Chapter 106 Wouldn’t you agree, Miss Stone?
There was a question from Jonathan’s official social media which tagged Vivian’s verified personal account.
‘That picture is remnants of someone’s failed attempt to frame and coerce me. I have never had any relationship with Miss Vivian Stone, never dated her, never slept with her, never even kissed her. Wouldn’t you agree, Miss Stone?’Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
Three pictures were attached to the official post.
Vivian began to tremble as she hesitantly clicked on the pictures.
It was a toxicology report from three different labs – the three most reputed labs of P city.
It was dated a few hours after their pictures in bed were taken.
The report clearly said Jonathan’s blood contained aphrodisiac in a small quantify but the anesthetic was in a high quantity which meant he had to have been asleep for several hours and was incapable of having sex.
There were records of Jonathan getting IV drip with medications to neutralize the toxins in his body and prevent any mishaps.
It took a long time for Vivian to realize it was real. She read and reread it multiple times, washed her face, and even rebooted her phone. But it remained unchanged. Only the likes, reposts, and comments on Jonathan’s post were increasing rapidly.
Vivian knew she only had two choices now.
She could bet on Jonathan not having actual proof and take a gamble. But with the toxicology report, even if it was proved that Jonathan had slept with her, it would not benefit her in any way.
Or she could withdraw and paint herself as a joint victim, whose innocence was intact. This would make her lose her leverage on Jonathan but she could save her chances for the future.
After thinking of this for a long time, she decided to take option two. She could leave room for herself and rise to power when the time came.
She forwarded Jonathan’s post and said, “Finally, the truth is out and I feel free of the shackles. I had never dared to hope that I could come out of this web that I was trapped in with my innocence and integrity intact. Thankfully, fortune favors the worthy.”
She directly admitted that she had nothing to do with Jonathan and she was a victim herself.
Everyone sympathized with her.
They even excused her previous transgressions thinking she was coerced. Vivian had played her card well and this time she came out on top. All of her previous matters were whitewashed with her ‘victim’ status as Vivian employed paid tools and used her PR team to do that.
The Aprices, however, were not reconciled.
Lydia had spent a ton of money on this but she did not get anything out of it. Instead, Vivian was the one who benefitted the most.
Moreover, to cover the cost of the lawsuit and make sure no one knew of her involvement in it, she was forced to pay an additional 500 million worth of damages.
The reporter who had accepted the bribe was blacklisted, and he did not receive any money.
Unbeknownst to Lydia, all the 500 million she had collected by selling her shares had gone to Liliana and her shares were also acquired by Liliana.
When Lester found out what had happened, it was already too late.
He had passed onto 5% of his personal shares to Lydia. And she sold all of it in one go and emptied her account after breaking all FDs.
Lester had squared away some of the money and created FDs under Lydia’s account. In case something bad happened, that money would have helped them start over, or relocate elsewhere, but Lydia had lost all of it for a foolish cause.
Lester was too helpless to deal with her as it was all done and dusted by the time he found out. And knowing that they had a new unknown shareholder in the company raised another problem.