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Camila didn’t have time to react, when all of a sudden, Dewitt grabbed her tightly around the waist and pulled her into his embrace.
At the same time, Dewitt grabbed Samson’s wrist and twisted hard, making Samson cry out in pain.
And then Dewitt swiftly kicked the back of Samson’s knees, sending him flat down on the ground.
Dewitt’s moves were quick and seamless, earning him applause from the crowd of onlookers.
As Mackenzie saw Samson humiliated, she couldn’t help but feel furious. She wondered why all the men in Camila’s life seemed so remarkable, while the one she ended up with
turned out to be so weak and submissive.
Chloe in the crowd was similarly fuming. When she witnessed Dewitt pulling Camila into his embrace, it felt like her lungs. were about to burst from the intensity of her fury.
She was driven mad by seeing Dewitt, whom she had chased for so long without any response, now embracing another
woman
Samson clambered up awkwardly from the ground, only to find Mackenzie had already left.
Dewitt pulled Camila away from the crowd and took her to his office.
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Dewitt poured her a glass of water.
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“I’m sorry for causing you trouble again,” Camila said, feeling guilty. “And thank you again for just now.”
“Was that man your boyfriend?” Dewitt asked.
“Ex–boyfriend.” Camila recounted her breakup with Samson, as well as her whirlwind marriage to Maxwell.
“So you got married just to get the 80 thousand dollars dowry?” Dewitt was very regretful. Why didn’t he get to know Camila sooner?
Camila nodded.
Dewitt couldn’t help but notice the resemblance of Camila’s quiet demeanor to that of his late girlfriend, Daniela.
His heart raced.
“If I had met you sooner, I definitely wouldn’t have let anyone else marry you,” Dewitt murmured.
“What did you say?” Camila had zoned out just then.
Lost in thoughts about Samson and Mackenzie’s sudden visit to see Gemma, she failed to notice the shift in Dewitt’s expression.
As she looked up and met Dewitt’s intense gaze, Camila stood up in shock. “Dr. Booker, I have something to take care of. I’ll leave first.”
Hurrying out of the office, Camila immediately heard voices arguing coming from Gemma’s ward.
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At the ward door, there was a gathering of many people, including both patients and nurses.
“Miss, the patient just had surgery, you can’t make a ruckus in the ward,” the head nurse said.
“Who do you think you are, telling me what to do? What gives you the right?” Mackenzie shouted hysterically, “I’m going to let everyone know, that Camila embezzled company money to pay for her family’s medical treatment. I kindly came to give her money, but she had my boyfriend beaten up instead. Do you think this is fair…”
Hearing it was Mackenzie, Camila rushed in, shouting for her to stop. “Mackenzie, my grandma just had surgery. Do you still have any humanity?”
“If you agree to sell me the apartment, we can talk nicely. Otherwise, neither of us will get away easily.” Mackenzie went all out. She would stop at nothing to obtain that apartment for her and Samson’s future.
“So this is still about the apartment. Mackenzie, you didn’t use to be like this. You were petty before, but not this selfish. How did you become like this?” Camila looked at Mackenzie sorrowfully.
When they were in college, the two had been best friends. She didn’t know when it had all changed.
“It’s you who made me become like this!” Mackenzie yelled hoarsely.
“You’re so outstanding, good at everything. Your studies, looks, personality, popularity. Teachers and classmates all like you. You got all the attention, able to get a job at a major
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company right after graduating, becoming financial director in less than a year. But what about me?
“I pursued Samson for four years. I brought him milk every morning, saved him a seat in every class, and did his homework for him. When he failed his exams, I stood outside the teacher’s home to plead for him…\\\
“What have you done for him? You only berate him for not being ambitious, pushing him to get licenses and make money at some big company to buy a house. Samson was right, you only care about money. You’re the selfish one here..
“You made Samson work for you, used his hard–earned money to buy an apartment, then continued charging him rent. Camila, there’s no woman more shameless than you in
this world.”
“So this is why you betrayed me?” Camila trembled with anger. “I saw you as my best friend, yet you stole my boyfriend. I bought the apartment to help Samson save money for our future too. Was it wrong of me to do that?”
“Camila…” Gemma also understood what was going on. She looked at Camila sorrowfully, panting heavily and seeming to be in great pain.
Camila panicked and rushed to the bed to grab Gemma’s hand. “Grandma, I’m here. It’s over, don’t worry about me.”
“Camila, is what she said…all true?” Gemma choked on her breath and lost consciousness.
“All nonessential individuals, get out.” At this time, Dewitt rushed in to clear the room and administer emergency treatment to Gemma.
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Mackenzie also hadn’t expected this. She stared blankly as the doctors and nurses went in and out, at a loss for what to
Just then, Chloe came over and pulled her out.
It was Chloe who had stopped Mackenzie at the entrance earlier and told her Gemma’s room number.
Camila now crouched in the corner, sobbing uncontrollably, blaming herself. If she hadn’t argued with Mackenzie just now, if she had agreed to sell the apartment to Mackenzie earlier, this wouldn’t have happened to Gemma.
In the hallway, Maxwell had witnessed everything that just happened. He didn’t enter the ward but turned and left instead.
Outside the hospital building, Maxwell called his assistant abroad. He asked if he had found anything.
The assistant said he had obtained a record of phone calls and sent it to Maxwell’s email address.
Maxwell only replied “Got it” before hanging up.
That night, thanks to the timely treatment, Gemma soon regained consciousness.
Upon waking, the first thing Gemma asked Camila about was embezzling company funds. Camila recounted everything to Gemma from beginning to end, including her flash marriage.
But she didn’t mention the 80 thousand dollars dowry, only saying she and Maxwell had known each other beforehand, and he had been pursuing her. Hearing she had broken up,
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Maxwell then proposed to her, and she agreed after careful consideration.
Gemma didn’t say anything else, only that she wanted to meet Maxwell.
Camila promised that after Gemma was discharged, she would arrange for them to meet.
That night, Camila stayed at the hospital.
In the morning, Camila received another call from her company saying Mr. Wescot had called the police. The police were at the company now and wanted her to go assist in the investigation.
After arranging for Gemma, Camila went to the company.
A policewoman took her alone to an office and recorded her
statement.
Since there was no direct evidence proving Camila had taken the 16 thousand dollars, she was told to go back and wait for
further notice.
Coming out of the company, the first thing Camila saw was Dewitt’s car parked at the entrance.
“Dr. Booker, what are you doing here?”
Dewitt got out of the car, claiming he was passing by after getting off the night shift and wanted to see if Camila needed any help.
Camila remembered Dewitt’s home was in the opposite
direction. She knew he wasn’t just passing by. But she didn’t expose this.
She was just curious how Dewitt knew she was at the company. Could he have been tailing her the whole way?
In fact, not only Dewitt was tailing her, but Maxwell was also watching from a black Bentley across the street at that
moment.