As soon as Patrick spoke, the whole room erupted in chaos. Reporters swarmed around Antony, bombarding him with questions one after another.
“Mr. Swift, what is your response to Mr. Pansy’s allegations?”
“Did you really arrange for Queena to be a pawn in Mr. Pansy’s game?”
“Did you instruct Queena to steal trade secrets from Pansy Group? Now that her identity has been exposed and BPL has suffered a major blow, can you tell us how you feel right now?”
How did he feel right now?
Antony’s feelings at this moment were naturally at an all-time low.
“Get out of my way!” Antony’s face was extremely ugly as he angrily shouted at the reporters.
His fists clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white with each passing moment.
He had been played!
It turned out that Patrick and Jane had long since seen through his plan. They had quietly acted out their roles multiple times in front of Queena and the reporters by pretending to quarrel with each other so that everyone thought they had fallen out.
But behind the scenes, they deployed everything. On one hand, Patrick pretended to be engaged to Queena in order to confuse both him and her; on the other hand, they secretly searched for evidence.
All of this was just so they could deliver such a fatal blow during today’s engagement ceremony.
This time around he underestimated Patrick too much. Not only did he use Queena as a pawn but also caused his own company great harm.
He would remember this debt; it would have to be repaid twice over!
Antony pushed past the reporters and left without looking back.
“Take Queena down to the police station and charge her with commercial theft,” said Patrick coldly while glancing down at Queena lying limp on the ground beside him
“No! Please don’t do this!” With a pale face trembling all over her body, Queena begged desperately, “Patrick please let me go! It was all Antony who instructed me; I’m innocent!”
However, Patrick didn’t even give her an icy glance before two security guards stepped forward dragging away the crying hysterically Queena away.
Watching Queena cry like that made Jane slightly curl up lips into a smile: All their hard work over these past few days finally paid off. It wasn’t just about exposing Queena’s true colors but also dealt BPL such heavy damage while doing so publicly.
But even though Queena wasn’t Candy, where exactly was Candy if she existed? If one day she appeared again what would happen then?
Jane was momentarily lost in thought.
“What are you thinking about?” Patrick took a step closer to Jane with his long legs, his thin lips close to her ear as he asked in a low and deep voice.
Jane snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head. “Nothing.”
“Are you sure everything’s okay?” Patrick looked at the woman beside him with concern.
With Patrick’s care, Jane smiled faintly. She could feel the strong love from the man next to her. Even if Candy appeared in the future, Jane was confident that no one else would occupy Patrick’s heart again.
Today’s engagement ceremony had become a farce. Journalists surrounded them when they saw how sweetly Jane and Patrick interacted.
“Mr. Pansy, was today’s engagement ceremony planned by both of you earlier?”
“Miss North, your argument with Mr. Pansy before this was also part of your plan, right?”
“Mr. Pansy, did you never love Queena nor intend to engage with her? Is that true?”
“Yes.” Patrick nodded lightly with an indifferent expression on his face as he gazed deeply into Jane’s face. “From beginning to end, I have only loved one woman. That is Jane.”
“And my fiancée will only be Jane.”
Patrick’s words were like a public confession of love for Jane.
His magnetic voice reached into Jane’s ears causing her cheeks to flush red.
What was he doing?! There were so many people around!
“You’ve had enough,” she glared at him and whispered softly.
Before she could finish speaking though, Patrick suddenly leaned towards her and gave a light kiss on top of Jane’s forehead.
Thunderous applause erupted throughout the room; what should have been an engagement between Patrick and Queena turned into Patrick confessing his feelings for Jane instead.
Jane’s face turned hot for a moment, and she quickly pushed away from Patrick.
The reporters’ cameras continued to flash, capturing this sweet and beautiful scene.
However, there were some not-so-beautiful elements present.
Melissa sat among those watching from their seats glaring fiercely at Jane onstage; unable hide all jealousy within herself. She originally thought Patrick would really engage Queena but didn’t expect it would be Jane after all!
How dared this slutty woman take away what should have been hers?!
Melissa couldn’t accept it; she hated it so much that she clenched both fists tightly by each side of body while looking at Jane with jealous eyes wishing nothing more than cutting Jane to pieces thousands times over!
Patrick belonged to her, this exceptional man could only belong to Melissa!
“Look at my cousin, he’s completely enchanted by that vixen Jane,” Melissa said, fanning the flames as she glanced at Beatrice sitting next to him.
“If my cousin’s fiancée was Queena, it would be easy to deal with her since she’s just a bar singer. But Jane is different. She has a wicked mind and ruthless methods and she’s also the big boss of Starlight Entertainment. Before I thought about Jane like you did, but if Jane really marries my cousin, then we’ll have enemies for life. What will our future be like?”
After hearing Melissa speak, Beatrice glared fiercely at Jane and said, “Melissa, don’t worry, no matter what happens, I won’t let that vixen marry my son.”
“But even Grandpa supports her,” Melissa said anxiously.
Based on today’s situation, Mike must know about Patrick and Jane’s plan today. Otherwise how could Mike agree to Patrick and Queena’s engagement ceremony given his fondness for Jane?
“Don’t worry about that,” Beatrice gritted her teeth as she spoke. “I have a way.”
Suddenly, Melissa remembered when they were held captive by Patrick before; Beatrice made a call to Mike who then ordered Patrick to release them.
So Beatrice had some leverage over Mike which must be important since it had something do with the death of Patrick’s father according to what Melissa overheard vaguely.
Melissa was curious about the death of Patrick’s father; what exactly happened back then? If she could help him find out what happened all those years ago, would he notice her more or even fall in love with her?