Chapter 519
Jessica reacted quickly, rushing toward Halsey.
“Enough! Turn it off! Don’t play it anymore!”
She slapped Halsey’s phone from the latter’s hand, sending it crashing to the floor.
Lilian moved to pick up the phone, but someone was quicker. Stanley reached down and grabbed it first.
Seeing that, Jessica screamed, “Stanley, don’t look at it! Don’t look at the phone!”
The Crones were in a panic. Lilian urgently said, “Mr. Hawk please throw that phone away! Everything in it is a lie. You can’t believe it!”
Edith added, “Have you forgotten today’s main goal? We’re here to treat Jessica’s heart! Let’s start the surgery!” The Crones were growing more restless.
Stanley’s cold, piercing eyes swept over them, silencing their movements. He parted his thin lips and ordered, Get them all under control. I don’t want to see them moving around anymore!”
Zayn nodded. “Right away, Mr. Hawk.”
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With a wave of his hand, a group of black–suited bodyguards stepped forward and immediately restrained Jessica, Edith, and the others.
Stanley, still holding the phone, opened the surveillance footage again.
Jessica’s once–flushed face had drained of all color. Her eyes were filled with panic and desperation, but as the bodyguards held her down, she could only cry, “Stanley, no! Don’t look!”
The video played, and Stanley zoomed in. He watched as Jessica, in Wendy’s apartment, took the crystal pendant.
It was his crystal pendant. There was no mistaking it.
Stanley stood frozen in shock. He had never imagined that Jessica had stolen it.
But why would she steal it? It was the pendant he had given to her.
Cecelia said, “Mr. Hawk, do you see now? Jessica stole the crystal pendant!”
Stanley raised his eyes to Jessica. “Why did you steal it?”
He didn’t understand. He really didn’t understand.
His mind was in turmoil.
For years, he had believed that the girl from that time was Jessica, but now, as the truth slowly came to light, everything he had held onto for so long seemed to be crumbling.
Halsey glanced at Stanley. “Can’t you see? Jessica never had the crystal pendant because she’s not the girl who saved you all those years ago. The girl from that time is someone else!”
Stanley looked at Halsey, his voice sharp with disbelief. “Who is she? Who’s the girl who saved me?”
Halsey smiled faintly. “Why ask me? You’re smart; I’m sure you’ve figured it out already.”
It didn’t take much guessing because the surveillance video was the best proof. Jessica had stolen the crystal pendant from Wendy.
26 BONUS
Chapter 519
It had always been with Wendy!
Stanley’s narrow eyes turned red as disbelief washed over him. He turned to Wendy, his gaze full of shock.
Wendy, dressed in a white lab coat, stood there calmly and collected, her composure strikingly different from his shock. She was cool and distant.
Stanley’s eyes fixed on her delicate face, and with long strides, he made his way toward her. Stopping right in front of Wendy, his voice was hoarse as he asked, “Is it you?”
Wendy remained silent.
Stanley struggled to regain his voice. Finally, he asked, “Wendy, is it you? Has the crystal pendant been with you all along? Were you the one who saved the all those years ago?”
Finnley stepped forward, confirming, “Yes, Wendy’s the girl who saved you back then!”
