CHAPTER 138: CHAPTER 138: A MAN’S HEART

The faces of everyone present were filled with disbelief. After a brief moment of shock, the reporters quickly recovered.

The camera was pointed at Mia Chapelle, zooming in for a close-up.

Ruby Ford trembled as she pointed at Mia, but couldn’t utter a word, as if her soul had left her body.

Daniel Alden closed his eyes in despair, his body unconsciously going limp, fortunately supported by the police behind him.

The moment the mask was pulled off, Mia’s first reaction was to cover her face.

However, her hand stopped halfway.

Her gaze swept over Zion Pence, whose face was filled with shock, rage, and undisguised disgust.

As if he was looking at a monster.

She then looked at the reporters, whose eyes only held the frenzy and excitement of recording a scandal.

Finally, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Holly Crowe being protected in Blake Sinclair’s embrace.

Covering her face?

What was the point?

So, under everyone’s gaze, she lowered her hand and slowly raised her chin instead.

The fluorescent lights of the hospital room illuminated every inch of her features clearly.

With the mask on, it wasn’t noticeable, but now with the full view of her face, her nose and eyes seemed almost sculpted in Holly Crowe’s likeness.

The only jarring part was a red scar on the right side of her chin, seemingly a side effect of a failed surgery, the sole flaw.

Mia’s cosmetic surgery records were made available last minute, and they did not record the model used for her surgeries.

Only a few knew that Mia had undergone plastic surgery, but they didn’t realize she transformed herself to look like Holly Crowe.

Holly, staring at a face somewhat similar to her own, finally understood where that inexplicable familiarity came from every time she met Mia.

Somehow, she had become the butterfly that flapped its wings to start the storm.

A feeling beyond words filled her heart.

Absurd yet sorrowful.

Just then, everything went dark, enveloped by the familiar scent of cedar.

"Don’t look, it’s filthy," a deep voice echoed in her ear.

Blake Sinclair covered Holly’s eyes with one hand, pulling her into his embrace.

As he glanced at Mia’s distorted face, all that remained was disgust, as even a single extra look felt like defilement.

Zion Pence stared at Mia’s strange yet familiar face, his hand gripping his chin loosened reflexively, and he staggered back two steps.

"Why are you panicking? Isn’t this the face you loved the most?"

Mia sneered menacingly, grabbing Zion’s hand and forcing it onto her face, laughing maniacally, "What’s wrong? You don’t like it now? Weren’t the nights in my arms so pleasurable?"

"Shut up, you lunatic!" Zion yanked his hand away, his face drained of color.

"Is it because of this red scar?" Mia touched the scar on her chin, her gaze obsessive.

"No matter, the doctor said after two more repairs it will be fine! We can still have more children, after all, that child was..."

She swallowed the last few words, but the tone of disdain and disregard for life angered everyone present.

She supported herself on the ground, struggling to get up, and approached Zion step by step.

"Slap"

Zion backhanded her, "You’re crazy!"

Mia’s face turned to the side from the slap, her eyes meeting Holly’s as she was held in Blake’s embrace.

Less than a meter apart, yet in Holly’s calm eyes, Mia saw her own disgrace and wretchedness.

Through Blake’s fingers, Holly locked eyes with Mia’s resentful and frenzied gaze.

She felt a vague unease in her heart.

She watched as Mia suddenly let out a cold laugh, a flash of malice and shattered madness in her eyes.

A flash of light before her eyes, and suddenly Mia pulled a fruit knife from her gown pocket, aiming it at Holly with all her might.

"Die!"

"Mia, no!"

"Stop!"

Blake was the first to react, without hesitation, almost instinctively pulling Holly into his arms, turning to take the knife with his back.

Ulysses Grant, witnessing her wave the knife, quickly stepped forward to disarm her, but he was the furthest away from Mia.

However, a dark figure was even faster.

Daniel Alden suddenly broke free from the police and rushed over to tightly embrace Mia’s waist.

The hospital room descended into chaos.

Zion Pence pulled Ruby Ford into the corner, while the reporters moved forward with their cameras, eyes filled with excitement.

Ulysses took the opportunity to seize the fruit knife from her hand, twisting her wrist behind her and cuffing her.

A struggling beast.

Mia, restrained by the police, still screamed at Holly, "Holly, I will kill you!"

"Mia, Mia don’t..."

Daniel was pinned against the wall by another officer, but still struggled.

Tears streamed from the corners of his eyes, his voice full of supplication.

His appearance, anyone could see their relationship was far from ordinary.

Zion Pence felt a sudden jolt as if hit on the head, countless images flashed through his mind.

Thinking of the night’s events, of Mia and Daniel being together, their interactions at the company, and her abruptly halted words earlier.

An absurd suspicion burst into his mind.

He stepped forward, demanding furiously, "Tell me, whose child was it?"

Mia glared at him with red eyes, a mocking smile on her lips, refusing to say a word.

Zion Pence, seeing her expression, had his suspicions confirmed, shaking with rage.

He never thought he’d be cuckolded one day.

And in front of thousands watching a live stream.

He wanted nothing more than to strangle the woman who had deceived him right then and there.

"President Pence, I’m sorry!" Daniel fell to his knees with a thud, "It’s my fault, I beg you not to make things difficult for Mia..."

The hospital room became utter pandemonium.

Ruby Ford’s screams and curses.

Mia’s hysterical, cold laughter.

Daniel’s remorseful pleading.

Zion Pence’s furious roars.

Meanwhile, the reporters excitedly filmed the chaotic scene, until the police forcibly intervened.

The cacophony of sounds was deafening.

Online viewers, witnessing everything, quickly flooded the live chat:

[What is this, a drama play? Such absurd twists, you need to be intelligent to follow along.]

[Amazing! I feel like a wild animal in an orchard.]

[So it’s Mia who had surgery to look like Holly, was pregnant with Daniel’s child, miscarried, and then orchestrated a car accident to frame Holly, hoping to ruin her via live stream, but ended up caught in her own trap.]

[Oh my god, someone uses their own child as a bargaining chip? This woman is insane.]

[Without entering the tiger’s lair, how to capture the cub? Though risky, the odds were high! (Zhen Huan’s expression pack jpg)]

[Let me just say, President Sinclair shielding the knife was so cool! He was there protecting Holly all along, the kind of ’I am your backing’ situation! Got it! Got it!]

[It’s all so chaotic, I suggest to stir it thoroughly and just serve it up!]

The internet buzzed, and the marketing accounts that initially broke the news about Holly drunk driving were busy deleting posts, but the Sinclair Group’s legal team had already taken screenshots as evidence.

Ulysses Grant rubbed his temples, left a few officers to manage the scene, and escorted Blake Sinclair and Holly out of the hospital room.