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Chapter 11:

“Amelia, what kind of person are you? If it wasn’t you who pushed her, did Dayna fall down the stairs by herself? You’ve bullied her since you were kids, always taking her things, and now you push her down the stairs just to secure a place in the Morrison family. You really will stoop to anything to get what you want,” Jaxton said.

“My answer hasn’t changed. I didn’t do it,” Amelia said.

If there hadn’t been so many people present, she wouldn’t have bothered to say anything. But she didn’t want her reputation ruined. Letting the accusation linger would destroy what was left of her standing, which had taken blow after blow these last two years.

“Who else could it have been? Only you and Dayna were here just now,” Jaxton said.

“You heard what she just said; she admitted she slipped on her own,” Amelia replied.

“Jaxton, it’s true, I lost my balance. This isn’t Amelia’s fault,” Dayna jumped in the second Amelia finished speaking.

Earlier, Dayna had already noticed there were no cameras around, making it all too easy for her to play the victim. Her words only made Jaxton’s fury grow. His glare seared into Amelia.

“So she just happened to fall on her own, and you’re the only witness? You expect anyone to buy that p>

Dо𝗐𝘯𝘭𝗈𝘢𝘥 𝖯D𝘍ѕ 𝗳𝘳eе оn ѕ.сo𝗆

“I also saw that she fell on her own p>

Before Amelia could reply, a calm voice sliced through the tension. Wyatt’s arrival drew every eye, and the crowd instinctively parted to let him pass. Davin trailed just a step behind him.

Without raising his voice, Wyatt surveyed the scene, his attention finally landing on Jaxton. “I witnessed it myself. That woman slipped on her own p>

The weight of that statement settled heavily as he glanced at Dayna. The second their gazes locked, fear flickered across her face. Never in her wildest calculations had she imagined that someone would witness her fall.

If anyone else had spoken up, she would have argued they had seen it wrong, but Wyatt’s authority left her no room to protest. No one in Kretol matched his influence.

Stunned into silence, Jaxton could only stare at Dayna, struggling to process Wyatt’s words. Without missing a beat, Dayna’s eyes filled with tears as she clung to his arm. “I told you I fell on my own, Jaxton. My head’s spinning. Will you take me to the hospital now p>

On instinct, Jaxton gathered her in his arms and hurried out of sight.

As the pair disappeared, Amelia moved toward Wyatt, starting to thank him, then stopping herself. Instead, she said, “If you hadn’t seen it, I would have been wrongly accused today p>

She remembered him telling her not to thank him and changed her words. Wyatt replied in a low voice, “I didn’t see a thing p>

For a second, confusion flashed across Amelia’s face. “Then why did you speak up for me p>

“Because I believe you’re telling the truth p>

His trust shocked Amelia. Wyatt, barely more than a stranger to her, had chosen her side, while her own fiancé had never shown any faith in her innocence. Considering Jaxton’s actions, she felt that marrying Wyatt would only make her life better. Still, she needed to confirm one thing.

“Mr. Stewart, can you promise me that once I end things with Jaxton, Marc will keep treating my grandmother?” she said.