All Chapters of Marriage Fraud? Fine—I'll Rise Higher!: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

"Besides…" Letitia glanced at Sophie. "If Soph could fake her death and weave a whole lie about it, who knows what other lies she can tell? You can't side with her so mindlessly just because she's Trish's only daughter, right?"Her words were nasty, but they were also true. For a moment, George and Cornelia didn't know how to refute her."That makes sense, Aunt Letitia, but it's important to have evidence for everything. I'll get to the bottom of whether or not I actually pushed Terry into the water!" Sophie said."And how long will that take?" Patrick, who hadn't said anything thus far, suddenly asked. "There's only a week to go before the homecoming celebration. If you can prove your innocence before that, the celebration will go on as planned. But if you can't, we'll have to delay it until you do."He softened his tone. "I believe you didn't do this, but I also believe Terry wouldn't lie. That's why we have to find out what exactly happened! I'm sure you can understand me, Soph.

Geraldine was stunned by Lana's words. She hastily listened to the recording on her phone and found that Lana had indeed never explicitly said that she would give her a teaching position."You played me!" She saw red."You played me, too, didn't you?" Lana sneered. "The person you handed over said that he has nothing to do with the abduction. He said it was all your doing."If you can fool me by just shoving someone into my hands, why can't I do the same to you by giving you whatever job I want? Feel free to leave if you don't want this job."Geraldine's face became increasingly ashen with every word that came out of Lana's mouth. Then, she shouted angrily, "That's impossible! He wouldn't have said that!""That's not up to you to decide. I'll get to the bottom of this, no matter what." Leaving that cryptic message behind, Lana brushed past Geraldine and walked away.Geraldine was rooted to the spot for a long time. When she finally returned to her senses, she hastily called Trevo

Before Terry could say anything, Letitia pushed his head back underneath the blanket. Then, she said icily, "He's not interested in your gift. Just leave."Sophie would've believed that if she hadn't witnessed Terry's reaction. However, she'd seen it clearly—Terry obviously wanted the gift!Letitia was blatantly lying to her because she thought she still couldn't see. But why? Was it purely because she didn't like Sophie being near Terry?Sophie furrowed her brows, feeling confused. All the oddities and her gut told her something was off about Letitia. Still, she knew she wouldn't be able to get anything out of Terry with Letitia around. She had to think of a workaround."Alright. I'll come see him some other time," she said. She put the gift down and gave Letitia one last look before leaving the room."Didn't I tell you to stay away unless it's important? Why are you here again?""I ran out of money, so I came to ask you for more, my dearest brother.""You could've just called—

Still, Patrick and Letitia hadn't had any conflict with Sophie. There was no reason for them to do something like this.Besides, Terry was their son. Even beasts didn't prey on their young, so they couldn't have used Terry's life to frame Sophie.Her mind raced over the possibilities and eventually ruled out all but one.Just then, she received a video. After watching it, she texted George. Once she received his reply, she turned off her phone and massaged her temples, feeling more relaxed.She could finally get some sleep that night.…The following morning, Lana went to the dance academy alone, while Sophie went to Walker Manor again with Fiona by her side.She made sure to be early, but to her surprise, Patrick and his family were even earlier."Soph, have you already found the culprit?" Patrick grew agitated when he saw her. "Who did it?""Actually, I don't know who's behind it yet. I came today because I need Terry's help to confirm something.""No way!" Letitia cried. S

The video was replayed. That was when everyone realized that Sophie and Terry had appeared in the background of the guy's viewpoint.They couldn't hear Terry's voice, but it was clear enough that he'd jumped into the water himself. Sophie had never pushed him. In fact, she'd immediately jumped in to save him."This man is a live-in gardener, and he's in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend. Whenever they have video calls, she records the calls. He was on a break at noon on Sunday and happened to be on a call with her near the pond when the incident happened."Sophie explained how the video had come about when she saw that everyone was stunned. "I had someone contact the girlfriend when I found out about this, and I asked her to check her recording. Coincidentally, she caught this scene."There aren't any surveillance cameras near the pond, but this video should be enough to be considered conclusive proof, right?"The video was right there, and it was enough to prove So