The Queen Back From Hell - Chapter 43: Chapter 43

Meredith was gripped with fear, her heart full of panic. She thought, 'If Mom and Dad ever find out it's me who try to stab Arielle…
'And that I only end up stabbing myself because I lose my balance and fell—then my pure and kind image will be completely ruined.
'No. I can't let them find out I'm lying. In their eyes, I am always the sweet, obedient, thoughtful daughter.
'I can't let Arielle destroy my perfect image.'
But Sharon was still pressing Arielle. She sneered. "Hurry up and pull up the security footage. I want to see the evidence."
Just as Arielle was unlocking her phone, Meredith tilted her body, clutching her forehead with one hand and looking weakly at Sharon.
Meredith said softly, "Mom, I already said I fell by myself. Why won't you believe me? How am I supposed to face Arielle after this?"
Meredith's voice had a hint of frustration, and Sharon immediately caught on.
With that kind of tone, it was impossible not to understand what was really going on.
But seeing how pale Meredith was from the pain, all Sharon felt was heartbreak.
Without missing a beat, Sharon said, "Alright, Arielle, we're not going to pursue this anymore. And we haven't even gotten into the fact that you installed a camera without permission."
Right after she said that, Laurence arrived, and everyone helped Meredith downstairs to get her wound treated.
Henry stood off to the side, watching it all coldly.
In reality, Henry had known from the beginning that Arielle had nothing to do with it. It was Meredith who deliberately misled them.
But even so, Henry never once spoke up for Arielle. As Sharon and Meredith left, he just turned and walked away.
As for the fact that Meredith had falsely accused Arielle—neither of them said a single word about it. Not even a casual scolding.
Arielle wondered, 'Maybe it's time to go do another paternity test.
'Could parents really love someone else's child more than their own? They treat me worse than they treat a stranger.'
Arielle even started to question if they had brought her back for some other reason. She still hadn't received any of the Bradford shares.
In her previous life, it wasn't until the second year after Arielle had been brought back that her grandmother gave them to her.
This time, Arielle hadn't even met her grandmother yet, so the shares weren't even a thing.
Arielle wondered, 'I'm poor, have nothing to offer. If they don't love her, why bring me back?'
Arielle watched the three of them walk away, her lips curling into a cold smile. 'What a joke this whole "family love" thing is.'
Arielle kept telling herself she didn't care anymore, but her chest felt like it couldn't breathe.
Did it hurt? Not one bit. All she felt was hate.
Less than five minutes later, Henry and Sharon were blindsided by what they saw online.
The flood of comments completely stunned them.
It wasn't until they saw the posts about the real and fake daughters that they snapped out of it.
And then at Ogilvy Steakhousehouse, Meredith, Perla, and Mya all showed up in front of Arielle, and Perla pointed right at her nose and started yelling.
The fire between the Sidel and Evans families had now spread to the Bradfords.
Who started it didn't matter anymore—what mattered now was shutting the whole thing down.
Meredith, especially, got slammed by angry netizens.
In less than ten minutes, the hashtag about her being a fake heiress taking over someone else's place shot to the top of Twitter.
Henry immediately called his secretary and told the PR team to get it taken down.
That day, chaos completely took over the Bradford house.
That night, Meredith stormed over and blocked Arielle as she was heading upstairs. She asked, "You're the one who did this, aren't you?
"You're so vicious! Do you have any idea how much this has hurt Dad's company?"
Seeing Meredith's nasty face, Arielle wanted to slap her right then and there.