Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism novel Chapter 688

"Aster, go find out what happened earlier," Violeta instructed.

"Okay, I'll check right away."

Aster left the room to investigate while Violeta's makeup artist came in to help her remove her makeup.

When the makeup and hair were done, Aster returned with the information.

"Ms. White, they said it was a problem with the sound system wiring."

"That coincidental?" Violeta raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I thought so too. Oh, by the way, when I was asking around, I saw Mr. Weekley."

It was typical for someone with an invitation to attend the awards ceremony. Still, Jasper, the CEO of Apex, didn't need one—he could come and go as he pleased.

Aster mentioned seeing Jasper talking to the event organizers.

From the looks of it, he was investigating the situation, but that was beyond Aster's ability to get involved. She asked a few staff members and received a standard answer before returning.

Violeta had a gut feeling this wasn't just a coincidence. But whether it was intentional or not, she'd need solid evidence to prove it.

"Forget it. It's time to go. We'll find a time to invite Jasper for dinner as a thank you," Violeta said, letting it go for now.

"Got it."

Meanwhile, Jasper had already uncovered the truth.

Tonight's incident had been orchestrated by Evelina. After Jasper's team found and interrogated Jenny, she quickly spilled everything in fear.

"Mr. Weekley, should we bring Evelina in for questioning?" one of Jasper's staff asked.

"No need."

As the driver pulled the car up, Jasper glared at the trembling Jenny before getting into the car.

Once Jasper left, Jenny let out a sigh of relief.

But she knew this wasn't over.

Just because Jasper didn't summon Evelina didn't mean he believed her innocence—he didn't think Evelina was worth giving a chance to defend herself.

This was going to blow up.

Evelina had been waiting for Jenny for a long time.

When she finally returned, Evelina asked impatiently, "Why are you back so late? I've been waiting forever. Where's the car? Didn't you go to get one?"