Chapter 91: Chapter 91: You I re the One Who Tore the Dress
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Xaviera Evans raised an eyebrow, âI think youâre right.â
Vita Coriellâs heart skipped a beat. She didnât know what game Xaviera was playing.
Naomi Whitman paused, thinking Xaviera must be crazy. âCall the police? Are you out of your mind? Do you know how long youâd be imprisoned for destroying someone elseâs property worth eight hundred million dollars? Vita showed kindness by sparing you, and now youâre begging for your own demise? Fine, you want to call the cops? Iâll indulge you!â
âNaomi!â Vita instinctively tried to stop her. No, they couldnât call the police. She forcefully put the knife in Xavieraâs hand. If they called the cops and the truth was revealed, she would be done for.
Once she had spoken, Vita realized she sounded too excited, which may raise suspicion. She tried to calm down and gently said, âXaviera, weâre saying this for your own good. If you call the police, you will bear this guilt for the rest of your life. Donât let a momentâs impulse ruin your whole life.â
âNo worries. My life isnât worth much compared to your eight hundred million dollar dress.â Xaviera was nonchalant: âI think it might be better to call the cops. After all, I intentionally ruined your eight hundred million-dollar dress. I will feel guilty if I donât report it to the police.â
Vita grinded her teeth. âNo need, really no need.â
Xaviera suddenly chuckled, âMiss Coriell seems to be preventing me from calling the police, why? Reporting to the police should be advantageous for you, shouldnât it? The criminal who damaged your dress would be punished. But, why wouldnât you? Surely our relationship isnât so good that youâd rather give up your eight hundred million-dollar dress to save me possible jail time?â
âOr⊠are you afraid the police might discover something?â
Vitaâs face froze for a moment.
The crowd started to wonder. Why not call the police? Initially, they thought Vita was a kind-hearted person who wanted to spare Xaviera. But now Vita was still trying to prevent it even when Xaviera herself agreed.
Naomi didnât like where this was going with Xaviera so she retorted. âVita, what are you afraid of? This bitch is digging her own grave. She wants to call the police, right? Letâs do it and let her go to jail!â
Vita felt her teeth chattering, âNo, not necessaryâŠâ
âIf Miss Coriell doesnât want to call the police, then I will do it myself.â Xaviera took out her phone and casually pressed a few buttons, âHello, is this the police station? I have destroyed an eight hundred million dollar dress belonging to the Coriell family. Please comeâŠâ
âNo, you canât!â
Vitaâs reaction was faster than her thoughts. She lunged forward to snatch Xavieraâs phone out of her hand, only to realize that the phone was locked. Xaviera hadnât actually dialed the police!
Sweat broke out on Vita. She realized she had overreacted and potentially aroused suspicion. Sure enough, the people around her were giving her strange looks; some were even whispering to each other.
âWhy is Miss Coriell so reluctant to call the police? Thatâs odd. She is clearly the victim here. What is she afraid of?â
âMoreover, the dress ruined was âFleeting Timeâ, which Miss Coriell cherishes most. With the dress ruined, one would think sheâs the one most eager to punish the culprit.â
âHave you all noticed? It seems like Miss Coriell isnât unwilling to call the police, but rather, she seems terrified⊠Every time Xaviera mentions calling the police, she trembles as if sheâs afraid of something.â
âNo, not at all.â Vita mumbled, refuting the crowdâs chatter.
âLet me guess why Miss Coriell is too scared to call the policeâŠâ Xaviera tilted
her head, a faint smile playing on her lips as she watched Vitaâs nervous expression. âBecause⊠it was you, Miss Coriell, who slashed the dress.â
The banquet hall fell into silence, so quiet that a pin drop could be heard. Were their ears deceiving them? Did Xaviera just say⊠the dress was slashed by Miss Coriell? Impossible!
Naomi was the first to rebut: âImpossible! Xaviera, are you crazy? The Coriells poured a fortune into âFleeting Timeâ just to frame you by destroying it? Do you really believe youâre worth it?â
âAnyone with a brain would know, between a bumpkin from the countryside like Miss Evans and an elitist like Miss Coriell, Vita has a hundred ways to bring you down if she wanted to. She wouldnât have to destroy their high-price-tagged dress to frame you!â
âXaviera, if you want to shift the blame to Vita, you need a better excuse. Oh, wait. You probably canât think of a reasonable excuse with your brain capacity, haha.â
Naomi had a wild laugh: âFurthermore, as a country bumpkin, you probably donât know that the Mifo Hotel has surveillance cameras everywhere. Just ask someone to check and theyâll find out it was you who tried to frame Vita.. Just wait, I will get someone to check the surveillance footage now!â