How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire-Chapter 156 -
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Chapter 156 -156
Isla looked at him in disbelief.
But then she realized what was happening!
The marriage certificate had already been displayed on the screen, which meant that Lewis Horton was well aware of their mischief!
Just as she was thinking this, Tom Davis suddenly took out a remote control and pressed a button, and instantly a video appeared on the screen.
Everyone present could see it clearly; it was footage from two surveillance cameras.
The first showed Isla sneaking into the audio-visual room and copying photos from a USB drive onto the system.
The second was of two housemaids at home, one displaying the photos on the screen backstage, and the other secretly pressing the remote control…
The evidence was irrefutable!
Isla instantly looked at Jake Horton in panic. He knew the whole plan, having been involved with her, but now Jake stepped back and avoided her gaze.
Isla’s mind was in turmoil, and she called out subconsciously, “Jake…”
Jake instinctively looked towards his father, Oliver Horton.
His father’s brows were tightly knitted, and he was looking at him fiercely, with disappointment in his eyes, as if to say, “You can’t even handle such a trivial matter, what use are you!”
Jake clenched his fists tightly and suddenly charged towards Isla.
Isla thought he was coming to defend her and her face lit up with hope, but the next moment…
“Slap!”
Jake slapped her hard across the face, “Isla, I can’t believe you could be such a person! I know you and Kiera don’t get along, she’s your illegitimate half-sister, and you’ve hated her since childhood, but how could you do such a thing at Great Grandmother’s birthday party?!”
Isla was stunned.
She covered her face, looking incredulously at Jake.
Poppy Hill, who was being restrained, had calmed down after realizing she couldn’t break free, her hands tied behind her back and a cloth stuffed in her mouth.
But seeing what happened, she immediately stood up; she let out a muffled roar of anger, twisting and turning her body to knock the security away and then she lunged at Jake’s stomach.
Jake was forced to retreat several steps and felt a dull pain in his belly.
Like a mother hen protecting her chick, Poppy glared furiously at Jake. Although she said nothing, it was clear to all present that she was very angry!
It seemed that if Jake dared to harm Isla again, she would be ready to fight him to the death!
The sight left the rest of the guests dumbfounded.
They began to whisper among themselves:
“What’s going on here?”
“Isn’t she Kiera’s mother? Why is she protecting Isla like that?”
“Right, if I didn’t know better, I’d think she was Isla’s biological mother!”
“…”
Amid the guests’ murmurs, Poppy came to her senses. She looked at Isla, realizing she had been too impulsive, and then turned to Kiera.
Isla dropped the hand that had been covering her face, but realized that she could no longer rely on Jake.
She clenched her fists tightly, looked at Poppy protecting her, and a look of disdain flashed in her eyes.
This foolish woman, always causing unnecessary trouble for her at times like this. What good was it to bump into Jake? Was he really at the root of the issue?
She collected herself and immediately put on a tearful expression, lowering her head, “I didn’t do it on purpose, Kiera told me she’d just gotten her marriage license this year, so I had no idea her husband was the younger uncle! I just felt that her relationship with the younger uncle was indecent…”
She covered her cheeks, “I didn’t mean to do anything, I just felt it was unfair to the younger aunt… My mom is tender and kind, and that’s how the other woman and her illegitimate daughter entered our household… I just wanted there to be one less person like my mom in the world, to use the power of the public to restrain them…”
Her sobbing made the audience furrow their brows.
One by one they turned to look at Kiera Olsen.
Indeed, Kiera was the illegitimate daughter, the child born of the mistress Poppy Hill.
Wasn’t it right for Isla to hate her?
But this was a banquet of the Horton family, and even if everyone sympathized with Isla in their hearts, they dared not say anything…
After all, the example of Mr. Horton having just driven Erin Davis out, making her unable to get by in Oceanion henceforth, was still vivid in everyone’s memory.
While everyone was in a daze, Lewis Horton had already looked towards the police, completely ignoring Isla’s words, and directly said, “She violated the image rights of me and my wife, please handle this according to the law!”
The two police officers immediately approached Isla Olsen, “Miss Olsen, please cooperate with us for an investigation at the police station!”
Poppy Hill was anxious to rush over, but was grabbed by a bodyguard.
Isla hadn’t expected her plea to be ineffective and immediately looked to the only person who could save her—Mrs. Olsen!
Suddenly, she rushed in front of Mrs. Olsen, clutching her arm and cried out, “Mom, save me, I really did it because I felt you were too wronged, I really didn’t know she was married… and, and… yes, I’m also pregnant, I can’t go to the police station! I can’t be taken away!”
Mrs. Olsen looked at her daughter in front of her.
She wanted to say something, but with the marriage certificate still in hand, and thinking about how she had mistakenly slapped Kiera that day, she just couldn’t find the words to ask Isla to let go…
Kiera saw her predicament, and her heart clenched tightly.
Mrs. Olsen had always been fair and unbiased, but after all, Isla was her biological daughter…
She tensed her jaw, and after a long while, she suddenly tried to speak, “I…”
Before she could finish, Lewis Horton’s voice had already come through, “Madam, even if you do not pursue it, I will! Horton Group must have an explanation!”
That statement left no opportunity for Mrs. Olsen and Kiera to speak.
After finishing his words, Lewis Horton nodded to the police officers.
The two officers immediately took hold of Isla’s arms, “Miss Olsen, please cooperate with our investigation!”
Violating image rights, particularly an offense of this sort, would not result in any serious reputation or financial losses in most cases; it might at most end in an apology and possible detention for a few days.
But as the wife of Jake Horton and a lady of a wealthy family in Oceanion, especially being taken away in such a public setting with reporters taking photos on the side…
Isla’s reputation was completely ruined!
This was a fierce counterstrike against the first branch of the family!
Mrs. Olsen also understood this, knowing that since Isla was pregnant, the punishment wouldn’t be too severe, and there might not even be detention, so after thinking it over, she did not speak.
Isla had done too many wrongs; it was time she faced some consequences.
After Isla was led away, only the first branch of the family was left looking disheveled.
But the banquet hall slowly returned to normal.
Mrs. Olsen looked at Kiera, wanting but failing to speak, “I, Kiera, I’m sorry…”
She finally managed to voice her apology.
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Kiera was just about to comfort her when Taylor Olsen burst into anger, “Shirley, you don’t need to apologize to her! I see she did this on purpose, trying to make you feel guilty! Otherwise, if she’d been married two years ago, why not say it sooner?”
Taylor Olsen held Mrs. Olsen’s arm, glaring at Kiera, “What have you been hiding from us? Do you need Shirley to apologize before you’ll be satisfied? And just now, don’t think I don’t know you and Mr. Horton were putting on an act! I bet you deliberately set this trap for Isla, didn’t you? Do you still consider me your father at all in your heart?”
Kiera immediately frowned, glancing indifferently at Taylor Olsen.
She only cared about Mrs. Olsen’s attitude; the words of anyone else in the Olsen family didn’t matter to her at all.
At that moment, she just quietly stared at Taylor Olsen, slowly responding, “But you aren’t my father.”
