Trouble in Paradise



Chapter 0551

The person was crying. "All the rumors about me online are fake! They're nothing but lies spread by Ariana. She is jealous that I'm the sister of the CEO of Hawk Corporation.

"She's always been jealous of my identity. She doesn't like how Nicholas treats me, or the closeness we share.

"When I lived at the Hawk Manor, Ariana never gave me a single day of peace. Nicholas saw how she bullied me and decided to give me Coral Villa as compensation.

"But Ariana couldn't accept it, so she took the house back and kicked me out. Yet, she still won't leave me alone and spreads these rumors to hurt me. Does she not understand how these rumors are worse than death for a woman?

"I even thought about ending my life. But luckily, Nicholas stood by me. He posted revealing photos of himself online just to keep me company. Now that she and Nicholas are divorced, she doesn't even care about his reputation anymore.

"Nicholas still holds on to the past and doesn't want to stoop to her level. But should I really just be bullied like this for no reason? He is such a good person. The only blemish in his life is that Ariana is his ex-wife..."This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Through the crowded group, I saw the speaker was Claudia, dressed in a short, white, floral skirt.

Facing all the cameras from the media, she was passionately telling them how I tormented" her. She appeared to be the helpless, pitiful victim who couldn't hold her tears back.

"Look! It's Ariana!"

One sharp-eyed reporter spotted me standing behind them, and in the next moment, all the cameras turned toward me.

They surged forward, yet subtly creating a path that led straight to Claudia. As I stepped closer, they shoved microphones toward me.

"Ms. Jones, is everything Ms. Hawk said true?"

"I heard you just returned to the country. Is your only purpose to get revenge on the Hawk family's heiress?"

I couldn't help but find it a bit ironic. I had always been pretty low-key, but it turned out a counterfeit heiress from the Hawk family was more well-known than me, the CEO of Jones Corporation.

I smiled slightly and politely looked at the reporter closest to me. "Could you please pass the microphone to me?" The reporter was a bit stunned. She nodded, clearly not expecting this response. By the time she realized what was happening, I had already taken the microphone from her hand.

I walked toward Claudia, who immediately clutched her skirt tightly until her fingertips lost color.

I looked at her with disdain and held the microphone up to her face. Just when everyone thought I was going to let Claudia speak, I slapped her hard across the face.

The slap echoed through the microphone, clearly reaching every recording device around us.

The crowd gasped in shock. They'd never seen anyone walk up and slap someone without a word. The sound was so distinct that it almost felt like they had been slapped too.

For a moment, no one dared to ask me any further questions.

Claudia was already frail and had weak legs. I had slapped her with all my might, so she fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Ariana, are you enraged because I exposed the truth?" Claudia cried and screamed. "Look at her, everyone! She claims to be a lawyer, yet she's doing something so lawless. No wonder she spread those photos of me online!"