Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' Chapter 301: The Final Fall of Katie

The room fell silent.

Katie’s heart dropped, panic rising in her chest.

What did Logan an by that?

What exactly did he an?!

Could he really have found the evidence?

No—no, impossible. They’d buried that incident so deep. There’s no way he could’ve just dug it up!

But this was Mr. Reid.

Was there anything in this world Mr. Reid couldn’t uncover?

Selina blinked, calmly scanning the room.

Grandpa Clark looked humiliated.

Jas avoided her gaze, clearly guilty and afraid.

His face was masked with fake righteousness.

As for Angelica... she looked like she was grinding her teeth into dust.

"Since Ms. Bryant has nothing more to say," Logan said coolly, "allow to end this farce."

He pulled out a voice recorder, about to press play—Katie’s eyes widened in horror.

A surge of desperation overtook her, and she lunged forward. "NO—!"

But how could she possibly be faster than Jack?

Before she even touched the hem of Logan’s suit, Jack had already shoved her aside.

Then, the voice recorder began to play—and what ca out shattered the entire room.

...

"I was a judge in the last competition. Selina’s skill was far above the rest—she didn’t need to seduce anyone to qualify for the finals."

"Honestly, she kept her distance from Ellis. You could tell she was disgusted by him. It was Ellis who kept trying to get handsy with her."

A female voice followed:

"That’s right. Ellis would always talk in private about how Selina was the prettiest contestant that year. He said if he could get her into bed... I-I didn’t want to hear it! That’s just what he said—I swear I don’t know anything else!"

"I was a contestant. I didn’t speak up before because I was scared it’d ruin my career... but I saw it—Selina was unconscious when she was dragged into Ellis’s room. I even recorded it..."

Next, Jack inserted a flash drive into the computer.

The screen lit up with a phone recording.

Selina, unconscious, was being dragged by two people into Ellis’s hotel room.

One of them was a forr judge—already dismissed.

The other person...

Was Katie.

Katie?!

"Selina was passed out! There’s no way she ’seduced’ anyone—this was clearly a setup by Katie!"

"She’s her stepmother! If Katie handed her a drink, what was Selina supposed to do—refuse? Katie got her drunk and dumped her in Ellis’s bed. Then had the nerve to stage a fake ’cheating scandal’ the next morning to ruin the real daughter’s reputation. What a manipulative howrecker!"

"Poor Selina... I rember back then, no one in the Clark family believed her. They all sided with Katie and Angelica..."

"Don’t say that—it had nothing to do with Angelica!"

Logan gave a soft, mocking laugh and casually glanced toward the speaker.

The recording continued. More voices ca through:

"I... I was the director of the 10th competition. Katie ca to with a million bucks, trying to destroy Selina’s chances. I refused—so she went to Ellis instead."

"After it happened, Jas threatened to stay quiet. I swear I didn’t an to—Miss Clark, please forgive !"

"I knew everything... but the Clark family paid so much money to keep people silent. How could I speak up? I’m sorry—I’m sorry! But I was terrified of Angelica. She has so many fans. If I said anything, I’d be done for!"

"Ellis controlled everything last ti. Angelica’s win was rigged from the start. I heard Mr. Clark, Jas, and Katie all say Selina was in the way—and they had to get rid of her. I couldn’t go up against the Clark family..."

...

The crowd erupted.

Joe instinctively looked over at Angelica—she bit her lip and looked away.

Everyone was stunned. Horrified. Speechless.

So much for not knowing anything...

The Clark family knew everything.

"To protect a stepdaughter like Angelica, you’d rather see your own daughter ruined? My god—that’s chilling. What the hell is the Clark family thinking?"

"A vicious stepmother, a manipulative stepsister, and a father with no brain... the Clark family is truly sothing else!"

Soone glared at Jas.

"You and Katie worked together to hurt Selina—and you still walk around acting high and mighty? You think you deserve that attitude?!"

Insults and condemnation erupted from every direction.

Jas’s face turned red, twisted with anger and sha.

He snapped, yelling, "Shut up! Shut your mouths! Nonsense—I’m her father!"

Soone sneered, "Oh, now you rember you’re her father? Then why’d you pay off judges with Katie? Why destroy Selina’s na?"

Jas, who’d lived a life of privilege and pride, was now cornered and humiliated by people younger than him. He was shaking with rage.

"You... you all—"

But it was useless. He was undeniably in the wrong.

Facing Grandpa Clark’s stunned expression, he couldn’t say a word.

Logan, fingers still and gaze cold, said flatly, "I’m still waiting for your answers."

The entire Clark family froze.

Answers?

What answers were they supposed to give?

Selina blinked, her voice light but cutting.

"So, what’s the situation now? Two years ago, I didn’t seduce a judge. But sohow, today I did? Dad? Grandpa? My dear stepmother? Don’t you think I deserve an explanation?"

Their bodies stiffened in unison.

Hearing Selina call them "Dad" and "Grandpa" was pure irony now.

Jas’s face was ashen. "We..."

How could he possibly still say this was all Selina’s fault?

Logan was firmly standing by Selina’s side. If they didn’t get past him, what would happen to Angelica?

Soone had to be sacrificed.

It was the only way to contain the damage.

Jas gave Katie a long, loaded look.

Katie’s heart dropped.

She felt it. That terrible sinking feeling—sothing was very, very wrong.

Her reputation was already in ruins. If they threw her under the bus now, it would end everything.

Jas swallowed hard.

"Mr. Reid, I’ve looked into everything. The one responsible is... Katie—"

Before he could finish, Katie suddenly scread, "Ahhh!!"

She realized it.

They were going to throw her under the bus.

She was going to be the scapegoat!

She didn’t care about appearances anymore—she rushed forward and clung to Jas’s leg.

"No! No! It wasn’t ! I did it all for the Clark family! You can’t sacrifice , please don’t—!"

Katie still couldn’t understand how she had walked herself right into this.

Wasn’t it supposed to be Selina—ruined, disgraced, and destroyed in front of everyone?

Jas snapped, furious.

"Enough! You still have the nerve to call yourself innocent? Shut up!"

The evidence was irrefutable. Katie had been caught on video.

Of course the Clark family was going to cut her loose now.

Angelica’s vision blurred for a mont.

Her mother—her most trusted ally—was about to be taken out of the ga.

She couldn’t let that happen.

But—

"Angelica."

Selina suddenly stepped up beside her.

In a voice only Angelica and Katie could hear, she whispered:

"If you beg for it, I’ll spare Katie. Deal?"