Chapter 122

“I tried pursuing my true love, only to be badly scarred.” Alyssa tasted bitterness on her lips. She

wore a crushed expression. “I met the right person at the wrong time. I’d never love again.”

Jonah furrowed his brows, concerned for his sister, who had given up on hope at her tender age. He tried a different approach and chuckled good–naturedly.

“Lyse, chin up! You must have fallen hard for Jasper because you saw something in him. You didn’t waste your youth on him. What can we say other than the two of you aren’t destined for

each other.”

“I thought I had good taste in men. I thought my lover was the perfect man. Looking back, I must have been blind…”

Alyssa’s phone vibrated. It was a call from Sean.

“Sean, what’s wrong?” She picked up the call.

“Ms. Alyssa! I finally got hold of you. The signal on your side is so crappy!” Sean gulped in excitement and went on, “Check Twitter’s livestream feed now! Betty Beckett is live–streaming a press conference. She’s offering a public apology to our hotel employee.”

“What?” Her eyes widened, and she shot up with a shocked expression. The gloom and doom from before was gone.

“It was a sudden press conference. We think the Beckett Group plans to get it over with to minimize the fallout. There are five million viewers on the live stream, and the number keeps climbing!

have either gone all out on that public apology or kept its silence to spare the humiliation. Look at that cheap setup and the embarrassing scale! It’s very

in attitude. Betty wouldn’t have caved in, given how combative she had behaved yesterday. Something must have happened between then and now, which forced Betty into the

figured Javier wouldn’t have hung his beloved daughter out to dry, especially with Sophia around. Who would have forced an

to shake off the thought. However, no one else in the Beckett Group had the power to force Betty into submission other than

would he do

deep breath, she quickly hung up and watched the live stream. The flurry of

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Betty stood on stage facing the reporters in a black dress.

flashed across

their mind, thinking they can

put on makeup? She must be st* pid

some thought into it if you want

dumb but pretty chick

I can’t agree with the ‘pretty‘ part,

a devious grin crept onto her

my belonging went missing, I impulsively went off on an innocent hotel

epileptic seizure in said employee and nearly resulted in a

again, I express deep remorse for my actions and sincerely apologize to the

on a pitiful face and

an ordinary individual just like you. I have my

under check. I now suffer

abuse. I’m on the

that I was in the wrong, but it is my wish that

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