Before the video was played, the reporters had only watched the video that Gemma released to the public, which was only part of the video that was being played now. Gemma had removed the scenes where she tried to seduce Tony and the car accident that happened after that.
When the complete video was revealed to the crowd, they could not help but to look at one another, only to find the same surprised look in everyone’s eyes—the entire situation turned out to be something unexpected.
First of all, Gemma had attempted to seduce Tony in the basement car park but her repetitive attempts pissed him off. Tony had tried to ask her to let go of him, but she took things even further by saying those shameless words—those were words that should never come out from the mouth of a decent young lady of an influential family. Her actions enraged Tony, which caused the latter to strangle her, but it was not his intention to kill her. From the earlier scene, everyone could tell that he was merely trying to frighten or intimidate her. Then, the two of them got into their respective cars. Tony drove out of the basement car park and a seemingly mentally unstable Gemma stomped on the pedal and attempted to run into his car. Fortunately, at the most critical moment, Tony noticed that her car was going to slam into his from behind, so he hastily stepped on the gas and steered the vehicle to the side. In the end, although he managed to avoid the car behind from banging his, he could not stop his car from ramming into the truck in front.
As soon as Tony and Myra entered the room, a security guard escorted them to their seats in the front.
The moment they took their seats, a reporter stood up and asked anxiously, “Director Hart, we have just watched the video. The video which was released on the Internet last night has been maliciously edited by someone, and there is actually more to the video. You were initially accused of being a violent person but you are, in fact, the victim here. Do you know who was the one who posted the video last night?”
Truth was, everyone was clear about the whole situation now—the video that was uploaded on the Internet last night was probably the act of the Walton Family. However, as they did not possess any evidence to support their suspicion, everyone could only look at Tony in hopes that he would reveal the truth.
Tony’s right arm was still in a cast and it was obvious that he might have a fractured bone, while his left arm was also densely bandaged. Other than that, he had a few minor scratches on his face. Although the condition of other parts of his body under his clothes could not be seen, everyone was able to tell that he must have some injuries on his body too.
Tony glanced at the person who asked the question before casually looking at the crowd with his cold, emotionless eyes. Then, he calmly replied, “I don’t know who was the person who posted the video.”
He could feel Myra’s body stiffen, so he held her hand with his left hand under the desk in an attempt to give her some comfort.
Another reporter immediately asked in an impatient voice, “It was said that the video last night was posted by Miss Walton. She failed to win your heart so when she saw you showing affection to Miss Stark, it triggered her and caused her to lose her sanity and do all sorts of crazy acts—not only did she deliberately run into your car, she even preemptively released the video so that you would be condemned by the public. What is your comment on this?”
However, Tony remained impassive. “I am unsure whether the video was posted by Miss Walton. The reason I gathered everyone here today and revealed the whole video is solely to clear up the misunderstanding. Of course, I indeed strangled Miss Walton, but it was not because I had lost my mind or I wanted to kill her. Nevertheless, I think that I should make a confession to my fiancée in front of everyone.”
After saying that, the curve playing by his lips became more obvious and his expression seemed much gentler. He turned to look at the stunned Myra with overflowing gentleness in his eyes as he murmured, “There are too many rumors spreading around and they have caused some discomfort to my fiancée. Before I met my fiancée, I have never had any romantic relationship with any woman and I have never fallen in love with anyone either. Myra Stark will be my only woman in my whole life.”
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