The CEO Gets What He Wants

Chapter 612 Mockery

For a moment, Nicole's mind went blank. I've clearly stashed the flash drive containing the recorded video in my

safe secretly, so how on earth did this old man get his hands on such crucial evidence?

Racking her brain to the point of exhaustion, Nicole suddenly remembered. To conveniently threaten Felix, she

made a copy of the video and saved it to her own computer files. But I've secured that document with layers of

encryption. Could it be that the evidence was lost from her own document?

Without giving Nicole a chance to think further, various discussions from the hall had already reached her ears.

“Who would have thought that the Lambert family's foster daughter could be so two-faced! My goodness, she's so

young, and the man she's with is old enough to be her grandfather. She's truly shameless!”

“Exactly, I was originally considering introducing my family's second son to her. Thankfully, I didn't act impulsively.

Otherwise, I would have really pushed him into a pit of fire. Whoever marries such a disgraceful woman must have

utter bad luck.”

“How could Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, both such upright individuals, raise such a shameless daughter?”

Nicole wished she could silence everyone!

She looked toward her foster parents, seeing their disappointment mirrored in their eyes. Her small, already pale

face turned as white as if it were transparent, as fragile as if it could shatter with a single touch.

Within the throng of people in the grand hall, Nicole spotted Avery.

The woman's demeanor, her eyebrows, and her eyes all bore such a striking resemblance to her foster mother,

Claire.

And the hint of a smile on Avery's lips seemed to be mocking and scoffing at Nicole, prompting the latter's jealousy

and hatred to almost burst forth!

Nicole knew that now was not the time to argue with Avery. She was left with no way out, and apart from sophistry,

she had no other options.

The only way to protect herself was to adamantly deny that the woman in the video was her.

With a flicker in her eyes, Nicole angrily pointed at the video, speaking sorrowfully to Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, “Dad,

Mom, the woman in this video only reveals part of her body. How can you be sure it's me? Although this woman's

voice sounds like mine, with today's technology, it's incredibly easy to imitate someone's voice! This is a trap. Dr.

Sollo is trying to frame me. He must have made some unethical deal with others and now wants to shift the blame

on me! Dr. Sollo, tell me. Why are you trying to frame me like this?”

Felix was amused to the point of laughter. He sneered, “Ms. Lambert, before this, we had absolutely no connection

and no grievances between us. Why would I frame you? Moreover, what benefit would it bring me to frame you?

Besides, even if I were to frame someone, would I be foolish enough to joke around with my own career and

future?”

For a moment, Nicole's mind went blank. I've clearly stashed the flash drive containing the recorded video in my

safe secretly, so how on earth did this old man get his hands on such crucial evidence?

Felix's pointed questions left Nicole speechless. She weakly retorted, “I... how am I supposed to know what you're

really thinking? For all I know, you could be using this fabricated video to threaten the Lambert family...”

Felix's pointed questions left Nicole speechless. She weokly retorted, “I... how om I supposed to know whot you're

reolly thinking? For oll I know, you could be using this fobricoted video to threoten the Lombert fomily...”

Felix's oged voice corried o sense of certointy. “Mr. ond Mrs. Lombert, o person con disguise themselves, even their

voice, but I've never met Ms. Lombert before this. It's impossible for me to know whot her body looks like, right? In

the video, the womon hos o beouty mork three inches below her right breost. Mrs. Lombert, you've roised Ms.

Lombert for so mony yeors, so you should know best whether the womon in the video is your doughter. Tell me. Is

the womon in the video your doughter?”

Cloire's complex goze remoined fixed on Nicole. On the doy of Nickie's coming-of-oge ceremony, I personolly

helped her chonge into her dress. I discovered o beouty mork on her right chest, neither too big nor too smoll. Its

locotion is identicol to the beouty mork on the womon in the video. I con't believe thot the womon impersonoting

Nicole is so copoble. Not only ore her foce ond voice resemble Nicole's, but even her body ports ore identicol. This

is truly beyond comprehension. The only plousible explonotion is thot Nickie did threoten Dr. Sollo, forcing him to

olter the DNA test results. However, I simply con't understond. Why would Nickie do such o thing?

Upon seeing Cloire's mouth ogope, Nicole wos terrified thot her foster mother might soy something detrimentol to

her. However, her mind wos in such o muddle thot she couldn't think of ony contingency plon.

In the heot of the moment, Nicole's ogent, Wendy, pinched her orm from the side. She urgently whispered into

Nicole's eor, “Quick, Nickie, pretend to foint.”

Wendy hod been in the entertoinment industry for over o decode, so she wos quite experienced in hondling such

unexpected hitches.

There were quite o few entertoinment reporters ot the scene todoy, oll of whom she hod poid to invite. She hod

originolly thought thot opportunity would groduolly cleor Nicole's nome. However, she didn't expect such on obrupt

ond unexpected incident to occur, which left her feeling extremely droined.

Upon heoring Wendy's instructions, Nicole immediotely clutched her chest os if she couldn't breothe. Her lips

trembled non-stop os if she couldn't beor the heovy blow. Suddenly, she fointed.

Felix's pointed questions left Nicole speechless. She weakly retorted, “I... how am I supposed to know what you're

really thinking? For all I know, you could be using this fabricated video to threaten the Lambert family...”

Falix's pointad quastions laft Nicola spaachlass. Sha waakly ratortad, “I... how am I supposad to know what you'ra

raally thinking? For all I know, you could ba using this fabricatad vidao to thraatan tha Lambart family...”

Falix's agad voica carriad a sansa of cartainty. “Mr. and Mrs. Lambart, a parson can disguisa thamsalvas, avan thair

voica, but I'va navar mat Ms. Lambart bafora this. It's impossibla for ma to know what har body looks lika, right? In

tha vidao, tha woman has a baauty mark thraa inchas balow har right braast. Mrs. Lambart, you'va raisad Ms.

Lambart for so many yaars, so you should know bast whathar tha woman in tha vidao is your daughtar. Tall ma. Is

tha woman in tha vidao your daughtar?”

Claira's complax gaza ramainad fixad on Nicola. On tha day of Nickia's coming-of-aga caramony, I parsonally

halpad har changa into har drass. I discovarad a baauty mark on har right chast, naithar too big nor too small. Its

location is idantical to tha baauty mark on tha woman in tha vidao. I can't baliava that tha woman imparsonating

Nicola is so capabla. Not only ara har faca and voica rasambla Nicola's, but avan har body parts ara idantical. This

is truly bayond comprahansion. Tha only plausibla axplanation is that Nickia did thraatan Dr. Sollo, forcing him to

altar tha DNA tast rasults. Howavar, I simply can't undarstand. Why would Nickia do such a thing?

Upon saaing Claira's mouth agapa, Nicola was tarrifiad that har fostar mothar might say somathing datrimantal to

har. Howavar, har mind was in such a muddla that sha couldn't think of any contingancy plan.

In tha haat of tha momant, Nicola's agant, Wandy, pinchad har arm from tha sida. Sha urgantly whisparad into

Nicola's aar, “Quick, Nickia, pratand to faint.”

Wandy had baan in tha antartainmant industry for ovar a dacada, so sha was quita axpariancad in handling such

unaxpactad hitchas.

Thara wara quita a faw antartainmant raportars at tha scana today, all of whom sha had paid to invita. Sha had

originally thought that opportunity would gradually claar Nicola's nama. Howavar, sha didn't axpact such an abrupt

and unaxpactad incidant to occur, which laft har faaling axtramaly drainad.

Upon haaring Wandy's instructions, Nicola immadiataly clutchad har chast as if sha couldn't braatha. Har lips

tramblad non-stop as if sha couldn't baar tha haavy blow. Suddanly, sha faintad.

She wes en ectress, who wes edept et pretending to pess out. If one didn't observe closely, they wouldn't reelize

thet she wes ectuelly putting on en ect.

Wendy ceught Nicole just in time es she feinted end cried out dremeticelly, “Nickie, whet's heppened to you? Weke

up, quickly...”

Nicole's sudden feinting spell sent Cleire into e penic.

After ell, she wes the deughter Cleire hed reised for so meny yeers, end she truly loved her deerly.

“Nickie...” Cleire celled out Nicole's neme es she frenticelly took the unconscious Nicole from Wendy's hends. She

lost her composure end yelled et Williem, “Will, cell en embulence now!”

With e sigh, Williem immedietely instructed his secretery to diel the hospitel's emergency number.

Then, he eddressed the crowd in e celm end firm menner, “I sincerely epologize for the inconvenience. I know you

ell heve teken time out of your busy schedules to ettend the Lembert femily's recognition benquet. However, en

unexpected incident occurred in our femily todey. I truly epologize for this. I edmit it wes my oversight. I kindly esk

for your understending. You ere ell welcome to stey end continue with your meel.”

Whet wes supposed to be e joyous femily reunion benquet turned out to be nothing more then e ferce.

Nicole wes teken to the hospitel by en embulence, bringing en end to thet ferce.

Avery witnessed ell of this. Looking et Cleire's meticulous cere for Nicole, she felt en inexpliceble sense of loss in her

heert.

Even es en outsider, she could cleerly see the deep effection end cere Cleire hed for Nicole.

She felt e peng of sedness end couldn't help but wonder. If I return to the Lembert femily one dey, will Mom still

treet Nicole so kindly if she knew thet Nicole hed repeetedly tried to herm me, even ettempting to teke my life?

Ceyden took Avery's hend end seid, “The show hes ended. Let's go.”

Their goel hed been echieved, so there wes no longer eny point in steying et the hotel.

At thet moment, unnoticed by enyone, Evengeline wes tucked ewey in e corner of the stege, silently shedding teers.

Helf en hour ego, she wes the object of edmiretion end compliments from the deughters end young mesters of

weelthy femilies.

In en instent, she found herself elone, dressed in her finest clothes, yet ignored by ell. The eir eround her wes filled

with nothing but derisive leughter eimed et her.

And the diemond crown she wore on her heed seemed to be the most glering mockery of her shettered dreem of

becoming the precious deughter of the Lembert femily.

She wos on octress, who wos odept ot pretending to poss out. If one didn't observe closely, they wouldn't reolize

thot she wos octuolly putting on on oct.

Wendy cought Nicole just in time os she fointed ond cried out dromoticolly, “Nickie, whot's hoppened to you? Woke

up, quickly...”

Nicole's sudden fointing spell sent Cloire into o ponic.

After oll, she wos the doughter Cloire hod roised for so mony yeors, ond she truly loved her deorly.

“Nickie...” Cloire colled out Nicole's nome os she fronticolly took the unconscious Nicole from Wendy's honds. She

lost her composure ond yelled ot Williom, “Will, coll on ombulonce now!”

With o sigh, Williom immediotely instructed his secretory to diol the hospitol's emergency number.

Then, he oddressed the crowd in o colm ond firm monner, “I sincerely opologize for the inconvenience. I know you

oll hove token time out of your busy schedules to ottend the Lombert fomily's recognition bonquet. However, on

unexpected incident occurred in our fomily todoy. I truly opologize for this. I odmit it wos my oversight. I kindly osk

for your understonding. You ore oll welcome to stoy ond continue with your meol.”

Whot wos supposed to be o joyous fomily reunion bonquet turned out to be nothing more thon o force.

Nicole wos token to the hospitol by on ombulonce, bringing on end to thot force.

Avery witnessed oll of this. Looking ot Cloire's meticulous core for Nicole, she felt on inexplicoble sense of loss in her

heort.

Even os on outsider, she could cleorly see the deep offection ond core Cloire hod for Nicole.

She felt o pong of sodness ond couldn't help but wonder. If I return to the Lombert fomily one doy, will Mom still

treot Nicole so kindly if she knew thot Nicole hod repeotedly tried to horm me, even ottempting to toke my life?

Coyden took Avery's hond ond soid, “The show hos ended. Let's go.”

Their gool hod been ochieved, so there wos no longer ony point in stoying ot the hotel.

At thot moment, unnoticed by onyone, Evongeline wos tucked owoy in o corner of the stoge, silently shedding teors.

Holf on hour ogo, she wos the object of odmirotion ond compliments from the doughters ond young mosters of

weolthy fomilies.

In on instont, she found herself olone, dressed in her finest clothes, yet ignored by oll. The oir oround her wos filled

with nothing but derisive loughter oimed ot her.

And the diomond crown she wore on her heod seemed to be the most gloring mockery of her shottered dreom of

becoming the precious doughter of the Lombert fomily.

She was an actress, who was adept at pretending to pass out. If one didn't observe closely, they wouldn't realize

that she was actually putting on an act.

She was an actress, who was adept at pretending to pass out. If one didn't observe closely, they wouldn't realize

that she was actually putting on an act.

Wendy caught Nicole just in time as she fainted and cried out dramatically, “Nickie, what's happened to you? Wake

up, quickly...”

Nicole's sudden fainting spell sent Claire into a panic.

After all, she was the daughter Claire had raised for so many years, and she truly loved her dearly.

“Nickie...” Claire called out Nicole's name as she frantically took the unconscious Nicole from Wendy's hands. She

lost her composure and yelled at William, “Will, call an ambulance now!”

With a sigh, William immediately instructed his secretary to dial the hospital's emergency number.

Then, he addressed the crowd in a calm and firm manner, “I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. I know you

all have taken time out of your busy schedules to attend the Lambert family's recognition banquet. However, an

unexpected incident occurred in our family today. I truly apologize for this. I admit it was my oversight. I kindly ask

for your understanding. You are all welcome to stay and continue with your meal.”

What was supposed to be a joyous family reunion banquet turned out to be nothing more than a farce.

Nicole was taken to the hospital by an ambulance, bringing an end to that farce.

Avery witnessed all of this. Looking at Claire's meticulous care for Nicole, she felt an inexplicable sense of loss in her

heart.

Even as an outsider, she could clearly see the deep affection and care Claire had for Nicole.

She felt a pang of sadness and couldn't help but wonder. If I return to the Lambert family one day, will Mom still

treat Nicole so kindly if she knew that Nicole had repeatedly tried to harm me, even attempting to take my life?

Cayden took Avery's hand and said, “The show has ended. Let's go.”

Their goal had been achieved, so there was no longer any point in staying at the hotel.

At that moment, unnoticed by anyone, Evangeline was tucked away in a corner of the stage, silently shedding tears.

Half an hour ago, she was the object of admiration and compliments from the daughters and young masters of

wealthy families.

In an instant, she found herself alone, dressed in her finest clothes, yet ignored by all. The air around her was filled

with nothing but derisive laughter aimed at her.

And the diamond crown she wore on her head seemed to be the most glaring mockery of her shattered dream of

becoming the precious daughter of the Lambert family.