As Vicki was led away by the police, she passed Jarrod in a state of desperation. “Jarred, is everything that woman said true? Did you know she had the original video? You used the backup to deceive us. How could you betray me and my family like this?"

She cried hysterically. "I love you so much... I love you so much, yet you treat me like this! Jarrod, do you still have a heart? Everything I've done was because I love you..."

Despite Vicki's cries and shouts, Jarrod remained silent. His icy gaze, cold as snow, was fixed on the woman not far from him, as if trying to comprehend her. She stood right in front of him, yet he seemed utterly unable to understand her.

Vicki's cries of helplessness gradually turned into suppressed sobs, and her despair morphed into unyielding hatred. “Jarrod, I hate you!" she declared, her eyes filled with venom. "Jarrod, you've ruined me. I hate you, and I'll never forgive you. You will pay for this!"

Jarrod remained silent, his expression devoid of any sympathy for Vicki.

Vicki alternated between crying and laughing hysterically. Regardless of her love or hatred, she could not evoke any emotion in Jarrod.

What had she been thinking, that their years together would move him?

It was futile. Jarrod's heart was captive to another, and he had no desire to be freed. She had been so terribly mistaken.

“Jarrod, just you wait," Vicki murmured a final threat. If she couldn't have him, then no one would!

Vicki was then led away. The area around them quieted down.

Jarrod turned to Nicole and asked, “Are you happy?"

Nicole remained silent. He pressed, "Does it make you happy to see me suffer?"

Nicole was blunt. "You knew from the start, didn't you?"

Her disdain and revulsion for him had never been concealed. It had all been a mere self-deception on his part.

“Let's get in the car," Jarrod said without any reproach, his tone calm. "I'm here to pick you up."

Nicole felt a twinge of surprise. She was uncertain about Jarrod's intentions. At the very least, she expected some form of reprimand or disciplinary action from him.

However, Jarrod seemed so calm. It was almost as if his only purpose was to pick her up.

Nicole's earlier confrontation with Vicki had been a ruse. She wasn't sure if Jarrod was aware that she possessed the original video. After all, Jarrod had always been enigmatic.

Nicole's aim had been merely to sow discord in Vicki's heart.

Jarrod opened the car door for Nicole, and she stepped in without a second thought, having arrived in a car belonging to the Schultz family.