Chapter 447
As she spoke, she lifted the hem of her skirt and pulled back her sleeves.
Just as she claimed, her calves and upper arms were littered with scars and marks.
After revealing them, Celeste purposefully directed a pitiful, teary-eyed gaze toward Jarred.
It was as if she desperately wanted him to see exactly what kind of hellish life she had been living recently.
Sure enough, Jarred’s brow furrowed heavily.
The usually silent and hardened man stared ahead, his emotionless eyes filled only with a deep, unreadable gloom.
He didn’t speak up to defend Celeste.
But the large hand clamped around Sienna’s wrist inexplicably tightened its grip.
The pressure caused Sienna to wince in pain.
She looked up, clashing with Jarred’s brooding dark eyes.
Once again, the truth was laid bare before her.
It didn’t matter how glaring Celeste’s flaws were. It didn’t matter how pathetic her lies sounded.
Jarred’s stance today remained unshakeable from start to finish.
He was going to protect Celeste.
Even knowing she was a fraud, even knowing she had suffered grievances.
Sienna refused to spare them another glance. With a sudden jerk of her wrist, she violently tore herself free from his iron grip.
The onlookers, whose eyes had been glued to the fragile, helpless Celeste the whole time, collectively drew a sharp breath.
For a young girl to endure such relentless agony p>
The crowd’s whispers shifted back to heartbreak and pity for Celeste.
Seeing the tide of public opinion swing back in her favor, Celeste believed she had secured her victory.
However, Sienna simply smiled and nodded. “You’re right, that certainly explains the needle marks. But p>
She suddenly leaned closer to Celeste, wrinkling her nose as she sniffed. “Why do I smell psychiatric medication on you p>
Celeste’s eyelashes fluttered wildly in panic.
Taking in the sheer terror swimming in her eyes, Sienna’s smile grew radiant. “Since you aren’t Celeste, it proves your mental state is perfectly healthy.
Psychiatric medication is highly dangerous. If you take the wrong pills, it could kill you p>
Ignoring Celeste’s sickly pale face, Sienna turned her attention straight to Eleanor and demanded loudly.
“Eleanor, since we have a doctor present, you need to rush your precious granddaughter to the hospital for a blood test immediately.
We need to see if she accidentally ingested some dangerous psychiatric drugs p>
The moment those words dropped, everyone’s hearts leaped into their throats.
Celeste’s hands, resting on her knees, unconsciously tightened their grip.
She knew damn well whether she was out of her mind or not.
But in order to torture her, Sienna had ordered the doctors to force-feed her meds during the first two days she was locked up.
Even though she had desperately tried to throw the pills back up every time, the distinct chemical smell still clung to her.
Even without taking the medication, just being trapped in that environment for so long guaranteed she would reek of it!
The surrounding guests grew anxious.
After all, Sienna was a leading authority in psychiatry.
Hearing her professional assessment, the crowd began urging Eleanor to get Celeste checked out in imediately, terrifis she might have actually been poisoned.
But Eleanor and Helena were no fools.
The moment they took Celeste to a hospital, the psychiatric drugs in her system would be exposed.
Or worse, what if Sienna used the opportunity to run other tests they had no control over?
If she managed to dig up even more evidence, how could they possibly defend themselves?
Sienna’s greatest weapon was striking when they least expected it!
Watching the color drain from their faces with a cold stare, Sienna offered a casual solution.
“If you don’t want to go through the trouble, that’s fine too. My assistant is right here.
Why don’t I have him take a sample from Ms. Vaughan to the lab? It’ll be extremely fast. It won’t even take a minute p>
With that, Sienna turned to wave her assistant over.
However, as her gaze swept past Celeste, she caught the woman subtly flashing a signal to a subordinate hiding in the shadows.