The scream interrupted everyone's thoughts. They suddenly looked up and saw the big screen in front of them suddenly lit up.
Because this banquet hall was usually of many uses, there was a very huge screen in the center. But this time, there was no need to use the screen, so the screen was originally black.
But somehow the screen suddenly lit up.
What was more shocking was the content on the screen.
There were several photos, which changed like slides.
Seeing those photos, Clara felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and her hands and feet were cold.
They were her pictures.
In the photos, her face was red, her clothes were in disarray, and her hair was messy. She was lying between the quilt with a blushed face, eyes hazy, lips slightly parted.
Although these photos didn't belong to wardrobe malfunction pictures, her flushed face and expression made others understand what she was doing at that time.
Clara could recognize those photos even these photos were burnt into ashes.
Two years ago, Darren took those photos to question her.
She quickly turned her head, and when her eyes fell on Darren again, her sight was no longer shock, but hatred, strong hatred.
She knew that Darren hated her because he misunderstood that she had betrayed him. That's why he told what she had done at this family banquet. He wanted to take revenge on her.
But she never expected that he would show these photos. And what's more he showed these photos to so many people.
Was he really going to destroy her?
Even if she really betrayed him at that time, was it necessary for him to do this?
On the other side, when Darren saw these photos, he was actually as shocked as Clara.
He did want to reveal the scandal of Clara, but he had never thought of using this way.
In such a mean and cruel way.
So, he had no idea why these photos were suddenly released.
In a panic, his first reaction was to explain to Clara. But he saw the hatred in her eyes as soon as he looked up.
In an instant, he felt as if he had fallen into an abyss.
He had never thought that the woman he once loved would look at him with such strong and real hatred one day.
Other guests were also shocked.
There were many people at the banquet. In addition to several members of the Kirkland family, there were also some relatives, as well as old friends and business partners. Therefore, the banquet was full of people.
Everyone was shocked to see these photos.
Although they were all well-educated, upper-class people, they were still gossipy. At this time, they could not help but lower their voices and whispered.
"Oh my God! What's going on? Why did the photos be released at the dinner party?"
"Don't be silly. Don't you see that the main character of this photo is the new wife of Horace?"
"Oh, it seems to be true. When were these photos taken? I don't think they were taken with Horace. Is it another man?"
"This is a big scandal. I think this woman is going to be kicked out of the Kirkland family."
After all, all the people present were from well-known families, so they would not use extreme words in their comments. However, there was still an uncontrollable sense of schadenfreude and ridicule in their tone.
Hearing that, Clara's face turned paler and paler. Her clenched hands under the table were almost going to pierce through her palms.
As for Horace, the moment he saw the photos, the cold anger in his black eyes finally burst out.
Damn it!
How dare someone work against his woman under his nose!
The main table was not far from the console of the main screen. Without thinking, Horace picked up the knife that was intended to be used to cut the steak and thrust it directly into the on-off button of the screen!
Bang!
In an instant, the screen returned to darkness.
The people around were shocked. They didn't expect that Horace would behave like this and they stopped talking all of a sudden.
There was dead silence.
Everyone didn't dare to say one more word, but looked at Russell, wondering how he would react.
"Ha," Russell had gone through many trials and tribulations. He was also shocked when all this had just happened, but soon he calmed down and sneered. He looked at Horace and asked, "Horace, is this true?"
But Horace didn't answer Russell's question immediately. To be exact, he didn't even pay attention to his grandpa. He just looked at Clara beside him.
Looking at her pale face, Horace's black eyes grew darker and colder.
"Horace!" seeing that Horace didn't answer him, Russell finally was irritated. He smashed the crutch in his hand heavily, "I'm asking you a question!"
Hearing that, Horace slowly turned his head, with a cold expression on his face. "I said it was not true. Do you believe me?"
After all, Russell was his grandfather. Although he respected Russell, he was not humble.
Russell was so angry that his wrinkles were about to fly up. "Horace, do you really think that such an immoral woman can enter our family?"
Mr. Kirkland's words caused a great uproar at present.
What Mr. Kirkland said was very clear. He wanted to deny the status of Clara.
Clara couldn't help trembling.
She didn't know why she felt like she was hit hard when she heard Russell 's words.
After all, she got married just for the citizenship of Stratmont. Now that she had the that, even if she lost this marriage, she should not care, should she?
But somehow, she felt empty at the thought of divorcing Horace. She felt even more emptier when she thought that she couldn't go back to that villa from now on, and that she and Horace might become strangers again.
Noticing the change of expression on Clara's face, Horace felt his heart ached slightly.
Without hesitation, he grabbed Clara's hand under the table.
All the people present were too scared to say a word in the face of Russell's anger, but only one of them kept her head down, fearing that her complacent and happy expression would be discovered by others.
The woman was Ashlee.
Yes, it was she who showed the pictures on the screen.
When Ashlee heard that Darren was going to reveal the true face of Clara at the banquet, she was happy, but she also felt that it was not ruthless enough.
Since she wanted to hurt Clara, she had to do it thoroughly. She wanted her reputation to be ruined and she wanted that Clara would never be respected in the upper class.
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