Brian, taken aback by her icy tone, turned to her.

“Hold on. Did you tell Hutton to dig up dirt on Brad?"

“Exactly. I asked Hutton not just to investigate Brad, but also to upload the evidence to his company's official website," Rosalynn replied.

A crease appeared between Brian's eyebrows as he fixed his gaze on her.

“Rosalynn, what's going on? Why'd you do something like this?"

She had turned the spotlight on Brad, but why?

“Maybe you should ask your mom what she did to Karina," Rosalynn shot back coldly.

Brian felt a knot tighten in his stomach.

“What did my mom do to Karina?"

“She set up Karina to be sexually assaulted and then used that as leverage to get me to divorce you," Rosalynn revealed.

What?

Brian was floored.

Sure, he knew his mom wasn't fond of Rosalynn, but to go to such lengths? It was unthinkable.

“It can't be true! Mom would never do such a thing!" Deanna blurted out, breaking her silence.

Rosalynn swiveled to face her.

“Deanna, you once asked me what I'd do if your mom tried to blackmail me into divorcing Brian by hurting my best friend. Why would you ask that if your mom's intentions were pure?"

Deanna's eyes welled up even more, "I just threw it out there as a what- if. How could you send those pictures to my mom? Don't you realize you're tearing our family apart?"

She regretted ever speaking her fears to Rosalynn. Now her mom was in the hospital, and chaos reigned. Rosalynn clenched her fists.

“Deanna, your mom is the one who stepped over the line, not me. I warned you, anyone messing with me isn't going to get off lightly."

She felt she was in the right. Noemi was the one to do something cruel. It was only fair that she get a taste of her own medicine.

And really, Rosalynn thought, she hadn't done anything near as cruel. She'd merely exposed the truth. Was that so wrong?

Brian looked at Rosalynn‘s unyielding expression and the furrow between his brows deepened.