Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 604

Megan had always known that Diana was not someone to cross.

In the past, though, Diana's methods had been direct and measured. She always left room to retreat.

This was the first time Megan felt real fear. She sensed it with painful clarity. Diana did not want to warn her anymore. She wanted to crush her for good.

At those words, Theodore looked at Diana with fresh doubt.

From the moment the day began, she had seemed like a different person. Before, she had been calm and decisive, yet dutiful and restrained. Today, only the decisiveness remained. Before Theodore could question her, Diana inclined her head slightly toward the police.

A faint smile touched her lips as she spoke clearly, her voice carrying across the room. "Yes, it was me. But how is that pulling strings behind the scenes? You are the one poisoning people in secret.

“One of the Hutton family rules is never to abuse power or bully others. | am simply respecting the police and the law."

Her words answered Megan directly. At the same time, they declared the Huttons’ stance in one clean stroke. They also pinned Megan to a pillar of public shame.

shock rippled through the

brimmed with flattery hardened into something else:

blank. The sensation dragged her back to the days after her parents died. Back then,

third daughter, these people would look at her exactly

would never go

Theodore had been

and clutched his arm, shaking her head frantically. "I didn't do it. Dad, how could

showed no intention of sparing anyone. She cut in coldly, "Whether it was you or

your sister. The family raised you to this position, not so you

is she to me?" Diana's voice rose sharply as father and daughter confronted each other in public. "I only know my mother gave birth to four children. Me, James, Ray, and Vee, who was lost as

guests. This time, no one bothered to

thought Megan's arrogance didn't match the

eldest miss says it, how could it

crossed the line too many times, and the