I'm Sorry My Love Novel
Chapter 405

Chapter 405

Chapter 405

Leanna returned to the Crossley Residence in the evening. Just as she was about to go upstairs, Lloydstepped out of his study and said impassively, "I told you that there are rules in the Crossley Family.Since you live here now, you have to abide by them."

She replied with a smile, "I'm sorry, Mr. Crossley. It's my terrible memory again. With your reminder, Iwon't make the same mistake."

Lloyd's face fell when he heard that.

Leanna went on to say, "By the way, I've published a clarification as per your request. When will youfulfill your promise?"

Lloyd refuted, "Do you think your clarification is good enough?"

"How could you say that, Mr. Crossley? I feel wronged." Leanna started talking nonsense with aninnocent expression. "I asked the best lawyer in town to draft the clarification for me. He said that sinceI was representing the entire studio and not just myself, I had to be careful with how the statement wasworded and minimize the impact on everyone else. The clarification was posted after a lengthy processof deliberation."

She shifted the blame to Freddie easily.

Lloyd frowned as he doubted her statement, and his expression remained dark.

Leanna continued, "I'm a businesswoman myself, Mr. Crossley. Regardless of what happened, mostnetizens are standing up for me. If I side with Miss Crossley at this point, I'll be criticized. Severalpeople suspect that I've received some benefits or have been threatened. If I still do it now, theirsuspicions will be proven right. You're a businessman yourself, Mr. Crossley, so I'm sure you'llunderstand why I've chosen to publish such a clarification."

Lloyd squinted his eyes. He wasn't aware that Leanna was such a calculating person back then. Hesnorted. "It seems that there are some clever people behind your back."

Leanna replied, "Well, I'm on good terms with many wonderful people. Anyway, I'm not comparable toMiss Crossley, who can solve all the problems with money."

Lloyd knew that she was hinting at everything that had happened so far, so he silently returned to hisroom with a cold expression.

Once the door was closed, Leanna pocketed her gaze. As her smile faded, she shuffled to the secondfloor.

The moment she arrived at the studio the next morning, many notifications popped up on her phone.Before she could take a look, Zoe dashed into her office and panted, saying, "Good news, Nana!"

Leanna asked tentatively, "Is there a mega sale going on at a nearby mall?"

Zoe was stumped for a moment before refuting, "What on earth are you talking about? Haven't youscrolled through Twitter today?"

"I was about to do that. What's wrong?"

"It's about Elliot, the guy who took part in the designers' competition with you. Do you remember?"

Leanna nodded. "Yes, I do. What happened to him?"

Zoe replied, "He posted a tweet 20 minutes ago, claiming that Queenie cheated in the competition. Heeven showed us evidence of Queenie transferring a large sum of money to him. Also, he said thatQueenie only became the winner because she bribed the judges, whose names have been revealed."

Hearing that, Leanna was rooted to the spot.

Lewis had talked to her about this issue the day before, and she didn't expect that it would be solved sosoon.

Just then, her phone started ringing. She picked it up and realized it was Lewis.

However, he admitted that he had no idea Elliot would post such a tweet, for he hadn't managed tocontact him so far.

After the call ended, Zoe said, "Look, Nana! He just posted a new tweet."

When Elliot posted on Twitter a while ago, many people, who had been criticizing Leanna over theinternet, doubted his claims. There were also speculations that the reason he defended Leanna andshifted the blame to Queenie was that he had received money from the Pearson Group.

Faced with such doubts, a well-prepared Elliot posted the conversation between them in the car that he

had secretly recorded when she persuaded him to help her cheat in the competition.

The recording revealed that Queenie had asked Elliot to imitate her style and complete the work in thesemi-final.

Following that, Elliot posted another tweet with several photos of him being hospitalized. In the photos,he was soaked in blood and he even attached his medical record.

He claimed that Queenie intended to silence him forever, so she sent someone to kill him. Afterescaping from death's door, he realized that he had done the wrong thing. Therefore, he decided toexpose Queenie and give himself a second chance.

The tweets soon caused a heated debate on the internet.

The organizer of the competition and the Pearson Group announced that they were paying attention tothis matter and would file a police report.

Seeing all that, Zoe let out a long breath. "As the saying goes, what goes around comes around. Thewrongdoings of Georgina and Queenie have been exposed, and it's exhilarating."

On the other hand, Leanna rested her chin on her palm and said slowly, "Queenie is usually cautious.Since she has given Elliot so much money, why would she even think about killing him? Moreover, shecan't possibly deal with Elliot on her own, unless—"

She caught herself as she realized something all of a sudden.

Zoe didn't detect the anomaly as she uttered, "They must have a secret deal, and they started biting

each other after the deal fell apart. Anyway, just let them go on biting one another. We'll just watch theshow from the sidelines."

Leanna came to her senses and nodded in agreement.

An hour later, Queenie posted a tweet as well.

To everyone's surprise, she admitted to cheating in the competition and apologized to the organizer foraffecting the fairness of the competition by seeking Elliot's help. In addition, she was willing to give upher ranking.

However, she denied bribing the judges and attempting to kill Elliot. She dismissed Elliot as framing herfor not being happy with the amount of money.

Their pathetic fans started arguing with each other on the internet.

Like what Zoe had said, both sides were biting one another.

Leanna decided to stop reading those comments, choosing to wait for the outcome.

However, after giving it some thought, she reckoned that she had to visit Elliot at the hospital in theafternoon.

If Elliot was telling the truth, the person who had attacked him could very well be Ron.

Queenie was a careful person; she was averse to bearing any responsibilities, so it was unlikely thatshe had taken the huge risk of hiring someone to kill Elliot.

Moreover, Elliot was about six feet tall. Barely anyone could hurt him badly with a strike.

There's only one possibility.