Reborn as Mr.CEO's Fat Wife-Chapter 964: Moll Scott, Are You Useless?

Mia Anderson had already dialed the number, but before it was answered, she unknowingly leaned closer to Mary Scott’s phone. On the screen, Charlotte Leigh had abandoned her usual understated and luxurious style, opting only for some BB cream. Through the screen, she put on a pitiful look of a goody two-shoes, gazing tearfully at the camera. "The past few days have been truly difficult, but I believe the innocent will be proven innocent. I’ve already reported it to the police, and I trust they will give me a fair answer to clear my name."

"Clear her name my ass! She’s filthy to the core!" Mia Anderson muttered a curse.

Mary Scott said nothing, her gaze glued to the person on the screen. Mia was puzzled and said, "Mary, ignore her. This goody two-shoes is clearly trying to take advantage of everyone’s focus being elsewhere to clean up her image and fool the netizens."

"No, her intentions are more than just that." Mary Scott shook her head at Mia.

Just as she finished speaking, the reporter on the screen suddenly changed the topic of questioning. "I believe Miss Leigh is certainly innocent. But Miss Leigh, did you happen to see the news today about your colleague Miss Mary Scott from your company? As an artist from the same company, it seems you two debuted together?"

"Ah, yes. We debuted at the same time, and we used to get along very well," Charlotte Leigh smiled.

The reporter instantly caught a discrepancy in her words. "Used to get along well? So you’re saying your relationship isn’t good anymore?"

"Ah... how should I put this." Charlotte Leigh gave a forced smile, her expression looking a bit awkward. But the reporter wouldn’t let it go so easily and pressed her further.

Charlotte seemed unable to withstand the pressure. "Well, we auditioned for a drama before. I was originally cast as the female lead, but later... um, it got switched to her. So there were some misunderstandings. But I don’t blame her at all. After all, we used to be like sisters. She’s had a tough life—her father is a death row inmate, and her mother abandoned her, leaving her to raise her younger brother alone. If she had to marry a wealthy businessman to survive, it’s understandable... Oh no, did I say something wrong? I didn’t mean to!"

Halfway through her sentence, Charlotte suddenly covered her mouth, looking as if she was deeply regretful for her slip of the tongue.

But it was too late!

If, before now, Charlotte had only been insinuating things by having someone leak information under posts about Mary Scott’s second marriage and her entanglement with her ex-husband, to encourage netizens to dig into Mary’s background and ruin her completely, then this public revelation was aimed directly at putting Mary to death.

And she had succeeded!

As soon as her statement was out, the video went viral across the internet, making all the efforts of David Locke, Mary Scott, and Lambert Norman completely useless, even stirring up more heat than the previous subtle leaks online.

A death row inmate?

Mary Scott’s father was a death row inmate? What could be more attention-grabbing and provocative than this revelation about a female celebrity’s father?

Especially when a quick search revealed that the death row inmate wasn’t some obscure figure but rather the once-notorious high-ranking official, Constance Scott.

It took less than thirty minutes for Charlotte Leigh’s video to soar to the top of the trending list. The glaring red "explosive" tag once again sent Mary Scott to the top of the searches, rendering all previous efforts in vain.

Mary Scott had already prepared for the worst when she saw Charlotte being interviewed, but she hadn’t expected her to blatantly reveal such a bombshell. Her delicate face went pale, drained of all color.

Beside her, Mia Anderson grit her teeth in righteous fury. "That bitch!"

Yet no matter how furious Mia was, there was nothing she could do to change the reality. When she turned to look at the expressionless Mary Scott, she realized this time, it might truly be over.

The phone in the hotel room kept vibrating, but neither Mary nor Mia reacted to it. Perhaps this is what it feels like when there’s no turning back.

"Hello? Say something! Moll Scott...!"

Who knows how long it had been before Mia realized her own phone was in an active call. She quickly picked it up and saw that it was Director Locke on the other end. His voice was agitated as he yelled for Mary. Mia hurriedly responded, "Sorry, Director Locke, it’s me. Mary... she..."

Mia trailed off as she glanced at Mary Scott. She saw Mary sitting motionless on the carpet, looking as if her soul had been sucked away. Mia suddenly didn’t know how to explain her condition and carefully tried to coax her, "Mary, it’s Director Locke’s call."

But Mary didn’t respond at all.

Mia started to panic. "Mary, don’t scare me. We can still think of a way..." freeweɓnovel-cøm

But even Mia didn’t believe her own words. Charlotte’s interview had been a live broadcast and pushed to the entire internet. That meant the moment Charlotte’s words were spoken, tens of thousands of people had already seen it. Forget deleting the video; even removing it from the trending list wouldn’t help at this point. No matter what other scandals broke out, it wouldn’t divert public attention.

"How is she?" David Locke’s voice tightened on the other end of the line. His heart ached fiercely. He had been orchestrating efforts to suppress the online discussions about Mary’s situation, but had never expected Charlotte to pull such a move.

Nor had he expected Charlotte to be this audacious and capable!

His grip on the phone tightened, his face dark and stormy, though he restrained himself to keep his voice calm enough to not scare the person on the other end, especially if Mary overheard and ended up feeling worse.

But Mia couldn’t care less about him at the moment. Her mind was completely consumed with Mary. "Mary, talk to me, don’t scare me!"

David’s heart sank as he quickened his steps, ignoring the pain in his injured leg. Just as Mia was about to shake Mary awake, pulling her out of her spiraling emotions, a deep voice boomed from the other end of the phone, "Open the door."

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