Chapter 453
Chapter 453:
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Hands trembling, Fulton snatched up the pen and scrawled his name across the settlement agreement.
At that same time, Raven and Sigrid emerged from a well-known influencerโs live streaming studio, only to be swallowed by a surge of reporters and flashing cameras.
Neither woman had the faintest idea what had just happened at the hospital. Minutes earlier, theyโd still been on air, smearing Tessa, calling her nothing but a wretch.
A tabloid reporter shoved a mic toward them, his tone sharp and taunting. โItโs been exposed that Fulton once paid thugs to put on a show just to trick Tessa into marrying him. Were the two of you part of that scheme p>
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Raven and Sigrid had always known exactly what happened that night, but the moment the question landed, their composure cracked. They stammered over each other with messy, panicked denials that only made everything worse.
That clip of the interview spread like wildfire online, igniting outrage all over again. Furious comments poured in.
โFulton and his family are vile! This whole marriage was nothing but a scam p>
โHow shameless can they be? Werenโt they just trashing Tessa a moment ago, trying to get us to condemn her p>
โTheyโre monsters p>
Shaken and desperate to contain the damage, Raven and Sigrid shoved past the reporters, fled the scene, and rushed straight to the hospital.
By then, Fulton had already signed the settlement agreement. When the door swung open, he looked up, startled. โWerenโt you supposed to be on the live stream? What are you both doing here p>
Ravenโs face hardened as she demanded, โHow did word get out about you hiring people to stage that act p>
Sigridโs hands shook so badly she almost dropped her bag. โYou promised no one would ever know! How did the reporters get hold of it p>
A cold dread shot through Fulton. He grabbed his phone and pulled up the latest headlines. His face went pale as he realized that while he had been arguing with those thugs, Gabriela had been streaming the entire exchange live.
The scheme he had plotted with those hired thugs years ago was now public. The video had already swept across the internet.
The footage showed everything: Tessa cornered in the alley, Fulton swaggering in to play the hero, and the brutal moment when the thugs went too far and snapped his leg.
Nearly a hundred thousand comments flooded beneath the video, each one more venomous than the last, ripping him apart and branding him a monster.
Enraged, he hurled his phone at the wall. The screen exploded with a sharp crack.
โGabriela, how dare you set me up like this!โ he roared, voice raw with fury. โThis isnโt over between us p>
Meanwhile, Benedict moved fast. With Fultonโs signed settlement agreement in hand, he went straight to the station and secured Tessaโs release that very day.
Gabriela, on the other hand, clutched the evidence Tyler had dug up and headed out to confront Rebecca.
Without Rebeccaโs number, she went directly to Apex Group to find her.
The receptionist let Gabriela through without question.
She rode the elevator up to the twelfth floor, her pulse steadying with each soft chime.
Inside the CEOโs office, Rebecca set a steaming cup of coffee in front of Wesley. Seeing him leaning back in his chair, eyes closed in exhaustion, she began to knead his shoulders with practiced gentleness.
Irritation flickered across his face. He was ready to send her awayโuntil he opened his eyes and saw Gabriela step inside.
The dismissal he had been about to give died on his tongue. He paused.