Winning Her Heart Back (Emelie and William) novel Chapter 854

To outsiders, this entire fiasco was nothing more than a farce.

But for Beathan, it was a cruel taste of his own medicine. Just like Natalie, he had fallen into a trap—one that he had dug for himself.

He could already foresee how things would unfold from here. His eyes gradually became bloodshot, and he suddenly exploded into maniacal laughter. "What a perfect scheme to ensure my downfall..."

His subordinates were unsettled by his laughter. "What… What scheme? Boss, what are you talking about?"

Beathan took off his glasses. "Natalie sold me out to Emelie long ago. They've been playing me all along."

His subordinates were still confused. "Boss, we just failed to frame Elias for cheating. It's not a big deal. We can come up with a better plan next time."

"There won't be a next time," Beathan said, his tone carrying the weight of finality. "We're done for."

This time, it was truly over.

Without offering any further explanation, Beathan turned and walked up to the second floor. He headed out to the terrace and then reclined in a rocking chair while staring blankly at the sky.

It was all his fault. He had been too impatient.

In his haste to take down Elias, he had arranged for Gusto to meet Elias at the hotel, under the pretense of renewing their contract but with the intention to trap Elias in a scandal.

However, Elias had chosen to host the meeting with Gusto at his hot spring hotel first.

At the time, Beathan had sensed that something was off. But when one was desperate to achieve a goal, they tended to ignore any inconvenient details that might hinder them.

So, he had stubbornly proceeded with his original plan. He had set up the honeytrap, arranged for Lily to take some incriminating photos with Elias in bed, and then leaked them to the media, hoping to destroy Elias' reputation.

His ultimate goal was to make Ashley leave Elias.

However, what he hadn't expected was that this move would lead him straight into the trap that they had laid out for him.

The reversal video not only cleared Elias of any wrongdoings, but it also revealed a fatal secret about the hot spring hotel. This was something that Beathan had kept hidden for years.

He had always publicly claimed that his hotel staff, including the waiters and masseuses, were either blind or deaf and mute. In reality, they were all fully capable of seeing, hearing, and speaking.

This was the detail that would ruin Beathan.

As expected, later that day, people began dissecting the reversal video and uncovering the truth about the hotel's "fake disabled" staff.

Most of the netizens didn't care much. They just followed the trend and bashed the hotel for its pretentiousness without diving deeper.

Meanwhile, those who had once stayed at the hotel began connecting the dots. They realized that these "fake disabled" staff had likely overheard their private conversations and that Beathan had probably known everything all along.