While Madam Collins was still processing the shocking news, Spencer received the sa information from his own people at the office. As he watched the broadcast, his hand clenched into a fist, and he felt a headache stard to form.
It seed reporters were already hounding them, demanding answers—why had his mother done sothing like this to her own daughter-in-law when during that ti, lanie had indeed been working with ABC Industtries? They wanted to know if there was internal strife within the company for two of it's directors attacking each other like this?
Without having anyone to tell him, he knew that the shares of the company would definitely be affected today. And at present he needed to do damage control.
But, to make things worse, Peter Berkus had officially filed the lawsuit and then left the country. Which ant that there was no way they could make him co forward and claim that this was all a misunderstanding.
Peter was refusing to listen to any explanations, making it clear that his side would only speak in court. There was no room for discussion after the betrayal. To have orchestrated the entire incident of plagiarism and then sympathised with him as if lanie was the one who was controlling everything! He had sent quite a long 'letter' to them...
Spencer grimaced. The video circulating just now wasn't very clear, but Spencer had no doubt that it was real. He knew exactly what his mother had done. But the bigger question was—how did Peter get his hands on it?
And yet, even as he asked himself this question, the answer ca to him almost instantly. It had to be lanie.
He rembered his mother ntioning that lanie had given Peter a file, calling it a "gift" before she left the party yesterday. At the ti, he hadn't thought much of it. Like his mother, he had believed that it must be lanie's proposal for Peter regarding the partnership.
But now, with everything falling apart, it made sense. That file must have contained the video. lanie had intended to prove herself innocent before making the proposal. But when Peter Berkus had humiliated her, she had simply left the file with him and walked away, knowing that once the man realized the truth, he would co to her. And this ti, with Peter having humiliated lanie wrongfully, she would have the upper hand.
So, lanie had to be the one who sent it out. He never could have imagined that she would be so insiduous.
Frustrated at having his mother ruining everything for petty gas, he asked his own assistant, "What about the person who was supposed to keep Mother inford about lanie? The spy? Why didn't he warn her about what lanie was doing or what was in that file?"
The man shook his head and explained hurriedly, "According to Lisa the spy didn't know anything. lanie never told anyone about her plan—not even her own assistant who accompanied her. Also, the assistant is now looking into the matter of the leaked plans so lanie has also discovered that we have a spy in her office."
Spencer let out a sharp breath. That ant lanie had been careful, keeping everything a secret until it was too late. And now, the damage was already done.
In her desperate attempt to bring about lanie's downfall, his mother had instead ruined everything. What was supposed to be a carefully laid trap had backfired spectacularly, and in one swift move, lanie had turned the tables, bringing his mother down instead.
Spencer's mind was still racing, trying to figure out a way to control the damage when the door to his office swung open and Hallie strode in.
"Spencer even though everything is in chaos right now, I think we might have a way to fix this ss. If we handle this correctly, we can shift the bla onto lanie and make your mother co out as the hero in all of this. Look at these pictures."
Spencer's brow furrowed as he took the folder and flipped it open. The mont his gaze landed on the photographs, his body went rigid. His grip on the edges of the paper tightened. This was...
"We can claim that lanie was out of control. That she had no morals, no integrity, and that your mother was simply trying to protect Adam. That she couldn't stand by and let lanie's characterless ways tarnish his na any further.
You have a few pictures with lanie from back then. Even though they are normal, with pictures like these ones, it will be easy to change the narrative. We can say that Madam Collins never liked her because she knew lanie's character. How she first tried to seduce you and then seduced Adam, playing with both your hearts.
Since both of you were away, Madam Collins did the only thing she could, hoping that when Adam returned, he would break things off. But instead they eloped. And yet, later, lanie continued with her wayward ways, and was now having an affair with her assistant."
"We can turn this whole situation around, Spencer! If we control the narrative, the public will sympathize with your mother instead of condemning her."
While Spencer knew that this could be done, he coudl still not control his jealous as he looked down at the pictures in front of him. Was lanie really like this? It had not been long since they had 'broken up' and already she was moving from one man's arms to other. Just last week it had been Adam and now it was this Ben! How did she beco such a sl*t!
He picked up the pictures. Or was she always like this? And he had been the one too blind to notice it. Hallie had said this when she'd ntioned how easily lanie had married Adam and how they seed to already be close. He'd thought that this was just lanie trying to get back at him but now... What if there had already been an illicit relationship between her and other n? He'd been the one played for a fool all this while!
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