The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 1837

Questlaw... Even though she wasn't a law student, the legend of Questlaw was too massive to ignore. Everyone had heard of her. She couldn't believe it. Just to ruin her, Charlotte had actually managed to hire Questlaw. With Questlaw handling the case, Pandora could gather every elite lawyer in the world and still lose. "Where are my dad and grandpa? Are they here yet?" Pandora gripped her hands into tight fists, desperately reaching for a lifeline. "If they know I've been arrested, they'll definitely come save me." "Your father is here." The officer received a notification and stepped out of the interrogation room. A moment later, the door swung open. Pandora's father rushed in, looking completely frantic. "Dad! Charlotte—" *Slap!* Before Pandora could finish her sentence, before she could even begin to cry, her father delivered a vicious backhand straight across her face. Instantly, Pandora's cheek erupted in blinding pain, her ears ringing from the sheer force of the blow. "Dad..." Pandora clutched her burning cheek, staring at her father in total disbelief, tears welling in her eyes. "Why did you hit me?" "Even now, you still don't realize what you've done!" Her father's face was livid, his furious roar echoing through the small room. "Did you learn nothing from last time?! You actually dared to provoke Charlotte again?! Do you have the brain of a pig, or did a dog eat your common sense?!" After the last incident, her grandfather had traded on every ounce of his respect and social standing just to keep Charlotte from destroying her. And now this. How did he raise such an utterly useless daughter! "I didn't provoke Charlotte! I just hate Shirley! She..." "She what?!" Her father grew even more enraged. He grabbed a folder off the table and hurled it at her, planting his hands on his hips as he gasped for air, looking like he was about to have a heart attack. "Who do you think has Shirley's back?! Charlotte! You mess with Shirley, you mess with Charlotte! Now look where you are! Charlotte is suing you for defamation. As far as I'm concerned, you can sit in prison and reflect on your stupidity!" "But I didn't completely make it up! The Blair Family's Dorothy..." "Oh, right! Let's talk about that!" Her father violently ran a hand through his hair, his voice turning deadly cold. "Dorothy is in prison because she deserved it! She hired a hitman to assault Shirley! The entire Blair Family knows about it. They didn't say a single word in Dorothy's defense, so what gave you the right to play the hero?!" Hearing her father's words, all the color drained from Pandora's face. Hired a hitman to assault Shirley? No wonder. No wonder Daniel wanted a divorce, and The Blair Family refused to intervene. She had spent all this time believing Charlotte was just pulling strings maliciously. "Dad, what do I do now?" True terror finally set in. Pandora scrambled forward, grabbing her father's sleeve and sobbing. "Tell Grandpa to beg Charlotte for mercy. I..." "Your grandfather refuses to humiliate himself again, and our family cannot afford to lose any more face." He yanked his arm out of her grip, staring up at the ceiling with a heavy sigh. "Charlotte is involved now. This isn't going to just go away." Pandora collapsed onto the floor, her head drooping as she muttered to herself, "If I had just left for the airport earlier today, none of this would have happened." "Left?" Her father scoffed, looking at her with bitter disappointment. "Forget fleeing the country. You could run to the ends of the earth, and she would still drag you back. All you can do now is confess exactly what you did. Otherwise, I can't help you either." When he walked into the station and saw the look on Charlotte's face, the pleas for mercy had died in his throat. She was not someone you could negotiate with. Not to mention, this entire fiasco had dragged The Blair Family's reputation through the mud. The Byron family had to offer them an acceptable sacrifice. After her father walked out, the interrogating officer returned to the room.