All of a sudden, the sounds of keyboards tapping away and camera shutters going off filled the room.
Soon after that, the details from the Hart Group press conference became published; naturally, the response that ensued was quite significant.
Originally, Miss Walton, who was allegedly the victim, the weaker party, and the person abandoned, suddenly turned out to be a despicable home-wrecker, a lunatic, and a vicious woman. From then on, there were all sorts of negative tags attached to her.
Perhaps it was because everyone didn’t expect the distinguished Young Lady of the Walton family to be such a shameless woman. The words that came out of her mouth were quite explicit, after all.
“I just want to give you some comfort during her pregnancy… Now that she is pregnant, you must be having a hard time holding back your desires. I just wish to continue to admire you in secret and to sometimes appear by your side when you need me. I won’t ruin your family; I just want you to occasionally be with me… Myra’s only attributes are her skills in bed and the way she pleasures you. As for me, I’m still a virgin; I only care about you so I’m quite sure I’ll be comparable to her. I—”
Gemma had completely twisted values that were totally beyond what was acceptable. It was quite hard to believe that this usually haughty and aloof woman had in fact chased after a married man and requested to be his mistress.
On the contrary, the director of Hart Group, Tony, had a great mindset, which was evident from his words.
“Even if you were the last woman left on Earth, I would still choose to stay celibate. If you dare to bother Myra again, I won’t hesitate to show you in advance the consequences of crossing my path.”
Everyone present could clearly sense his loyalty toward the one he loved. Most of the women who heard this sighed in admiration, and they were envious and jealous of Myra but disdainful of Gemma’s actions. This was such a stark contrast, resulting in the crowd being even more disgusted and scornful of the latter’s actions. At that point, all of the hard-built, positive framework of the Walton Family from the previous night came crashing down without any warning, and there were endless negative comments directed at Gemma as well as the Walton Family on the Internet.
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Just then, the atmosphere in Gemma’s room was significantly tense and one could practically cut the tension with a knife.
Everyone from the Walton Family, except for Gemma, had assumed that there were only two recordings that fateful night at the underground parking lot of the Stark Group. One was regarding the conflict between her and Tony, and the other was the recording of her driving her car into Tony’s. Other than that, they didn’t expect anything else. However, much to their dismay, Gemma had in fact tried to seduce Tony; as for the words she had said, Edward was practically about to blow a gasket after hearing it. How can a foolish girl like her even be a part of the Walton Family? Doesn’t she know that there are security cameras in the underground parking lot?
As soon as everyone in the Walton Family saw the negative comments left by strangers on the Internet, their expressions darkened.
“Grandpa—” After last night’s outburst, Gemma had initially gone back to her old ways of being reckless as she realized that her family had no qualms of indulging all her whims. However, after the full video recording was released and Tony’s words were made known to the public, Gemma was utterly stunned. During her impulsive outburst, she completely forgot about the fact that she had tried to seduce Tony prior to that or perhaps subconsciously, she didn’t think that there was anything wrong in her actions of seducing him.
It was only when the condemning comments from the Internet hit hard like waves crashing into her that she suddenly felt a sense of humiliation and resentment. Gemma finally came to the realization that she had brought massive trouble upon her family and this time, things were way worse than the previous incident of her running into Tony with her car. This incident indicated a massive flaw in her character and had implicated the whole Walton Family. As such, everyone in the family was also the subject of abuse by the general public.
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