Came Back as an Heiress After My Ex-Fiancé Made Me Blind novel Chapter 174

Ralph hurriedly walked up to Victoria and asked protectively, "Did your family members just bully you?"

A warm feeling surged in Victoria's heart as she shook her head. "They can't bully me anymore."

Only then did Ralph relax.

He had a strange fondness for Victoria and was always particularly concerned about her.

Even if the DNA test results showed that Victoria was not his biological sister, he would still consider her his sister.

Outside the banquet hall, Amelia, who was tightly wrapped in a package, didn't want to be discovered sneaking away, so she planned to leave quietly.

As she walked with her head down, she didn't see the path clearly and accidentally bumped into a journalist who was hurrying past with a camera.

"Hey, who are you? Don't you know how to look up while walking?" The journalist complained with a painful chest after being bumped.

Amelia didn't dare to pick up her hat that had fallen off, afraid of being recognized. She turned her head to the side and covered her face with her hand. "I'm sorry."

After saying that, she was ready to slip away.

The journalist stopped her strangely. "Why are you in such a hurry? Your hat fell off!"

The journalist kindly picked up the hat and handed it over.

Amelia had no choice but to reach out with one hand while the other still covered her face.

The journalist felt that this person was acting suspiciously, as if they had something to hide. Could it be a thief trying to sneak in and steal something at the charity banquet tonight?

With this thought, the journalist couldn't help but stare a bit more. When Amelia wore her hat, the journalist saw her eyes.

Although her face was covered with a mask, the sharp-eyed journalist recognized her immediately. "Amelia! You're Amelia!!"

The journalist was so surprised that they shouted loudly.

This was outside the banquet hall, and there were many journalists around, specifically waiting to take photos of celebrities when they left. Now that they heard someone shouting Amelia's name, they immediately looked around curiously.

"Amelia? Is it true? Amelia also came to the charity banquet? How is that possible!"

"It's true, look, it's her with the hat and mask!"

"Wow, she's really well-covered!"

The journalists spotted Amelia's whereabouts and immediately surrounded her.

Amelia instinctively wanted to avoid them, but the journalists surrounded her, blocking her way.

Amelia raised her hand to cover her face, not wanting to be exposed in this tightly wrapped state. But no matter how much she tried to hide, the journalists' shutters clicked continuously, and a series of questions filled her ears.

"Amelia, why did you come to the charity banquet? When did you come? Have you been sneaking around in the dark?"

"Amelia, during the auction just now, Lucas said you were sick and couldn't come to the scene. Can you give a reasonable explanation for this contradiction?"

"Amelia, none of the paintings you prepared were wanted, but Victoria's ordinary bracelet was auctioned for fifty million. What do you think about this?"

Listening to these various questions, Amelia clenched her teeth tightly.

The word "Victoria" was what she hated the most now!

But the sharper question came next. A bespectacled male journalist asked, "Amelia, you previously stole Victoria's design drafts and falsely accused Victoria of stealing Ivy's work. Now you secretly come to the charity banquet. Are you planning to steal something from Victoria again?"

It felt like a blow to Amelia's painful spot, and her face turned pale, all color drained from it.

This journalist had asked such a sharp question without any mercy.

Amelia was embarrassed to the point of suffocation, but she couldn't refute it.

Her reputation had plummeted, and even an insignificant paparazzo could ask such a disdainful question.

Amelia was so furious that she was about to explode.

She would never tolerate her reputation falling like this!

Amelia took off her hat and mask, letting the journalists take pictures of her. When she looked up at the camera, her eyes were surrounded by redness, tears of regret and self-blame welling up in her eyes.

"I really was sick. I came to the charity banquet today despite my illness because I wanted to see Victoria and apologize to her in person."

The journalists exchanged glances upon hearing this.

Apologize in person?

Amelia wiped away the tears with her hand, intentionally not wiping them all away. Her eyelashes were still adorned with teardrops as she choked up, "But Victoria doesn't want to see me. I don't even have the chance to apologize to her."