Roose turned pale all of a sudden.
"No...it's not like that.I just wanted to..." she explained, lips trembling.
"What did you want?"
Master Proctor narrowed his eyes, "Perhaps you dare not offend Jameson Proctor, so you want me to
take full responsibility for this?"
Rita Roose was almost breathless out of fear.
Her entire body quivered so badly that she didn't know what to say.
At this very moment, Jeffery Proctor spoke from behind her in a very clear yet low voice: "Don't be
afraid.Please stand up first"
Rita Roose got stunned with eyes wide open.She turned around but didn't dare to move an inch further.
Jeffery Proctor smiled as he leaned over and gave her a hand.
Looking at his palm, Rita Roose hesitated for a while.
Finally, she grabbed onto his hand and rose from the ground.
In the meantime, Master Proctor sounded dissatisfied: "Jeffery, you don't have to show mercy towards
everyone"
Jeffery Proctor said: "There must be some misunderstanding about it.Didn't we find that the one who
got a reporter into our family was actually a man?"
"That might be her accomplice!"
Jeffery Proctor looked at Rita Roose: "It's still not too late to tell the truth.Rest assured, if you didn't do
it, we will definitely NOT blame you"
Rita Roose stood beside him and kept biting her lower lip.She finally said: "I didn't do it.I don't know
what's going on..Leaning on his walking stick, Master Proctor called her names”
"We've got all the evidence now and you are still lying!"
Rita Roose was so frightened that she hid behind Jeffery Proctor, saying abruptly: "It really has nothing
to do with me! But I...I do know the man who sent the reporter.He has always been..."
"Been what?"
"He has always been helping Sharon Allyson.."
After making up her mind to fake innocence at all costs, Rita Roose calmed down a bit.
"Moreover, it was exactly he who took Sharon away from the Proctor family.I really don't have the
slightest idea as to why I became his accomplice.Perhaps I somehow offended Sharon in the designer
competition, so she framed me in retaliation"
At her words, Master Proctor squinted his eyes and remained silent for a long time.
There was indeed a man in the car on the day when Sharon Allyson left the Proctor family.
As per his investigation afterwards, that man was definitely not related in any way to Jameson Proctor.
If that was the case, then Sharon Allyson was the one who plotted the whole thing! It was almost
unbelievable that she should be so foxy as to have fooled everyone including him!
After pondering for a while, Master Proctor said, "How do you explain the recorder then?"
Compared to before, his tone had been much softer.
Rita Roose gritted her teeth and decided she might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb: "It
was...Miss Beale who ordered me to do so"
Master Proctor frowned: "Miss Beale? Which Miss Beale?"
"Natalia Beale, the daughter of Mr.Beale."
"Ahh, I see.But how did you know her?"
Rita Roose clenched her fist as she kept lying: "Like Sharon Allyson, I used to work as a designer for
Lumiere Jewelry.Back then, Miss Beale was not yet engaged to Mr.Proctor, but she already knew that
Sharon was Mr.Proctor's ex-wife, so she deliberately approached Sharon, and she often made use of
me in dealing with her"
Master Proctor said, "So, it was Natalia Beale who bribed the judges in the designer competition?"
"No, the bribery was engineered single-handedly by Sofia Berry"
"Sofia Berry? How come there was still another one involved?"
Rita Roose took a deep breath before saying, "Sofia Berry was holding a grudge against Sharon after
being rejected by Mr.Proctor, so she bribed the judges and let me do it for her.After all was done,
however, she kicked me down the ladder.That's why I took the recorder to Miss Beale, who instructed
me to come to you, as I was convinced by her that Chairman Proctor is currently the only one who dare
offend Mr.Proctor"
As Sofia Berry and Natalia Beale both kicked her aside, she simply had no choice but to go for broke
now! After hearing this, Master Proctor snorted: "They really did a number on one another!"
Jeffery Proctor chimed in slowly: "If they weren't engaged, it wouldn't have ended up in this
mess.Natalia had done nothing wrong in this case."
"You are still speaking up for her even at a time like this? Are you aware what situation the Proctor
family is currently in because of her?"
Jeffery Proctor said, "As long as you stop in time, Jameson will not go too far I suppose" Master
Proctor snickered: "Stop in time? Don't you forget how Sharon Allyson got an abortion! Are you really
thinking that Jameson Proctor will let your mother off the hook?"
At this, Jeffery Proctor didn't speak anymore.
Master Proctor got up to walk upstairs with his walking stick.
Before he left, he looked at his men: "Take care of it."
Rita Roose took two steps backwards, fear reappearing on her face.
Jeffery Proctor raised his hand as a gesture to stop Master Proctor's men.
Then he looked at Rita Roose and said, "I'll see you out."
Rita Roose felt hesitant at first, but when she saw that the men who was going to step forward had
retreated, she finally sighed a breath of relief.
Jeffery Proctor was wheeling himself out of the house when Rita Roose suddenly rushed over to catch
him up.
Walking to the garden, Rita Roose couldn't help but say, "Thank you"
Jeffery Proctor's voice was gentle: "No worries."
"You are Mr.Proctor's......"
"I'm his elder brother" At that, Rita Roose was a little surprised: "Does Mr.Proctor really have a
brother?"
As soon as she finished the sentence, the wheelchair stopped.
Rita Roose turned her head before she realized that she'd said something improper.
She hastened to apologize, "Sorry, but it's just that I've never heard of that before…”
Jeffery Proctor looked at the rising sun in the distance with his fair and clear face being expressionless.
Rita Roose stood next to him but did not dare to make a sound.
After a while, Jeffery Proctor said: "You just said that the person who took Sharon away has been
working for her?"
Rita Roose froze for a second before pinching the corner of her coat and nodding.
"Do You really know that person?"
"Just...a little.We are not acquainted enough in fact."
"Hmmm.." said Jeffery Proctor, looking back at her.
"You know that Sharon had her miscarriage in the car accident, right? The culprit was exactly the man
who was driving the car then" Rita Roose stammered, "I don't really know"
"It's okay if you don't know" Jeffery Proctor added, "But, may I know the man's name and where he
lives?"
Rita Roose's lips parted but no sound came out.
She felt that if she told him about Bridger Fowler, this seemingly gentle man in front would definitely not
go easy with her.
Jeffery Proctor smiled: "Do you mind telling me?"
The sun had risen, but Rita Roose somehow got a chill down her spine.
She hurriedly let it all out about Bridger Fowler.
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