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“How dare she...” Harrison was staring at the live stream. He was so agitated he was becoming short of breath.
“Sir! Please calm down.” The housekeeper was very concerned. He supported Harrison, worried he would pass out
from anger.
True enough, Harrison blackout in a fit of rage.
Over at Shane's office, Silas was feeling a little sorry for Harrison. “Looks like Harrison has really infuriated Ms.
Natalie and she will be spilling the beans on him.”
“He asked for it,” Shane sneered.
That sounded familiar. Those were the exact words Natalie used. Shane took whatever she said to heart. Silas was
a little amused. He turned his attention back to the live stream so his mind would not wander further.
“Ms. Natalie, do you mean Ms. Jasmine Smith is an illegitimate child?” A reporter had to re-confirm the shocking
news he just heard.
Natalie nodded and continued, “You heard me right. I think all of you would remember Harrison divorced his wife
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtand married his current wife, Susan Sullivan, seven years ago. He even changed the name of his daughter to
Jasmine.”
All the reporters nodded their heads. Of course, they remembered since it was big news back then. The Smiths
even held a press conference for that.
“What you were not aware of is Jasmine did not change her name. Harrison made that announcement to mislead
the public as he did not want you to know she is his illegitimate child. Susan is not Jasmine's stepmother. They are
blood-related mother and daughter.”
“That can't be true!” Some were not convinced. Most of them believed Natalie.
“Why not? Although there were rumors that Jasmine and Susan were at loggerheads, Susan had always been very
protective of Jasmine. She committed this latest offense because of her daughter too. They must be mother and
daughter. Would anyone have gone to that extent for a stepchild who is not related by blood?”
“I definitely would not!”
“I told you so.”
The animated discussions brought on a smile to Natalie's face. She picked up her microphone again to share more
details. “Jasmine is Susan's daughter while my mom is Yulia Lawrence. Twenty-five years ago, Harrison had an affair
with Susan and they had Jasmine, who is a year older than I before I was even conceived. Both Yulia and I were kept
in the dark.”
She got a little emotional at this point. She had to take a deep breath to calm herself before she could carry on.
“We got to know about this seven years ago when Harrison brought Jasmine and Susan home. He divorced my
mom, and chased her out, together with my brother and me. He even lied to the public that his daughter changed
her name to Jasmine which was utterly ridiculous.”
After that outburst, she buried her face in her hand. It seemed like she broke down and cried.
Joyce handed her a piece of tissue and tenderly consoled her. “Nat, don't be sad. It is not worth wasting your tears
on such an awful dad.”
“Yeah. We did not expect Mr. Smith to be so despicable.” The reporters were all taken aback by the injustice of
Harrison's actions.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Yeah. We did not expect Mr. Smith to be so despicable.” The reporters were all taken aback by the injustice of
Harrison's actions.
“Indeed! We were all led to believe Mr. Smith doted on his daughter. So he was only showing favoritism towards his
illegitimate child.”
“Ms. Natalie is too pitiable. Both Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Natalie are his flesh and blood. How could he be so merciless
towards her?”
Natalie let on a faint smile when she heard all these criticisms directed at Harrison.
She did not know if Harrison was following her live stream. If he was, she was pretty sure he would be hopping
mad.
He had always valued his reputation and image. With all these dark secrets exposed, all that he treasured would be
destroyed. She looked forward to seeing what he would do to salvage the situation.
Natalie pretended to wipe her non-existing tears, then looked up to Joyce. “Joyce, please inform Mr. Shane that he
can get started on his side.”
“Okay.” Joyce nodded. She took out a name card and her cell phone and called Silas.
While Joyce was calling Silas, Natalie fished out a name list from her bag and waved it in the air as she addressed
the reporters. “Hi everyone, I have one last announcement before we end the press conference. The media and
trolls listed here will soon receive a Letter of Demand from my lawyer.”
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