The Disguised Billionaire She Rejected novel Chapter 4

They all rushed toward the safe.

Morgan was still standing there with the door wide open, her hands trembling as she stared inside the empty compartment.

“The necklace… the necklace is gone!” she cried again.

Jessica stepped forward and looked inside the safe herself. The velvet box that had held the ruby necklace was gone.

Travis frowned slightly and asked slowly, “Does that mean… Marcus really took it?”

Morgan spun around like a raging storm.

“Who else would take it?” she snapped. “That pauper stole it! That shameless thief!”

Her face turned red with anger.

“No wonder he packed his bag and ran away in such a hurry,” she continued viciously. “He knew exactly what he was doing. That filthy orphan thought he could rob us and escape.”

Jessica rubbed her temples wearily. The entire situation felt exhausting. She believed that Marcus would never do such a thing!. She can vouch for that.

“Mom, calm down,” she said. “This must be a misunderstanding.”

Morgan looked at her like she had lost her mind.

“A misunderstanding?” she barked. “The necklace is gone! And he left”

Jessica sighed. “Marcus can be many things… vain, stubborn, lacking ambition, can be everything, but he would never steal.”

Morgan laughed harshly.

“Listen to yourself!” she sneered. “You are still defending that useless trash after he robbed you!”

“He didn’t rob anyone,” Jessica snapped.

Morgan slammed the safe door shut.

“That bastard grew up in an orphanage. Do you think people like that have any morals? He saw five hundred thousand dollars and his greedy eyes lit up!”

Jessica’s expression darkened.

“Mom.”

But Morgan was already in full rage.

“I knew it!” she shouted. “I always knew he was a disgusting leech. Living here for years like a stray dog. Eating our food. Sleeping in our house. Wearing clothes bought with your money. And now he repays us by stealing!”

Travis raised his hands as if trying to calm her.

“Mrs. Morgan, maybe we shouldn’t jump to conclusions so quickly…”

Morgan scoffed. “ The evidence is right here! He took it! If it isn’t that worm then who?. Uhn?, ”

Travis added.

“Well… Marcus might have just borrowed it, maybe to sort some things out.”

He appeared to defend Marcus on the surface, but his words subtly reinforced the accusation of theft.

“Let’s leave this for now,” she added quietly. “I’m exhausted. Today has already been too much. I will ask him tomorrow”

Morgan stared at her in disbelief.

“Five-hundred-thousand-dollar necklace is missing and you want to sleep? What if he had sell it before tomorrow”

Jessica sighed again. She was so tired and believed her mother was overreacting. She just turned and walked upstairs.

Morgan’s face twisted with anger as she watched her daughter leave.

“That girl has completely lost her brain because of that beggar!I swear I will get it back, ” she muttered.

Travis watched Jessica disappear upstairs. Then he slowly and quietly spoke.

“Mrs. Morgan… maybe there is another way to deal with this.”

Morgan crossed her arms.

“What way?”.

“Let this go viral and public!. We will publish this online, and spread it as wide as possible.

Scandals involving wealthy families spread very fast. If people start talking about it, Marcus will panic. He will be put into pressure. So he won’t be able to hide for long. He will have no choice but to come back and return the necklace.”

Morgan’s eyes slowly lit up with vicious delight.

Then she burst into a cold laugh.

“Hah! Good idea!” she sneered. “That shameless beggar thinks he can steal from us and run away? I will destroy his reputation!”