Chapter 1019
Chapter 1019:
The man froze for a moment, then smiled warmly. “Absolutely. If you come with me, I promise you’ll have a life a thousand times better—ten thousand times better—than what you have now p>
“Okay,” Candace agreed without hesitation. She would give up anything just to leave that place behind.
After that fateful day, she left the welfare home and went with the man to Australia. It was there she met Ellis and learned that the man who had adopted her was Ellis’s father.
Annabel watched Candace, who stood still and silent, as if her mind had gone blank. Annabel couldn’t tell what Candace was thinking—but she did know one thing: no matter what Candace said now, nothing could change what had already been revealed.
With a small smile, Annabel pulled a recorder pen from her pocket and pressed play. The next second, Ellis’s and Candace’s voices echoed from the device.
Candace seemed to snap out of a trance. She reached out as if to grab it, but Annabel lifted the recorder out of reach and addressed the crowd.
“Now that the witnesses and evidence are all here, it should be clear to everyone,” Annabel said. Then she turned to Candace and continued, “that you’re a fake. You’re not the real Candy. What’s more, you’ve been in contact with Ellis for a long time p>
Annabel’s smile sharpened slightly. “And if I remember correctly, the person who adopted you from the welfare home was a member of the Sandoval family. Isn’t that right p>
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Candace spat, her eyes wide with disbelief and her voice trembling with anger. Despite the overwhelming evidence against her, she remained stubborn to the end. “You’re wrong! It’s not like that! You’re the one who’s mistaken, not me!” she shouted, her voice rising with every word.
“Oh?” Annabel looked at Candace with faint amusement. “If I’m the one talking nonsense, then why are you so anxious? Are you afraid the truth about the North Bay project bidding will come out if I keep talking?” Her gaze sharpened. “It was you who leaked Benton Group’s base price to BPL, wasn’t it p>
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Candace froze as if she’d been caught red-handed.
The entire hall went silent as everyone struggled to process the shock of what they’d just heard.
“Curious how I found out?” Annabel asked coolly. “If you didn’t want anyone to know, you shouldn’t have done it. Now the truth is out. To steal Benton Group’s business secrets, Ellis sent Candace to do his dirty work. Then he could let BPL swallow Benton Group whole p>
Annabel’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried weight, pressing down on the crowd.
Candace’s heart fell as the gravity of it hit her. She pressed her lips together, her mind racing for a way out.
“You don’t have any evidence,” she forced out. “Why are you accusing me of getting close to Rupert just to steal confidential information? Do you have proof I revealed the base price to BPL p>
Annabel drew a slow breath, then snapped her fingers. She picked up a remote and pressed play.
The large screen behind the stage lit up instantly, showing surveillance footage from Rupert’s study. As the video played, Candace’s face drained of color.