As he watched Jane’s sudden change in expression, Patrick furrowed his brow.
Jane blinked her eyes and asked, “Are you going to a social event this afternoon?”
Her voice was so flat that it was hard to make out anything.
Patrick nodded in agreement.
“With whom?” Jane asked again.
“Alistair Gibson from Southernwares Corporation, has anyone said anything to you?” Patrick couldn’t help but ask when he saw Jane’s strange expression.
“Besides Alistair Gibson, have you seen anyone else?” Jane pinched her phone and tried to sound as calm as possible.
Patrick saw this and reached out to grab Jane’s shoulder. “Who said something to you?”
Jane turned the screen of her phone towards Patrick, revealing the photo on top.
Patrick’s face suddenly turned pale at the moment he saw the photo.
There were only two people in this photo, one was Patrick, and the other was Florence who should have been locked up in the family.
And this was not what made Jane angry, what really made her incredulous was that Patrick was lying on a bed with Florence.
Florence’s clothes were in disarray, and it was easy to imagine the message that the photo intended to convey.
“The people on top of this…”
“Impossible!”
Jane and Patrick almost spoke at the same time. Hearing Patrick’s words, Jane pursed her lips tightly.
Jane didn’t think she was seeing things, the person on it was Patrick.
However, she believed that Patrick would not do such a thing and there must be a misunderstanding.
“I didn’t even have…”
Suddenly, Patrick seemed to have thought of something. His face changed abruptly as he remembered a strange place.
At this point, he directly called his assistant.
“Who entered my lounge?” Patrick cut to the chase.
The assistant on the phone was momentarily confused, “There’s no one here, Mr. Pansy. I’ve been outside watching the whole time.”
“Immediately retrieve the surveillance footage of the hotel and hand it over to me.”
Just as Patrick finished speaking, a message from an unknown number came through on Jane’s phone.
“Sorry, Patrick, I didn’t mean to ruin things between you and Jane. I just thought it was all a dream.”
Jane clenched her hand tightly at her side, her nails digging into her palm. She took a deep breath and without hesitation, dialed the number.
The phone rang for a long time before a voice finally came through.
Jane immediately recognized it as Florence’s voice.
“Patrick,” Florence’s voice was soft, but there was a hint of excitement in it, “why are you calling me?”
“Florence, what do you mean?” Jane replied coldly.
Hearing Jane’s voice, Florence became flustered. There was a lot of commotion on the other end of the line before it finally quieted down.
Florence’s voice came through again, “Jane, why is it you?”
“Florence, disappointed that it’s not Patrick?” Jane’s lips curled into a cold smile.
She hadn’t expected Florence to give her such a big gift today.
“So, you saw that photo,” Florence said softly.
“Florence, are you really that foolish or are you pretending to be? This number doesn’t belong to Patrick. You deliberately sent the photo to me.”
Jane could now imagine what kind of person Florence was, and it made her angry and amused at the same time.
She had initially thought that after the Doyle family sent Florence abroad, there wouldn’t be any more trouble. But now, Florence had grown bolder and dared to provoke her.
“Florence, hasn’t the incident at the party taught you enough of a lesson?”
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Jane’s gaze fell on Patrick’s unpleasant expression.
But in the next second, Florence’s scream came through, “Jane, do you really want to drive me to my death before you’re satisfied? What’s wrong with me liking Patrick!”
She laughed lightly, her tone tinged with sarcasm. “But no matter what, the deed is done. Jane, I win, don’t I?”
Before Jane could respond, Florence hung up the phone.
Veins bulged on Jane’s forehead, but she knew that Florence had intentionally said those things. However, she couldn’t suppress her anger.
She raised her hand and threw her phone, shattering it against the wall.
Patrick, who was standing nearby, had a dark cloud over his face. He reached out to embrace Jane, but she placed her hand against his chest.
“What really happened?”
“Don’t you believe me?” Patrick furrowed his brows.
“I believe you, but what’s the story behind that photo? I need to know.”
Jane seemed to have figured something out, given Patrick’s strange behavior at the hotel today.
“Did Florence send that message to me using your phone?”
Patrick’s brow almost formed a crease, as he never expected to be deceived like this.
“I didn’t see Florence today, and I have no idea where that photo came from.”
Patrick carefully explained everything that had happened tonight to Jane.
He only remembered finishing the business talk with Alistair, who was unable to handle his alcohol and went to rest in his room. Patrick also felt a bit dizzy, so he went to the prepared room, handled some work, and rested for a while. When he woke up, he went to pick up Jane.
“So, you fell asleep in the prepared room?” Jane listened attentively and naturally noticed something strange.
Patrick nodded. At this moment, his assistant had already retrieved the hotel’s surveillance footage. Surprisingly, the assistant had been stationed outside Patrick’s room the whole time, and no one entered his room.
“Then how did Florence take that photo?”
Jane furrowed her brows, growing angrier as she thought about it. She looked at Patrick and read the answer from his expression.
Patrick immediately ordered an investigation into Alistair.
Looking at Jane in front of him, Patrick said earnestly, “I would never do such things.”
Jane pursed her lips and forcefully pushed Patrick into the bathroom.
“Wash up properly! Don’t come out until you’re clean!”
The thought of Florence possibly lying beside Patrick made Jane’s skin crawl.
Turning her head and seeing the mess on the floor, Jane’s lips curled into a cold smile.