Chapter 187 Let's Go
"If we can't come to an agreement, then you should leave." George's voice was firm, his eyes resolute. "I don't need your permission!"
"George! How dare you defy me! As long as I'm your mother, I won't accept Isabella! You must marry Anna!"
"If we can't come to an agreement, then you should leave." George's voice was firm, his eyes resolute. "I don't need your permission!"
"George, you disappoint me so much. How dare you treat me like this? It's all for your own good. What did I do wrong? You have no idea how much good it would do you to be with Anna. Isabella is just a mistress. How dare she think she can marry you?"
Scarlett's angry accusations made George increasingly impatient, and this impatience gradually turned into discontent towards Anna.
His intuition told him that Isabella's danger this time was closely related to Anna.
Moreover, he had seen Anna in that abandoned building. He had heard her ordering those thugs to harm Isabella. These were things he had witnessed with his own eyes; could they be false?
Although he still didn't want to believe that the pure and kind Emily from his memories had turned into what she was now!
Her change was so drastic that George could no longer find any trace of Emily in her.
He had also doubted whether Anna was Emily, but Anna remembered their childhood experiences clearly.
George had tested Anna with a few questions, and she had answered them all correctly, proving he hadn't mistaken her identity. So the only answer was that Emily had indeed changed.
Once, the face he kept in his memory had changed from Emily to Emma.
But he realized too late. By the time he truly understood that his heart belonged to Emma; she had already left him, buried beneath a tombstone.
Then he met Isabella. Every time he saw Isabella, he had the illusion that Emma had returned to his side.
This time, he wouldn't let go. He wouldn't allow Isabella to leave him again.
Even though Scarlett kept trying to set him up with Anna, he would never get back together with her.
He remembered his promise. If Anna ever faced danger, he would help her. But he refused to offer her either his love or the promise of marriage.
George's attitude pierced Scarlett's heart. She bit her lower lip hard, trying to stay calm. "George, I'm really disappointed in you!"
"Then don't come to see me anymore," George's voice was cold and merciless.
Scarlett, driven away by George, angrily pushed open the door of the hospital room. The solid wooden door slammed against the door frame, startling everyone on the floor.
But she didn't care at all. She stomped away in her thin high heels, full of anger.
However, the moment Scarlett left the room, her strong facade crumbled. Tears finally streamed down her cheeks. George wouldn't listen to her anymore.
She wouldn't allow it. George must marry Anna!
In the hospital room, George leaned against the headboard, filled with indifference for Scarlett. It was as if in this familial confrontation, he had completely taken the opposite side from Scarlett.
All he did was for Isabella.
Scarlett's words just now were not without impact on George.
If Isabella were willing to be someone's mistress, she wouldn't be so distant from him.
George sneered. He didn't believe it at all but still asked Joshua to investigate.
Joshua had already looked into it when the news first broke. Since George was still unconscious, he didn't report it. Later, he got busy with security issues at the Russell Group.
Hearing George ask about it now, he realized he had been so busy that he had forgotten about it.
Joshua briefly explained the scandal about Isabella being Clarence's mistress. He always knew that online news couldn't be trusted, so he had the company's tech department analyze the photo. Surprisingly, the photo turned out to be real, not digitally altered.
In other words, Clarence really did slip a card into Isabella's hand.
But he still believed that Clarence didn't give her a room key and that there was no other relationship between Clarence and Isabella.
Joshua had no evidence to prove Isabella's innocence, but he believed she was innocent. So when he reported the matter to George, he did so objectively without adding his own speculations.
"Find out who released this photo."
This time, George was determined to trace it to the source and clear Isabella's name. He didn't want a repeat of the past mistake.
"Get it, Mr. Russell. Don't worry. We won't let the rumor-mongers get away." Joshua replied.
As one of the rumor-mongers, Anna watched the discussions on social media with a smirk.
Her plan had succeeded, filling her with pride and satisfaction.
She couldn't wait to hear the news of Isabella's death due to online harassment. Using the public to kill her forever—that was her plan.
"It doesn't seem like enough. How about fabricating more rumors?" Anna muttered to herself, then gave her assistant a few instructions, assigning new tasks.
The assistant's expression changed instantly, but he gritted his teeth and carried out Anna's orders.
After completing the task, he immediately went to the Stuart Group to resign and never returned to Anna.
Anna had her assistant post some videos online. The videos were secretly filmed in a hotel, showing a man and a woman naked and having sex.
The man's face was unclear, but the woman's face was very clear—it was Isabella.
She also had the media write a detailed post filled with malicious speculations and baseless accusations.
[Unbelievable! While fixing the hotel's surveillance, I saw this video! Does anyone recognize her? The woman is Isabella, the manager of Miss Lady brand, and she's Clarence's mistress!]
[Yes, she frequently visits Clarence's private club, and they have intimate interactions at social events. Someone even witnessed them together often!]
The post quickly went viral, shocking netizens. What started as a single photo had now escalated to a video!
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