Chapter 449 Victoria Won't Let It Go
Anouk quickly composed herself and adopted a calm and dignified demeanor. "Ladies and gentlemen, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation."
This was directed at Victoria, and the meaning was clear: they should go back and wait for the outcome. But Victoria wasn't planning to let it go just like that.
"As far as I know, Mrs. Windsor and Miss Montgomery are aunt and niece, right?" She then looked back at Anouk with a smile, but there was no warmth in her eyes. "So, Mrs. Windsor, do you think the evidence I just presented is not enough?"
Even a fool could understand the implication of Victoria's words.
She was mocking Anouk for trying to cover up for her niece.
The evidence was right in front of them, yet Anouk said the matter needed further investigation. It was obvious she wanted to use her status and power to exonerate her family.
Victoria exposed Anouk's identity, revealing she had known all along, but she showed no fear from beginning to end.
She was just being straightforward.
Anouk didn't expect to be seen through so directly and embarrassed in public.
Victoria spoke up, "Mrs. Windsor, have you ever heard this saying?"
Anouk's heart skipped a beat at her words, feeling that Victoria had nothing good to say.
Although she had only met Victoria today, in less than an hour, Victoria had given her a strong sense of crisis and oppression.
"They say that no matter how high one's status is, if they break the law, they should be punished just like a commoner. Moreover, Miss Montgomery is just an ordinary person," Victoria continued.
For a moment, no one dared to respond.
After the video was released, Octavia was already ashen-faced.
Mabel, who had always been proud of her daughter and often boasted about her in high society, was now devastated as her image shattered.
The incident at the charity event quickly spread online.
Many people had secretly recorded videos and posted them online.
Originally, Octavia was the second most prominent socialite in the Kingdom of Serenia, with the first being her cousin, Waverly, the only daughter highly regarded by the President.
With the release of the video, Octavia's socialite image was completely tarnished by netizens.
Moreover, when it was revealed that the person she tried to bully was Ignatius, she faced a wave of attacks from Ignatius's fans, with the internet filled with insults and condemnation.
People demanded that she be expelled from the modeling industry, as Octavia was a well-known model.
Additionally, being the daughter of the Montgomery Family, she had many brand endorsements.
The release of these disgraceful videos and photos almost ruined her career.
Her agency immediately launched a crisis management response.
"Winter, go ahead!" Seeing no one responding, Victoria, with a relaxed and slightly lazy demeanor, said calmly.
The three men who had been beaten on the ground shivered at the sound of her voice, thinking they were about to be beaten again.
Octavia's arm was grabbed, and she screamed, "What are you doing?"
Winter bent down slightly, grabbed her chin, and lifted her lowered head.
Octavia looked terrified, her eyes filled with fear. "You..."
Before she could finish her sentence, there was a scream and the sound of a slap.
Winter held her chin with one hand and left a series of slap marks on her face with the other.
"It hurts! Mom, Aunt, save me," Winter cried out.
Her cries for help, accompanied by the sound of slaps, made her seem pitiful.
No one present felt sorry for her.
Even those who did were powerless to help.
This scene was also recorded in a short video and sent to Zephyr.
But the focus of the video was not Octavia being beaten, but Victoria sitting in a wheelchair.
And it came with a message: [Zephyr, look at this girl, doesn't she remind you of Esme back then?]
Winter didn't know how many times she had slapped until Victoria told her to stop.
Octavia's face was swollen, and she was in so much pain that she was numb.
She sat on the ground, her hands half-covering her cheeks, afraid to touch them, with tears in her eyes.
At that moment, Tony brought Ignatius down.
The swelling on Ignatius's face had subsided a bit, but the slap marks were still visible.
He looked at the four people on the ground and instinctively wanted to retreat.
Victoria reached out and pulled his wrist, bringing him closer to her. "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
He wasn't incapable of resisting; it was just that today's events had triggered a deep-seated trauma, causing him to shut down and be unable to fight back.
The harm his adoptive parents had inflicted on him seemed etched into his very being, making it difficult to erase.
Over the years, she had painstakingly helped him recover and encouraged him to pursue his passions.
But who knew that today, these four bastards would take advantage of the situation.
"All four of you, you can still speak, right?" Her cold gaze swept over them. "You don't need me to teach you how to apologize, do you?"
The three men immediately got up, as if their injuries no longer hurt.
They quickly apologized to Ignatius, "We're sorry, we were foolish and shouldn't have hit you."
Ignatius was slightly stunned by their sudden change in attitude.
The difference in their demeanor was too stark.
The three men weren't stupid; if Victoria wasn't afraid of Anouk, how could they dare to provoke her?
If they had known that Ignatius had such a formidable protector like Victoria, they wouldn't have dared to hit him in the first place.
"It was all Octavia's idea. She saw Ignatius playing the piano and took a liking to him."
"Yes, it was all her." The son of the Wipere Family pointed at Octavia. "She has a habit of seducing young men and using her Montgomery Family status to force many people to comply with her wishes."
Victoria listened to their words with a mocking smile.
"Really? What else has she done?" she asked casually.
One of the three men, Finnian Whitaker, said, "She not only plays with young men but also has an affair with the CEO of her company, acting as his mistress."
"Stop spouting nonsense!" Octavia shouted at him, glaring at him with all her might.
Finnian snapped, "I have evidence."
Everyone present was stunned.
Mabel's face had lost all color. Her once-proud daughter not only played with men but also became someone's mistress.
Victoria hadn't expected this revelation either. Eugene's investigation hadn't uncovered this, indicating it was well-hidden.
Anouk and Waverly's faces were dark.
Those familiar with the CEO of Octavia's company found it hard to digest this information.
The CEO of her modeling agency was a man in his fifties, old enough to be her father!
Moreover, this CEO was a friend of her father.
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