“Who are you?"

Alick snorted and typed his reply.

“It doesn't matter who I am. Give me five hundred thousand, or I will send the evidence to your husband."

After sending it, Alick handed his phone over to Forrest.

“Wait for her to reply. She wouldn't be bothered by my threats if she is really innocent. But if she agrees to pay the amount I asked for, well you know what that means. I'm sure five hundred thousand is nothing to you or her, anyway."

Forrest shook his head, still refusing to believe Alick's claims. "It couldn't have been her." His voice echoed with confidence when he added, "She will never reply."

But no sooner had he finished speaking than Alick's phone buzzed again.

Forrest froze as a Lump of dread settled in the pit of his stomach. He didn't even dare to look at the screen.

Alick just smiled.

“What the hell is so funny?" Forrest snapped.

“You, you coward," Alick retorted.

“Go ahead and read it. What did she say?"

Forrest clenched his fist and swallowed the Lump in his throat before reading the message.

He froze yet again, his eyes wide with shock.

“What did it say?" Alick egged on.

Forrest's face darkened.

“How could she do such a thing?"

Alick walked over and glanced at his screen.

The message read: “Fine, but you must destroy the evidence, once and for all."

Divya was so engrossed in her personal victory that she never even suspected she was being set up. Alick had no evidence, of course.

This was merely Camila's guess. She had pointed out how likely it was that Divya had orchestrated the whole incident to villainize Laura and paint herself as the victim.

And of course, Alick didn't hear it directly from Camila, either, but through Isaac.

In fact, this trap was Isaac's idea.

“If she was willing to sabotage her own wedding to frame Laura, then it's not that far-fetched to say that she would also use her own child to make you completely give up on Laura, is it?" Alick's question was like a bolt of Lightning.

Forrest never took his eyes off the phone screen for several long minutes.