Chapter 324
Chapter 324:
“You don’t understand!” Video-Skye was screaming. “I can’t lose it! I can’t p>
To the outside world, it looked like a drunken woman abusing her coworker.
But Skye remembered that night. She hadn’t been drunk. She had been hysterical because she had just found the pills in Beatrice’s private cabinet—the pills that caused miscarriages. She was screaming at Gabriel because he was trying to stop her from confronting Liam and getting herself killed.
“He edited it,” Skye whispered. “He cut out the audio where I talked about the pills p>
“It’s trending,” Felix said grimly. “People are calling you unstable. The board is nervous again p>
Skye stood up. “He wants a mud fight? Fine p>
“Where are you going p>
“To the press conference,” Skye said. “Liam called a press conference at 10 a.m. to ‘address the rumors.’ I’m going to join him p>
At Kensington Global HQ, the lobby was packed with reporters. Liam stood at a podium, looking somber and regretful.
“It pains me to release this,” Liam was saying into the microphones. “But I have a duty to my shareholders. My wife… Skye… has struggled with mental health issues for years. This video is just one example. I tried to protect her. I tried to get help. But now that she is trying to take control of the company, I must speak out. She is not fit to lead p>
The cameras flashed. The narrative was shifting. Liam was the long-suffering husband; Skye was the crazy ex.
“I am asking the court to appoint a conservator for her assets,” Liam continued, playing his ace. “For her own safety p>
“Objection!” a voice rang out.
The crowd parted. Skye walked in. She wasn’t wearing a power suit today. She was wearing a simple white dress. She looked vulnerable, but her eyes were steel.
“Skye,” Liam said, feigning concern. “You shouldn’t be here. You’re upset p>
Skye walked up to the podium. She didn’t try to take the microphone from him. She pulled out her own phone and held it up to the cameras.
“Play the audio,” she said to the tech crew. “The full audio p>
ո𝖺𝘷𝗂𝘨a𝘁𝖾 е𝖺ѕi𝗅𝘆 𝗈𝘯 bе.𝖼𝗼m
“Cut the feed!” Liam shouted.
But Felix had already overridden the system.
The speakers blared. It was the same video, but with the missing context.
“I found the pills, Gabriel! Beatrice is poisoning me! She’s poisoning me to stop the heir p>
The crowd gasped.
Skye turned to the reporters. “I wasn’t drunk that night. I was terrified. I had just discovered that Matriarch Beatrice was slipping abortifacients into my morning smoothies because she deemed my bloodline unworthy p>
Liam’s face went white. “Liar! That’s a lie p>
“Is it?” Skye asked. She held up a document. “This is the toxicology report from that week. And this…” She held up a second document, a printed email. “This is the email you sent to the family doctor, Liam. ‘Keep her sedated. Bury the report. We can’t let this get out before the merger p>
The silence in the room was absolute.
“You didn’t poison me yourself, Liam,” Skye said, her voice projecting clearly into the microphone. “You were too cowardly for that. But you knew. You watched your grandmother destroy my body, destroy our child, and you signed the NDA to cover it up p>
The reporters went into a frenzy. Questions were shouted.