“If I arranged it, I'd admit it. But I didn't, and I wouldn't take blame for something I didn't do."

It was a straightforward denial, and Rosalynn sensed that Noemi was being truthful.

Could she have been mistaken?

Rosalynn clenched her fists and finally broke the tense silence.

“Even if you didn't arrange for the assault, Donn Boyd is part of Lewis Group. How do you explain his actions?

Noemi scoffed.

“Why do I owe you any explanations?"

The tension between them thickened once more.

“Mom, I'm going to call my uncle to clarify what actually happened," Brian said, breaking the icy stalemate.

Since Noemi asked her brother to do this, he should be able to shed some light on the matter.

Brian stepped out to make the phone call, leaving Deanna, Noemi, and Rosalynn alone in the ward.

Deanna shot a furious glance at Rosalynn.

"Do you see now? I told you my mother isn't a terrible person. Yet you recklessly sent her those incriminating photos. You've crossed a line."

Noemi turned to Rosalynn, her eyes narrowing.

“Was it you who sent me those pictures?"

Rosalynn took a moment before responding, "I had a friend send them to you,"

“and how did you come across these photos agitated. Noemi seethed, visibly

“A friend found them."

Before Noemi could reply, a phone buzzed, slicing through the palpable tension.

Deanna picked it up and handed it to her mother.

“Mom, you got a message.”

Noemi glanced at the screen and noticed a new message from a friend overseas, asking if the news about her husband's affair, which was posted on his company's official website, was true,