Chapter 107 Vincent and Isadora Are Ridiculed Online
The Next Day.
Cecilia arrived at the Lockhart Group.
Rose had already made her a cup of coffee and placed it in front of her.
Cecilia nodded slightly. "Thanks."
"Mrs. Whitaker, let me brief you on your schedule for today," Rose said respectfully.
Cecilia sipped her coffee while looking at the meticulous Rose.
"At 10 AM, you have a meeting with the HR Director to discuss internal personnel changes in the sales department, expected to last until 12 PM. From 12 PM to 12:30 PM is your lunch break, which has been pre-arranged with the cafeteria. From 12:30 PM to 2 PM is your rest time. From 2 PM to 4 PM, the key tasks you assigned yesterday have all been compiled and need your review. After that, there are two more hours of work time. Do you want to schedule a briefing on the personnel changes discussed with the HR Director in the morning?" Rose asked.
"Not for now; let's wait for the results today," Cecilia said.
She couldn't help but admire Rose a bit. Yesterday, she had only asked Rose to schedule a meeting with the HR Director, without giving any other instructions, yet Rose had done all the necessary preparations and arranged everything for today. No wonder her father valued Rose so much.
Rose replied, "Understood."
"You may go."
"Mrs. Whitaker." Rose didn't leave.
Cecilia asked, "Anything else?"
Rose replied, "I just received internal news that Mr. Lockhart and his daughter Isadora have called a press conference, which will be live-streamed at 9 AM," Rose said. "If you're interested, I can tune in to the live channel for you."
Cecilia just looked at Rose.
Rose felt a bit awkward under Cecilia's gaze. "What are you going to say?"
"Is it necessary for a personal secretary to have a good understanding of people around in addition to being competent in their work?"
"Only I do," Rose said without modesty.
Cecilia asked, "So, should I work harder to be worthy of having you as my secretary?"
"You're too kind, Mrs. Whitaker," Rose replied with neither humility nor arrogance.
Cecilia smiled. "You may go. If I'm interested, I'll watch it myself."
Rose replied, "Then I won't disturb your work."
After saying that, she left.
Cecilia focused on her work.
She thought for a moment and then opened the live-streaming platform, finding Vincent's live room.
At that moment, many media reporters were in the room, and it seemed the event hadn't started yet.
Cecilia placed her phone aside and continued working.
At 9 AM, the live press conference officially began.
Cecilia glanced at the screen, continued typing on her keyboard, and listened to Vincent's voice.
Cecilia had already guessed what Vincent was going to do.
Yesterday, he had met with the Kingsley family, and the discussion likely didn't go well. Knowing Vincent's temper, he wouldn't just let it go.
In the live video, Vincent's voice rang out, "The reason I called this press conference today, invited so many reporters, and even live-streamed it, is to explain the incident involving Isadora and Dominic a few days ago. At Cecilia's wedding, things were too rushed, causing misunderstandings. Today, I want to clarify everything publicly."
As he finished speaking, the video was flooded with comments.
The public showed great interest in this matter.
"Isadora has always been a well-raised daughter of the Lockhart family. She has been well-mannered and sensible since childhood, never doing anything harmful. She has never been in a relationship before. But she was deceived by Dominic. We thought Dominic was a gentleman. Since he had no feelings for Cecilia, we expected him to take responsibility for Isadora. We never imagined that Dominic would despise Isadora's background and even insult her with a $5 million check, telling her never to appear before him again."
As he spoke, Vincent took out the $5 million check from the Kingsley family, stamped with their group's seal.
Vincent's words caused a surge in comments in the live stream, and the scene was in an uproar.
Reporters began to ask questions.
"Mr. Lockhart, are you saying that the video of your daughter Isadora and Dominic at Cecilia's wedding was because Isadora was deceived by Dominic?"
"Do you mean that your daughter was genuinely in love with Dominic, while Dominic was just toying with Isadora?"
"Doesn't that make Dominic a typical cheater?!"
The scene was extremely heated.
Vincent answered each question, even portraying himself and Isadora as victims.
Cecilia glanced at the screen a few times. She didn't think Vincent would succeed.
Even if everyone now sided with Vincent and Isadora, and Dominic was being vilified online.
About 10 minutes later, something unexpected happened.
Dominic appeared at the live press conference.
Cecilia stopped typing, looking at the screen.
She watched as Dominic's sudden appearance shocked everyone.
He appeared calm and said, "I just received news that Vincent and his daughter are accusing me of wrongdoing. Initially, I thought of letting this matter go. After all, regardless of the process, Isadora did end up with me, and she suffered. But I can't tolerate Uncle Lockhart repeatedly forcing me to marry Isadora and threatening to defame me if I don't. I didn't give in to his threats, which led to today's situation!"
"What I said is the truth. How am I defaming you?" Vincent retorted.
"Vincent, I really don't want to make things too difficult for you. Since you insist on going this far, I have no choice but to fight back," Dominic said, his face darkening.
He made a sudden gesture.
Several staff members appeared on the scene.
The staff opened a laptop, and an extremely shocking video appeared on the screen.
The video showed Isadora with several men in compromising scenes.
Vincent's eyes widened when he saw it.
He couldn't believe that the person on the screen was his daughter Isadora.
Previously, when the video of Isadora and Dominic was exposed, he felt ashamed but could accept it. But now, seeing Isadora with so many men...
He turned sharply and glared at Isadora.
The previously obedient and pitiful Isadora was shocked, her face turning pale.
She was mortified by the exposure of the compromising video.
She tried to explain, "No, Dad, it's not what it looks like..."
Vincent slapped Isadora in front of everyone, his anger palpable.
He hit her so hard that she fell to the ground.
"No, Dad, it's not what you think. It's Dominic. He set me up. He framed me," Isadora said, clutching her face in extreme pain.
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