Seeing how she was put to shame in front of Deborah, William, and Valeria, Azalea wanted to bury herself. But the old man did not let her off so easily. “Ms. Clark, are you still denying our relationship? I’m telling you. I have kept everything between you and me. Are you sure you want me to show it to everyone here?”
“I… I…” Azalea looked at Deborah with a pleading look. But Deborah was so furious with Azalea that she couldn’t speak a word.
The man then looked at Azalea with contempt and then turned to William. “Mr. Howard, now do you know why I have to take this woman with me? This shameless woman seduced me with the excuse she wanted to be my mistress but took a lot of money from me. I must deal with her today. Please don’t blame me for being unreasonable.”
William frowned and looked at Azalea. “Is what he said true?”
“No! It’s not like that! He’s talking nonsense! He’s not telling the truth!”
“Ms. Clark, are you unwilling to admit it until I show my ultimatum?” The man threatened, “I have something even more exciting with me. Are you sure you want me to show it to everyone here?”
Azalea didn’t dare to say anything. She knew what she had done before. For the sake of money and resources, she fooled around with these people. She had even strip teased and done many wild things.
Seeing that Azalea didn’t dare to challenge him, the man reached out to tug at her. “Follow me. Let’s settle our score.”
Azalea was unwilling to leave, and she grabbed the chair tightly and looked at Deborah, begging for help. Although Deborah was unhappy with Azalea for being shameless, she couldn’t sit back and watch. So she looked at William and said, “William, please get this man to leave!”
Since Deborah had spoken, William said, “Let go of Ms. Clark. You can talk to me about Ms. Clark’s matter.”
The man was stunned for a moment. “Mr. Howard… What’s your relationship with Ms. Clark?”
“There’s nothing between us!” William shook his head in disgust. “Ms. Clark is only a spokesperson for my uncle’s company now.”
“I see! Then I’ll let this go for your sake. Mr. Howard, please!”
William then left with the man. Filled with hatred and anger, Azalea started to sob. Deborah felt pity for Azalea at first, but now she was stunned by Azalea’s shameless behavior.
Deborah sat there quietly with a solemn look on her face. Valeria sighed and walked over. “Grandma!”
Deborah reached out to hold Valeria’s hand. “Valeria, I’m sorry for tonight. We can’t have this dinner anymore!”
“I understand! Grandma, let me send you home!” Valeria reached out to help Deborah up.
Deborah shook her head instead. “You don’t have to send me. Since William has something to attend to, let me send you home.”
“It’s alright. The driver and bodyguard are outside. I’ll wait for William here. I’ll call you first thing if there’s anything.”
So Deborah nodded and did not insist on sending Valeria home. “I’ll be leaving then.”
Deborah walked out after she finished speaking, ignoring Azalea.
Azalea wanted to gain their pity, but when she saw that Deborah and Valeria had completely ignored her, she had no choice but to stand up and follow them out.
After Deborah and Azalea left, Bobby appeared. “Mrs. Howard, this way please!”
Valeria nodded and followed Bobby to a private room. The old man was no longer in the room, and William was alone. The dishes had already been laid on the table. William saw Valeria come in and got up with a smile. “Are you hungry? Let’s eat!”
Valeria sat down. “Where is that man?”
“He left!” William replied with a smile.
“You sent him away just like that? Aren’t you afraid grandma will come back to check on the situation? If grandma comes and finds out that you were behind all this, you’ll be in big trouble.”
William laughed. “Grandma was so angry that she’s about to faint. How would she have the energy to come back and check on this?”
“Who knows? Tell me. How are you going to settle this?”
“You don’t have to worry about me settling this. I have ideas on how to shut Azalea up. Let’s eat first.” William served Valeria some soup. “Drink some soup to warm your stomach.”
Valeria was hungry, so she drank the soup. After drinking, she remembered Azalea’s expression and laughed. “That Azalea… Haha. She pretended to cry in the private room earlier and waited for grandma to console her. However, grandma only got up and left. In the end, Azalea followed her out in disgrace. It was so funny!”
Valeria laughed, and William joined in. Both of them laughed so hard while Azalea could only suffer in silence.
Azalea planned to win Deborah’s sympathy by pretending to be pitiful at first. However, Deborah was so angry that she got into the car without saying a word to Azalea.
Seeing that Deborah was quiet, Azalea knew that she was in serious trouble. She had never thought that what she did in the past would be exposed one day.
In such a situation, she could only pretend to be miserable and push the blame to others. After thinking for a while, Azalea forced her tears and started crying. “Grandma, things are not what it seemed!”
Deborah looked at her coldly. “Are you saying those videos are fake?”
“No… During that time… I had no choice. I was an orphan with nothing, and they were all people with power and influence. They forced me… I had no choice if I wanted to survive!”
Deborah looked at Azalea coldly. “Are you saying you sacrificed your dignity for survival’s sake? So do you think everyone can be unscrupulous to achieve their goals? Everyone can sacrifice their integrity and do anything without shame?”
“I… I didn’t mean that! Grandma, I know I was wrong! I’m sorry! I disgraced you!”
“You have disgraced yourself!” Deborah looked at Azalea with contempt. “What’s the point of living a shameless life? I know that the entertainment industry is complicated, and I’m aware that many female celebrities use all kinds of means to become famous. But are there no decent people in the entertainment industry? Is everyone using the same method as you to get money and resources? That’s not the case, right?”
In the face of Deborah’s harsh questioning, what else could Azalea do? She could only cry. “I’m sorry, Grandma! I was wrong! It’s all my fault!”
Deborah looked at Azalea sobbing and felt very disgusted. All her love and guilt for Azalea had vanished because of what happened tonight.
Deborah had always thought that Azalea was better than Angel. But now, she realized that there was no difference between them.
She had looked forward to Azalea’s return. But after looking at Azalea’s behavior, Deborah was disappointed. It was better not to have such a shameless granddaughter!