do you mean by this?”
“My mother’s wound on her head was not caused by Alice.”
Although Elijah was very unwilling, he could only stand on Alice’s side since he could not afford risking the video being leaked. “The wound was actually caused by her falling on her own.”
This statement took everything within Eljiah to say!
“But, it was Old Mrs. Woland who said that her wound was caused by Alice.” Naturally, the journalists were not fools.
“My mother is getting on in age, so she has become a bit confused. She remembered it wrongly.” Elijah could feel his blood pressure flying up.
“Yesterday, you also personally stated to the media that it was Alice that hurt Old Mrs. Woland, Mr. Woland.”
Journalists were all very curious about this, so they did not plan on letting it go just like that.
“I didn’t know the specifics yesterday. I only came into the truth just now.” Elijah had to take a few deep breaths before he could say it.
“Mr. Woland, your wife and sister also stated that they saw for themselves that Alice struck Old Mrs. Woland. Are you telling us that they, too, were mistaken?”
“Also, what is the deal about Alice breaking the things in your villa? There’s a video about it online,” the journalists asked several more difficult questions.
Remembering the video in Alice’s possession, Elijah could only reply, “Actually, Alice came back yesterday to take some of her mother’s belongings, which caused a bit of an argument. Alice did not hurt my mother, nor did she smash anything. It was all a misunderstanding.”
Elijah’s words had technically pushed the blame onto his wife and sister, as he painted himself as a bystander who did not know much.
No matter what, he had completely cleared Alice’s name.
With his weakness in her hands, Elijah did not dare to not clear her name. He was even worried that she might not be satisfied with this!
“The f*ck? What is this mess? What is actually happening?” Caleb was stunned by this development.
“Basically, Elijah framed himself, his mother, his wife, and his sister. Did he make everyone in his family look bad just to clear Miss Woland’s name? Is he under some curse? Or is he being possessed?”