NovelUSAChapter 452 Aline looked absolutely stricken, her face pale with anger as she shouted at Citrine, "You want us to confess? How is that any different from having those videos leaked to the public?" Dick chimed in, his voice tight with frustration. "Exactly! Are you just messing with us?" Citrine just shrugged, completely unfazed. "Honestly? There's no real difference. Either way, your reputations are finished." She paused, putting on a mock-serious tone. "Well, if there's any consolation, at least you won't have to worry about those videos being traded around online. At least there's a shred of dignity left." Aline exploded. "You... you're a monster!" What was this nonsense supposed to mean? Citrine didn't even blink at the insult. Instead, she feigned disappointment. "If you're not willing, then forget it." She moved to hang up.
That sent both Dick and Aline into a panic, but especially Aline. If those photos and videos got out, her daughter's true identity would be exposed for the world to see, and any shred of respectability for her and her daughter would be destroyed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDesperate, Aline snatched the phone and yelled, "Wait! Fine, I'll do it!" Then, almost pleading, she added, "But you have to promise the photos and videos will never show up online." On the other end, Citrine couldn't help but let out a light, mocking laugh. "Aline, do you really think you're in any position to bargain with me?" "What's that supposed to mean?" Aline's face went ghostly white.
Citrine's voice was icy. "I'll decide if your confession is good enough. If I'm satisfied, I might just wipe every copy of those files. If not-well, you know what happens." With that, Citrine hung up.
As soon as the call ended, she broke into a grin. "Idiots. Both of them." Meanwhile, Aline and Dick were at each other's throats back home, their argument growing more heated by the minute.
Dick's voice was firm, almost desperate. "We can't agree to this! She wants us to confess to wants everything, and on top of that, she's forcing us to 'donate' two and a half billion dollars to the orphanage. That's every cent we have left!" Aline shook her head, her tone vicious as she snapped at him, "Don't be so selfish, Dick! If those videos get out, our daughter and are finished. Who cares about the money? With the Glenwood family's support, we'll survive- but our reputations? We'll never get those back." Just thinking about Sawyer made her go pale. "And don't forget-Sawyer's a lunatic. If he finds out the daughter he's raised all these years isn't really his, he'll kill us both." Dick scoffed. "But Jeanette is my daughter. Am I supposed to let her go on pretending I'm just her stepfather? You have no idea how humiliating it is, hearing those vultures out there whispering that I'm just spathetic stand-in." Jeanette was Aline's biological daughter, and nothing in the world mattered more to her. She shot Dick a cold glare, her voice steely. "For our daughter's sake, you have to do this." Then, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, she added, "And when this is all over, you'll find a way to make your brother get rid of that bitch for good." In the end, Dick caved-for his daughter's sake.
The next day, Dick and Aline each posted a statement on Instagram.
Dick, Chairman of Glenwood Group's subsidiary: I need to cclean and take responsibility for my actions:
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmFirst, I admit that I orchestrated the rumors about CICI Beauty's "badn products"bsincerely apologize to cici Group for any harm caused.
Second, while serving as CEO, I abused my position to exploit several actresses working for our film division. I offer my deepest apologies to all the women affected. Finally, as a gesture of remorse, my wife and I have chosen to donate $2.5 billion to the Crestwood Children's Foundation.
Aline, Dick's wife:
I apologize for using this public platform, but must confess my m mistakes. In a lapse of judgment, had an affair outside of my marriage, repeatedly betrayin nét my husband. My husband and I have decided to donate $2.5 billion to the Crestwood Children's Foundation as an act of atonement.
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