Chapter 126
Lauren's eyes flashed with anger. "What's going on?!"
But no matter how Lauren asked, Bella just cried and refused to speak.
"I'll call her!"
"No, please don't!"
Bella quickly grabbed her hand, speaking intermittently, "Mom, please don't ask anymore. I still have a competition to attend. I’ll tell you after the design contest. I don't want the incident to affect my competition."
"What did she do to you?" Bella shook her head. "Give me some time. After the design contest, I'll tell you everything."
Seeing her like this, Lauren's heart ached, and she quickly said, "Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore. Rest well."
After Bella fell asleep, Lauren and Julian left the ward.
"Gianna is just too out of line. On the first day of the design competition, Belle saw her working as a temporary worker, and that night when she met her, I scolded her. I think that's why she holds a grudge against Belle. Thinking Belle spoke ill of her behind her back, so she deliberately hurt Belle!"
Although Julian also had some dissatisfaction with Gianna, he hesitated to draw conclusions due to Gianna's relationship with Felix.
"We still haven't figured out what really happened. Let's wait until Belle finishes the design competition. During this time, don't go looking for Gianna. If you anger Felix and affect the Redstone Group, I won't let you off!"
"Don’t you think Felix will still care about her?!"
Julian was taken aback, "What do you mean?!"
Lauren coldly chuckled, "Gianna and Felix are divorced."
Julian's eyes were filled with shock, gritting his teeth; then he asked, "Where did you hear it?"
"Gianna said it herself, and Felix was there at the time."
After a moment of silence, Julian furrowed his brow and said, "I will investigate this matter. If it's true, I'll have Belle pursue Felix! There are still matters at the company. You stay here with Belle, and call me if anything happens!"
Before Lauren could respond, Julian hurriedly left.
Watching his back as he left, Lauren couldn't help but mutter quietly, "He's been running back and forth to the company a lot lately. Is the company really that busy?"
Exiting the hospital, Julian immediately called Gianna.
"Gianna, are you divorced from Felix?"
Gianna, surprised by Julian's call, replied in a cold voice, "What's the matter?"
"You come home this week. I have something to tell you."
"I'm busy."
Anger flashed in Julian's eyes, about to lose his temper, but then he thought of something and softened his tone. "Gianna, I know you've been suffering these past few years. Since you're divorced from Felix, come back and live with us."
Gianna found it somewhat ridiculous. Her original room had been converted from Bella's music room. After she moved out, Lauren promptly restored her room back to Bella's music room.
The Redstone family had never reserved a place for her, and now Julian was asking her to move back. 'Move back to where? The living room? Or the entrance of the Redstone family Villa?' She thought.
Thinking about this, Gianna couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
Gianna's tone was mocking. "I'm laughing at Mr. Redstone's naivety. I will never go back to the Redstone family in my lifetime. That place has never been my home."
Julian frowned, his tone turning cold. "Gianna, don't be stubborn. It's not safe for you to live alone outside. Tell me your address; and I'll send a driver to pick you up on Saturday."
"I'm not going back; and I hope you don't call me again."
After that, Gianna hung up the phone.
Julian, his face livid, immediately called his secretary.
"Find out where Gianna is living now!"
In Elm Bay, Gianna tossed her phone aside, thinking about what had happened with Felix in the rest area earlier that day, her face blushing again.
But soon, she remembered that the person who drugged her hadn't been found yet, and her expression turned cold.
Gianna suspected Bella the most, but she had no evidence.
'However, all the surveillance at the scene had been destroyed. Just based on Bella's abilities alone, she shouldn't have been able to do it. Could it be Scorpio?' She thought.
Thinking of this, Gianna's expression turned serious. She opened Facebook and sent a message to the person with the black profile picture.
[Help me find out where is Scorpio recently."]
[Scorpio has disappeared suddenly recently, so it might be hard to find any clues. I'll do my best.]
[Okay.]
Closing the chat box, Gianna lowered her gaze, lost in thought.
After she took a shower and prepared to sleep, Laura suddenly came to find her.
"Gianna, is this your hypocritical sister?!"
Gianna glanced at the phone Laura handed her, playing a video that someone had accidentally captured of a person jumping off a building at a design competition.
Although the face wasn't clear due to the distance, Gianna immediately recognized the person as Bella.
Gianna furrowed her brow.
"Laura, where did you get this video from?"
"It was posted on Facebook this evening. I was just casually browsing and unexpectedly came across it. It looked like Bella, so I came to find you."
Gianna nodded, "It is indeed her."
'Bella jumped off the building? Trying to gain fame through a design competition? Bella shouldn't be the kind of person who would resort to such means to seek attention.' She thought.
"Could it be that she didn't make it to the finals of the design competition, couldn't handle it for a moment, and jumped off?"
Gianna pursed her lips. "Not sure."
After Laura left, Gianna immediately called Alexander.
"Mr. Johnson, have you seen the news about Bella jumping off the building?"
"I saw it. She didn't even choose a higher spot to jump from. Jumping down from the second floor at most would result in a fracture!"
Alexander's voice carried a hint of resentment because of Bella's jump, leading to continuous online speculation about whether there was some conspiracy in the design competition.
Alexander had the PR team dealing with this issue for over two hours, and only after releasing the news of Bella advancing to the next round did the situation gradually calm down, keeping him so busy that he didn't even have time for dinner.
"Have they figured out the specific reasons for the investigation?"
Alexander hesitated for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Miss Redstone, it may be related to Felix."
Since Felix publicly announced his marriage to Gianna in the Redstone family, the upper echelons of Dawnridge society knew about their relationship.
However, Alexander also knew that their relationship was not good, especially due to Bella, so he didn't want to bring up the matter in front of Gianna.
"What does it have to do with him?"
"Miss Redstone jumped from Felix's dressing room window. At that time, it was said that when she fell to the ground, she was not conscious, and kept tearing at her clothes. If a few female designers hadn't helped block her, who knows what might have happened."
Gianna lowered her gaze, suddenly forming a guess in her mind.
"I see. Thank you for telling me it, Mr. Johnson."
After ending the call, Gianna opened Felix's chat box.
[Was it Bella who drugged me today?]
After a long while, Felix replied.
[Yes, just finished a meeting.]
[Did you drug her too?]
As soon as the message was sent, Felix's call came through.
Gianna's hand holding the phone unconsciously tightened; and it took several seconds before she slid to answer.
"Hello?"
Felix's cold voice came through. "I did drug her indeed, and I even arranged for a man for her. Since she didn't want to be with that person, she jumped off. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Gianna stood frozen in place, only hearing her own voice after a long while.
"Don't you like her? Why would you treat her like this?"
