Chapter 115 No Way Back

Now that Reba had lost face at the conference, she must’ve been feeling terrible.

Adding her name to the paper would help restore her reputation.

Once they finished using Scarlett, the kidney transnt surgery would begin.

After that, how long Scarlett lived would depend entirely on Eugene.

Once Reba mastered that pig gene research-

Scarlett wouldn’t need to stay alive.

Her precious Reba would be healthy, famous, and adored around the world.

But…

After all, she had raised Scarlett for years. She didn’t have izero /ifeelings for her.

“If you just listen and behave, I can guarantee you a life offort and security. How about that?”

Scarlett pushed down the wave of unease in her chest.

Her heart was already armored like steel.

The more Martha spoke, the calmer she became.

“I appreciate the gesture. But maybe say less. After all, karma exists. And if something slips out of that mouth of yours…”

There was a glint of mockery in her eyes.

“…that wouldn’t be good.”

Martha was genuinely furious.

But a thought struck her–what if Scarlett was doing this on purpose to get her riled up?

She couldn’t lose her temper.

Stay calm!

She took a few deep breaths.

Her tone smoothed out.

“Heh. You’re just jealous of Reba/And honestly, I don’t me you. My Reba has always been exceptional. You think you actually/won this time? Let me tell you–Reba only messed up her experiment because she stayed up all night helping Jude Group write that propel. That’s why she didn’t finish in time.”

Scarlett frowned.

Reba, staying up to write a proposal?

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Something didn’t sound right.

Martha looked at her with nothing but disdain.

“Unlike you. You only made any progress thanks to the Joyner family’s resources. If we’re being honest, bthe /bmajority of your paper’s sess belongs to the Joyner family. So adding Reba’s name is only fair

Whatever lingering sentiment Scarlett had toward Martha-

It vanishedpletely.

“Fair? Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about that word? What gives you the right to think someone rejected by every expert in the room deserves to be credited on my paper?”

“Scarlett!”

“Reba is outstanding! She’s Lane Group’s personal strategist now. How dare you nder her like this–I ought to teach you a lesson!”

Martha lunged forward and raised her hand to p her.

But the next second-

She felt a wrenching pain shoot through her wrist.

“Let go! That hurts!”

She cried out,pletely forgetting about appearances.

Then–she was actually released.

But from the sudden force, she stumbled back several steps and had to grab the wall to keep from falling.

“What are you doing here?”

Scarlett had been on her way to meet up with the others. She nced behind Jack. “Where’s Mr. Fletcher?”

Jack sighed. “All you care about is him? Do I not matter at all?b” /b

Scarlett: … You two are like conjoined twins. Seeing you without him is rare, okay?”

Three ck lines practically appeared on Jack’s forehead.

“Conjoined twins? Really? Where do you evene up with this stuff?”

Scarlett chuckled and teased, “It’s what I do.”

The two of them didn’t spare Martha another nce.

Didn’t care whether she’d fallen or not.

Martha wasn’t all–powerful in this city, but she was still a woman who got whatever she wanted.

When had she ever been treated like this?

The humiliation rushed to her head.

b16:00 /bFri, 8 Aug

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She didn’t care about Jack’s special status anymore.

“Scarlett, you are truly ungrateful. All these years—I raised a snake! And now you’re bconspiring /bwith others to hurt me? I’ll make you pay for this!”

Scarlett’s mood soured again.

“Don’t just say it. I’ll be waiting for you to deliver.”

Martha’s face twisted in rage. She stormed forward, but was blocked by a bodyguard who had bappeared /bbont /bof nowhere.

She tried to fight back but was immediately dragged away.

To preserve her dignity, she didn’t dare scream.

She could only let herself be pulled off, her fury burning uncontrobly.

Scarlett dared to humiliate her like this.

She would never let it go.

She’d once nned to give Scarlett a chance to live after the transnt.

But now…

iHa/ii! /i

Forget it.

Gritting her teeth, she returned to the Joyner family’s area.

No one else was there–only Franklin and Oliver were busyworking with high society.

When they saw here back, both men wrapped up their conversations and walked over to her.

“You saw Scarlett?b” /b

Franklin’s expression held clear contempt.

“I bet she’s thrilled. All it took was one measly paper to trade for the title of Joyner family heiress. There’s no better deal under the sun.”

Oliver sneered.

“Exactly. If Reba weren’t iso /idedicated to her academic work, we wouldn’t have had to resort to this a