Eleanor's aggressive, disgusted rejection drew a collective gasp from the crowd.
To them, whether the video was totally accurate or not, Seraphina was the ultimate joke. Years ago, she had schemed like a parasite to latch onto the Tanners, ended up knocked up, and still got absolutely nothing.
And now she was being publicly humiliated and cast aside like dirt on their shoes.
Every inch of her filthy history had been exposed.
Seraphina bit down hard on her lip, staring at the sheer disgust on Eleanor's face. Every single word was a fatal stab!
They looked at her like she was a walking plague, something to be violently dodged!
"Doesn't the Vance family have a young boy? The age lines up perfectly. Did she really... dump her bastard kid on her parents to raise, while prancing around pretending to be a pure, untouched maiden?"
A middle-aged man in the crowd mocked loudly.
His observation snapped everything into place for the onlookers.
The glares zeroing in on her became exponentially more vicious and scornful.
An explosion went off in Seraphina's brain.
Her fingers dug painfully into the carpet.
She desperately wanted to flee.
But restrained by the security guards, her limbs were like jelly.
Regret began to eat at her.
She shouldn't have vehemently denied it earlier. She shouldn't have insisted in front of everyone that Sebastian was the father. If she hadn't, the Chairman wouldn't have publicly aired out her dark past just to expose her lie.
But now...
It was too late.
After tonight, she... would be the most infamous woman in Kingsford.
The very thought made her soul violently tremble.
But...
"Did Mr. Tanner partake in some illegal substances there? He's definitely getting investigated for that, right?" someone in the crowd chimed in loudly, purely fueling the fire.
Like a drop of water in boiling oil.
It instantly triggered massive uproar.
Forrest shot an utterly emotionless look at his wife.
Matilda's face drained of color. Hearing Eleanor drag her into the mess, she immediately fired back, "I have no idea what you're talking about! No one forced anyone to break the law. What you should be doing right now is disciplining your own grandson!"
Eleanor clutched her chest in rage.
Theon looked crazed, ready to lunge at Sebastian.
But he was swiftly intercepted by security.
Sebastian lifted his eyes. "Seraphina recorded that video to blackmail you. It wasn't deleted, leading to today's exposure. Did you ever wonder why it was still sitting on her drive? She simply planned to use it as leverage against the Tanner family down the line. You were always just her fallback plan."
His razor-sharp words sent terror coursing through the crowd.
Seraphina slumped further into despair.
Because...
Sebastian had guessed her exact original motive.
Back when she had confronted Theon, she was already quite far along. She thought since the pregnancy was so advanced, he'd be forced to take responsibility. But she never imagined the man was a total psychopath.
He had just tossed out one sentence: "Either take the cash and abort it, or pop it out and raise it yourself. I won't claim a bastard. You could pop out ten of them and I wouldn't bat an eye. Do you have any idea how long the line of women trying to secure my wealth with a brat is? By tomorrow, I won't even remember your face."

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding
No, no, no! Sebastian needs to nip the Zella situation and win Raelynn back! Also, Leo, he is a wildcard for Sebastian's master plan... Sebastian- we know you know, what we know, win your family back!...
I thought now Sebastian and Raelynn will be together now that seraphina is not but you are not letting them to be. Two new female around Sebastian 😭...
I think Ian is sly. He is not what he seems. Sebastian loves Raelyn and they have a daughter together. Besides he has no family to even take care of him. I feel Raelyn should realise that Sebastian is only her true love and go back to him....
The croix family is evil...
Hey Swnovels! Could you post 'The 24-Hour Bet on Forever' Novel?...
Hoping Realyn the real granddaughter of Doc Hages. And Serafina his fake and she will not become success for their evil desire. Then the story its become more exciting. Thank you so much for giving us a very good novels. And please more up date...
While waiting for the updates, do you have any other books author?...
More chapters pls........
This author is not letting her FL win. haha Such a rage bait! But I keep on reading anyway! Urgh!...