Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208: The Taste of Being Abandoned

Someone else could take the fall for her...

James gritted his teeth. "What do you mean?"

Selina spoke slowly, deliberately:

"That one million wired to Shareholder Taylor—there’s no way to explain that away. So why not just pin the blame entirely on someone else? Publicly, you could say Angelica had no idea, that she’s completely innocent, because the real mastermind behind it all... was someone else."

"I have a great idea. Want to hear it, Mr. Clark?"

James had no way out. "Say it."

Katie suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, in the next second, Selina’s tone dropped, calm and cutting.

Each word slammed Katie into the abyss:

"Why not... let Katie take the fall?"

"Announce to the public that this was all orchestrated by Katie alone—that she was trying to help Angelica secure the heir position. That she never liked me, the daughter of the original wife."

"She schemed to pin the plagiarism on me, and Angelica, poor thing, just trusted her mother’s ’inspiration.’ How can that be her fault?"

"Framed like that, it makes sense. People would believe it."

"And Mrs. Bryant, I’m sure you’d be willing, right?"

Selina smiled. "After all, Angelica’s a public figure with a pristine reputation. But you? A homewrecker who abused the daughter of the original wife? What’s a little more bad press going to do to your name?"

Katie froze like she’d fallen into an ice cellar.

Her lips trembled. "Selina, you—"

Selina’s smile widened. "Mr. Clark, what do you think of my proposal?"

The phone went dead silent.

Selina’s smile deepened as memories flashed through her mind—

Years ago, the Clark family had visited the Carter family.

Angelica had broken Mrs. Carter’s jade bracelet, and Katie had turned to a seven-year-old Selina and said:

"Selina, Angelica’s a good girl, but she’s just the stepdaughter. If she admits to it, the Carters will look down on her. But you? You don’t have a mother. If you take the blame, they won’t hold it against a motherless child."

Faced with pressure from both Katie and James, little Selina hadn’t been able to fight back.

She took the blame and got slapped by Mrs. Carter.

Angelica, meanwhile, became the "kind sister" who knew how to comfort her.

When Selina was ten, Angelica pushed a debutante into a pond. Katie once again said:

"Selina, this could get messy. Could you take the fall for her? Angelica’s fragile, and it’s hard for her in this family. Can’t you understand? Your reputation’s already bad, no one will be surprised."

So Selina bore it. Again and again, she carried the weight of Angelica’s wrongdoings.

Then the Clarks labeled her as "vicious," and sent her away to the countryside.

When she returned, Natalia stole her fiancé, and Katie said, smug and superior:

"Selina, your reputation’s ruined. Why would anyone marry you? Just give the engagement to Natalia. Can’t you make a sacrifice for the family?"

Selina remembered every single word.

And now, she returned them all to Katie, verbatim: _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

"Mrs. Bryant, if Angelica admits the truth, the public will hate her. But you? You’re already a shameless mistress. If you take the fall, no one will care. Isn’t that a small sacrifice for the sake of the Clark Family?"

Katie trembled violently.

Those words—those exact words—were what she’d once said to Selina!

No. No. This can’t be happening.

Katie burst into tears, voice trembling with desperation:

"James! No, please! I’m your wife—your reputation is tied to mine! If people think I abused Selina, they’ll tear me apart! I can’t survive this... I’d rather die!"

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