جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 10

After the succession ceremony was hastily called to a halt, Susan, my assistant, anxiously approached me holding a phone.“Miss Lyra, public opinion is getting worse by the minute. What should we do?”I took the phone from her and patted her shoulder. “Don't worry. Rumors will collapse under their own weight.”With that, I tapped into the livestream where my brother, Daniel, was currently broadcasting malicious information.On the screen, he was leaning back leisurely on the sofa.He was holding my sister-in-law, Maria, while talking with dynamic eloquence.“Alright, alright, family scandals shouldn’t be aired in public. That's all for today.”Maria gave him a nudge. “Why don’t you tell them in detail? Didn't your mother suffer a massive grievance back then?”Daniel flicked his cigarette ash and smiled half-heartedly. “It's not my place to talk about that kind of stuff. Anyway, anyone with eyes can see who my dad dotes on the most.”The video cut off abruptly.The comment sec

Unable to bear it any longer, my father raised his hand and slapped Daniel hard across the face.Daniel clutched his cheek, glaring at him with utter disbelief.“You ungrateful wretch,” My father's voice was so hoarse that it was barely audible. “Get out.”Suddenly, the office door was flung open.Maria stormed inside. Seeing the bright red handprint on Daniel's face, she instantly exploded. Screaming, she lunged at my father. “What right do you have to hit him?! What right do you have to hit him?!”Daniel grabbed her arm to pull her back but Maria had completely lost control.She broke free from Daniel's grip and pointed right at my father's nose. “George Fraser, do you have a conscience?! Daniel is the only male heir of the Fraser family! “That trash, Lyra Fraser, won't she leave the Fraser family when she marries off in the future? “Have you gone senile?!”My father clutched his chest, his breathing becoming shallow and labored.I rushed forward to support him.Ma

The reporters' cameras simultaneously swiveled toward Daniel with their flash erupting into a blinding, crackling frenzy.Daniel’s face turned visibly pale. Taking a sharp step back, he bumped into the edge of the hospital bed. His voice instantly turned shrill and piercing.“It’s fake! This thing is fake! Lyra Fraser, you forged government documents!”Maria snapped out of her shock as well. She lunged forward, snatched the adoption certificate and ripped it apart with brute force. Crumpling the torn pieces into a tight ball, she hurled them onto the floor and yelled hysterically.“You think you can fool everyone with a fake certificate?! Lyra Fraser, you are utterly shameless! “Look closely, all you reporters present, see the lengths this woman will go to just to steal the family property!”Unmoved, I calmly pulled another thick stack of documents from my bag and held them right up to the camera lenses.“This document is the DNA paternity test report between Daniel, ou

With bloodshot eyes, I watched the scene unfold. I was unable to tell if what I felt was satisfaction or bitter sorrow.The day my mother passed away, I was fifteen years old.To this day, I still remember how peaceful she looked at the funeral home.Her hand still tightly clutched onto that crushed cake box which was completely stained with blood.My father had shouldered the entire burden himself back then.He claimed it was an act of revenge by a business rival so that neither Daniel nor I would investigate further.He had continuously honored his promise to my mother.But Daniel didn’t deserve that protection.I stopped looking at him and turned toward the crowd of reporters outside the door. With my voice steady and clear, I announced, “To all our friends from the media, what happened today is already perfectly clear. “The Fraser Group will issue an official clarification notice and lawyer's letters shortly. “We will absolutely not tolerate anyone who spreads rumor

That very afternoon, the Fraser Group’s legal department issued a comprehensive clarification statement.With scanned copies of three independent DNA paternity test reports and one adoption certificate attached.The statement was worded with tight, restrained, and rigorous legal precision, systematically refuting every single piece of false information that Daniel had previously broadcasted.Simultaneously, I accepted a twenty-minute exclusive interview with a major financial channel.In front of the camera, I neither cried to gain sympathy nor did I play the victim. I simply laid out the sequence of events from beginning to end with a flat, direct narrative.“Daniel is my mother’s adopted son, that is an indisputable fact. During her lifetime, my mother treated him as her own flesh and blood. “She never shortchanged him by half a fraction for once over twenty years. “By fabricating the rumor that I am an illegitimate daughter, the reputation he trampled upon belongs to my