Chapter 807
“I… I p>
Tears blurred Isabella’s vision. She couldn’t force a single coherent word out of her throat.
She had been so wrapped up in the giddy anticipation of watching Serena’s downfall that she hadn’t even paid attention to whether Hazel had come anywhere near her.
But but she remembered it so clearly. She had physically shoved The Heart of the Sea into Hazel’s bag.
Why did it turn out like this?
How had everything gone so horribly wrong?
Was it Serena?
No… Serena hadn’t left the banquet hall all night.
Then who figured out her plan and smuggled the jewel onto her person?
How was that even physically possible?
“I… I really don’t know. It wasn’t me. I don’t know who planted it on me to frame me p>
Isabella could do nothing now but flatly deny it.
The security cameras had been shut off anyway. She had been so careful; no one could have seen her.
As long as she clung to her innocence, she could still play the victim!
“Grandma, Grandpa, Uncles… It truly wasn’t me, I swear she begged, desperately hoping the Vinton family would intervene on her behalf.
But the family’s expressions were completely unforgiving.
Holden Vinton was trembling with rage. “Isabella, the evidence is literally right here, and you’re still trying to lie your way out of it p>
Isabella wept pitifully. “Earlier… the Princess’s guard searched me in front of everyone, and I clearly didn’t have it on me then! The only explanation is that the real thief used the chaos to plant it in my dress p>
“Pfft p>
A sudden, soft laugh shattered Isabella’s desperate sobbing.
Everyone turned toward the sound.
Serena was looking at Isabella like she was watching a clown perform. Her red lips
curled upward in an infuriatingly lazy, mocking smirk.
“Did you forget that besides being a doctor, I have another set of skills p>
She lifted her hand and casually waved her phone.
Then, her slender fingers tapped a few commands onto the screen.
Without another word, she turned and walked out of the dressing room.
The crowd immediately noticed the massive display screen looming over the main stage. The slideshow of Serena’s photos suddenly glitched.
When Isabella saw that screen flicker, her
heart plunged into hem et
stomach. Every last drop of color.
Vanished from her face
Serena… wasn’t just a doctor.
She was a hacker!
She could retrieve security footage!
That was exactly how Anna Vinton had been taken down.
Isabella turned ashen.
But she frantically tried to soothe her racing mind.
No!
There was no way Serena could pull this off!
She hadn’t just corrupted the files or deleted the data-she had cut the power to the cameras completely!
Cameras couldn’t record without power.
Even with god-tier hacking skills, Serena couldn’t extract footage of a crime from a dead camera!
Stay calm!
She had to stay calm and maintain her victim act!
But after the screen flickered a final time.
A crystal-clear, high-definition feed of the gift display area flashed onto the massive display.
The angle of the shot completely
shattered whatever sliver of calmet
Isabella had managed to scrape together
No p>
That angle!
That wasn’t the camera she had told Augus to disable!
She remembered exactly how many security cameras the Vinton estate had.
She had specifically ordered Augus to cut the power to every single camera near the dressing rooms.
Where on earth did this feed come from?