Flash Marriage With Mr. Sheffield: Go Away, Cheap Man!-Chapter 116: Does She Even Care About You or the Sheffield Family?

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Does She Even Care About You or the Sheffield Family?

Silas Sheffield raised his eyes to see Clara Sterling standing at the staircase entrance, gave some instructions to Zachary Lynch on the phone, and then hung up.

"Why didn’t you sleep a little longer?" Silas Sheffield put away his phone and stepped forward.

"How did I get back last night?" Clara Sterling slightly frowned, still struggling to recall the events of the previous night.

"Why do I only remember the beginning and the end, but forget what happened in between?"

"Last night I picked you up from the bar." Silas Sheffield said truthfully, "Someone drugged you, but fortunately, I arrived in time."

"Drugged?" Clara Sterling’s frown deepened, "Who drugged me?"

So she was drugged, no wonder she couldn’t remember that middle part of the night.

It probably happened during those few minutes in the restroom.

"It’s already been checked, the person is now in custody, someone you don’t know, just driven by lust."

Clara Sterling nodded, since the person was already in custody, it was a criminal case, and the police would follow up, contacting her if collaboration was needed.

She didn’t ask about the drugging any further.

"What was the trending topic you mentioned earlier, why are you so angry?"

Silas Sheffield’s expression was cold and serious, "Someone took photos of you talking to Isaac Sutton last night, some unscrupulous media made up stories for traffic, claiming the Sutton young master met with his ’white moonlight’ after his engagement."

Clara Sterling took out her phone and opened X, and indeed the trending topic was about her and Isaac Sutton.

[Who is Young Master Sutton’s ’white moonlight’?]

[Sutton Group young master secretly meets ’white moonlight’ at a bar.]

The trending topic Silas Sheffield had tasked people to remove was this.

Clara Sterling clicked into the trending topic, the first post had tens of thousands of comments and likes.

[Explosive news! Sutton Group’s young master Isaac Sutton was spotted meeting his ex-girlfriend at a bar last night, leaving his fiancée home alone!]

Below the post, the photo was indeed of her and Isaac Sutton at the bar last night.

She vaguely remembered that she did indeed run into Isaac Sutton at the bar.

But it was a coincidence, not a date as the media claimed.

"I just bumped into Isaac Sutton..." Clara Sterling worried Silas Sheffield would misunderstand, so she explained.

"Mm." Silas Sheffield seemed not to be angry about her encounter with Isaac Sutton in the bar, "I know."

Clara Sterling observed his expression, which seemed somewhat pleased.

Why?

Clara Sterling lowered her head to read the comments under the post, but after a few swipes, suddenly the interface showed an error.

Clara Sterling exited and re-entered, and all the posts about Isaac Sutton and her had disappeared from the trending topics.

Zachary Lynch’s efficiency was incredible.

At this moment, Sophie Sheffield called.

Clara Sterling answered the phone, "Hello, Sophie."

"Clara, you’ve been caught on camera! What’s going on with you and Isaac Sutton?" Sophie’s tone was full of concern and worry, "Is he pestering you again?"

"No." Clara Sterling replied, "I was out drinking with colleagues yesterday, happened to run into him at the bar, he just spoke a few words and got caught on camera."

"Even speaking a few words can be caught on camera..." Sophie analyzed, "Seems like the person snapping photos already knew Isaac Sutton would be there and knew about your relationship, waiting for you two to talk to deliberately take photos."

Clara Sterling thought it made sense.

But she couldn’t figure out who this person was.

Judging from the wording "fiancée left home alone," could it be Quinn Hughes responsible?

Clara Sterling pondered, Quinn Hughes seemed to have the strongest motive.

Just as Clara finished her call with Sophie, Silas Sheffield’s phone rang.

It was Susan Saxon, the elderly lady of the Sheffield family.

Silas Sheffield guessed the elderly woman probably saw the trending posts and was going to give them a piece of her mind.

Not wanting Clara Sterling to hear Susan Saxon’s words.

Most likely, they weren’t nice.

Silas Sheffield walked a few steps towards the window and took the call.

"Grandma."

"Why does that Sterling woman keep getting involved with men and causing scandals every other day?"

As Silas Sheffield expected, Susan Saxon’s tone was hostile and full of anger.

"A few days ago, she was involved in a scandal with a Hawthorne, now she’s allegedly on a bar date with her ex-boyfriend, does she even have any regard for you or the Sheffield family?"

Silas Sheffield’s brows furrowed slightly, "It’s a misunderstanding, I was there last night too."

"Oh, come off it." Susan Saxon didn’t believe him, "I know you care for her, protect her, but you’re just letting her walk all over you, even now when people are saying she’s cheating on you?"

"Grandma, please respect my wife." Silas Sheffield’s tone was somber and firm.

Susan Saxon discerned Silas Sheffield’s anger and backed down, refraining from further criticisms of Clara Sterling.

Her grandson’s aura was so strong, sometimes she was intimidated by it.

"Alright, alright, you won’t listen to me anyway, I’ll have your father talk to you when he gets back."

Susan Saxon hung up the phone.

"Did Grandma see the trending topics?" Clara Sterling asked.

"Mm."

Silas Sheffield turned to look at Clara Sterling, his icy gaze becoming instantly gentle.

"It’s fine, I’ll send her the surveillance video from last night of me coming to get you."

"Mm..." Clara Sterling bowed her head, feeling a bit down.

Julian Hawthorne’s incident had just passed, and now she’d been photographed at a bar with Isaac Sutton.

This would surely leave Silas Sheffield’s grandmother with an appalling impression of her.

Suddenly, Clara Sterling recalled something and sharply looked up at Silas Sheffield.

"I was drugged last night, how are Lisa and Anabelle?"

"Don’t worry, they weren’t drugged, just got drunk, and the bar arranged people to safely deliver them to the hotel."

"That’s good, I’ll make a call to check on how they’re doing now."

After speaking with Lisa Holloway and Anabelle Spencer, confirming they were alright, Clara Sterling finally felt completely at ease.

In the evening, Ethan Fuller visited Silas Sheffield’s house.

"Last time, among the people spreading rumors about you, Jonah Shaw was the one spreading the most." Ethan Fuller handed a folder to Clara Sterling.

After the defamation case was filed, Ethan Fuller, acting as a lawyer, applied to the court for an investigation order, legally requesting user information from the X company and short video platforms, and traced the real identity of the slandering netizens.

"I spoke with Jonah Shaw this afternoon, chatted for a while, and he revealed the mastermind." Ethan Fuller looked at Clara Sterling, "Guess who it is?"

Of course, his phrase "chatted for a while" wasn’t as straightforward as it sounded.

Clara Sterling frowned, "Who is it?"

Ethan Fuller’s lips lightly parted, uttering a name: "Quinn Hughes."

"Quinn Hughes?" Clara Sterling was astounded that the person causing trouble behind the scenes was her.

She had suspected Jonah Shaw, but not Quinn Hughes.

These two had no apparent connection, how did they know each other?

Ethan Fuller noticed her confusion and explained, "After dissociation from Sheffield, Jonah Shaw harbored resentment towards you, went to Crestwood U’s forum and posted libelous messages, which were seen by Quinn Hughes."

"Then Quinn Hughes used an alternate account to contact Jonah Shaw, offered money to keep spreading rumors about you."

"Additionally, I found out the person boosting the video traffic was also Quinn Hughes."

Clara Sterling frowned.

This trending topic incident was likely related to Quinn Hughes too.

Turns out Quinn Hughes hates her much more than she ever imagined.