Chapter 954
As she said that, Ellinor picked up her glass of water, took a gentle sip, and then looked at the visibly tense Patricia with a slight smile.
She began to theorize, “Let me guess, that black suitcase is stuffed with cash, right? Why would Ms. Howard give my stepmother such a huge amount of money? You’re not trying to play the good Samaritan and help me fulfill my filial duties, are you?
I believe there is only one plausible explanation: Ms. Howard intends to bribe my stepmother, who has never liked me, to frame me and try to have me expelled from the Blanchet family. But their plan didn’t work. Then, Ms. Howard had my stepmother guide that mother-daughter duo to stir up trouble online. Those country bumpkins clearly don’t know much about the internet. Obviously, someone is pulling their strings. My stepmother is a pro at creating buzz online. That’s how she made her daughter, Sheila, a star. No one is better at stirring the pot than
her!”
Ellinor kept pressing. “But Tracy’s guidance alone is not enough. To maintain sufficient attention online, it needs money to drive it. The Mendoza family is broke now, with no connections. They could only make a small ripple online, nothing more. Especially with the Blanchet Corporation putting pressure on the media, they couldn’t create any real waves. Yet, that mother-daughter duo is still causing trouble on the foreign web. Clearly, they have other people and financial support behind them.
So, who would dare to insult the Blanchet family and support a mother-daughter duo that falsely accuses me online? Well, only the Howard family would have the courage to oppose the Blanchet family, right?”
Ellinor’s words made Dean and Alyssa feel a bit wronged. They frowned.
They might not get along with the Blanchet family, but they wouldn’t do things that harm others without benefiting themselves.
Balfour understood that Ellinor was not accusing the whole Howard family but hinting at two specific people. He asked, “Ellinor, are you saying…”
Ellinor took another slow sip of water, “What I’m saying is, the puppet master behind the online slander against me is Ms. Howard! She is the one manipulating everything behind the scenes, driving the whole incident.”
Dean and Alyssa looked at their granddaughter in disbelief.
Balfour was no longer surprised. Patricia’s actions all that time made him realize he had misjudged her. He had actually treated such a person of poor character as a treasure.
Patricia didn’t give up. She put on an innocent look, glaring at Ellinor, “Ellinor, on what grounds are you accusing me? Do you have evidence? I don’t even know the mother-daughter duo who slandered you online, I’ve never even met them. You can’t just frame me to clear your own
name!”
Ellinor scoffed, “You definitely don’t know that mother-daughter duo. You always act cautiously, afraid of exposing yourself, so you didn’t contact them directly. Instead, you gave money to my stepmother to deal with them! And you just manipulated the Howard family’s overseas influence and connections behind the scenes, pushing those false slanders to the peak of public opinion!”
