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Chapter 2248
After Francesca was taken away, a somber atmosphere took over the Lindberg residence.
Norah would sob quietly and wipe her tears from time to time.
Sloan was anxious and kept trying to contact Gordon.
Previously, Gordon would call every day to get an update about the situation in the castle,
but after what happened recently, he suddenly cut off contact.
Despite feeling something was amiss, Sloan didn't know what else to do. He could only
text Gordon to inform the latter about Francesca's situation.
Robin arrived the next day. Sloan sent someone to pick him up and bring him over to the
castle.
William talked to Robin behind closed doors for the entire afternoon before Robin got to
work.
No one knew what he was busy with.
After learning they found a legal team, Sloan told William that Danrique had a legal team
of his own that was trustable.
However, William said they couldn't use their own legal team without explaining the
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Sloan felt unsettled, but Layla told him to trust William.
Seven days went by in the blink of an eye.
There was no activity on William's side, but the news about Francesca poisoning Gerard
had blown up everywhere.
An anonymous netizen provided evidence that an attendant in the hotel saw Francesca
releasing her venomous snake to bite Gerard. There was also a blurry video showing their
backs.
The video didn't show Francesca's face, but it was a scene showing Francesca releasing
her snake to bite Gerard. It wasn't edited or faked; it was real.
Clearly, there was a camera in the private room that had recorded the entire scene. The
person who posted this must've cut out one part of the video to post this online.
Seeing that, Sloan and the rest were furious. It was pretty obvious by now that the first
lady was behind this. After all, she was the one who picked the place and would've
examined the place thoroughly before entering it. There was no way an attendant could've
recorded that secretly.
Hence, she must've deliberately ordered her men to set up the camera so that Francesca
would get blamed.
As Sloan rambled about how despicable the first lady was, he got increasingly furious.
However, William chuckled.
Layla frowned. “Why are you laughing?”
“Hazel will be contacting me soon,” William replied confidently.
“Why?” Monica was curious. “For the past few days, I tried all means to ask her out but
got rejected every time. She even threatened me. Why would she change her mind
suddenly?”
“She should've read the news,” came William's calm answer. “It's pretty easy to
understand what happened. Even Sloan realized what happened, let alone her.”
Monica and Sloan were stunned, but Layla promptly understood what he meant. “Are you
saying that Hazel has realized it was a trap set by Mrs. President?”
“Yes.” William nodded. “She's a smart woman.”
Layla was still worried. “But Francesca is her love rival. Will she help Francesca? Or will she
take the chance to get rid of Francesca?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“She won't help us.” William was pretty sure of that. “However, she wants to know the
truth. We can use that to our advantage. Besides, she won't want L to be in trouble.”
“All right. We'll rely on you, then. This is giving me a headache.”
Right after Layla finished her sentence, Monica's phone rang. She took a look at the
screen and grew excited. “It's from Hazel.”
William gave her a look, and she went aside to answer it. A while later, she returned and
reported, “Your Highness, Ms. Atkinson wants to meet you tonight.”
“Okay.” William nodded. “Sloan, please make the arrangements.”
“Sure.”
Sloan made the arrangements according to William's wishes and drove him to the meeting
spot.
As William had difficulty moving around, Hazel got into his car after he arrived at the
meeting spot. She went straight to the topic and asked, “Your Highness, do you have
something to tell me?”
“I think you have a question for me, Ms. Atkinson.” William gave her a pleasant smile.
“You're indeed smart, Your Highness.” Hazel gave him an intense look. “I'd like to know
your opinion about the video that appeared in the news today.”
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