I looked at Marlon in shock. Why did he search me while his fiancée's ring was missing? But Marlon did not look at me and just comforted Alicia with concern.
He only cared about Alicia and did not care about me at all.
I wanted to laugh. But my eyes which were fixed on him hurt very much. However, I was still unwilling to take my eyes off him. I kept looking at him even my eyes were painful.
"Rachael, this is about the reputation of Universal Group. It is not just about your reputation!" Everly said and directly came to search me without my permission.
Just as I was about to resist, I felt angry and disappointed while seeing that Marlon was so concerned about Alicia. I did not want Marlon misunderstand me.
Everyone in the world could misunderstand me. But I did not want Marlon to misunderstand me at all.
So, I stopped resisting, letting Everly search me and take out all the things in my pockets.
Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out clearly in the room. A ring fell out of the miscellaneous items in Everly's hands.
"My ring!" Alicia picked up the ring on the table and widened her eyes in surprise. Marlon turned to me, staring at me with coldness and contempt.
I went blank, looked at the ring in Alicia's hand, and froze.
"Rachael, I really didn't expect you to steal this ring!" Everly said with contempt. Several other people in the room all looked at me dismissively, whispering about me.
"Sister, you hate me so much?" Alicia took the ring and came to me. She looked at me and her tears fell down silently, "You hate me so much that you even stole my engagement ring and don't want to see me happy, don't you?" Alicia cried more terribly. She looked like a pure and harmless doll and was endearing.
"I ..." I moved my lips, but could not say anything.
Everly and others heard Alicia call me sister. Although they were confused, they did not speak and just stood aside, condescending to see fun.
"Sister, you know, you are my only sister in this world!" Alicia looked at me deeply, "If you do not want to see me happy, then I will not be happy. If you want the ring, then I will give you the ring. Sister, is this enough?" Alicia stuffed the ring into my hand and ran out crying.
I took the ring and went blank. But I wanted to tell Marlon that I didn't steal Alicia's ring. I really didn't do it.
"Rachael, you are more disgusting now. I didn’t realize that!" Marlon looked at me sharply and then turned around to chase after Alicia.
I was so sad that I bit back the words I would like to have said.
"Rachael, you really bring shame on our company!" Everly and another man scolded me. I was silent. Suddenly, I remembered that when I was in the toilet, Alicia had been closed to me to talk.
I understood everything. Alicia must have deliberately put the ring into my pocket at that time and then set me up.
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