I Love You, Miss Genius ( Bonnie Shepard ) novel Chapter 711

Sharron did not expect things to escalate to this point. The heartache the former once felt toward her daughter turned into blame. “You still refuse to admit your mistake? You’ve disappointed me, Eloise.”

Eloise cried and repeated, “It wasn’t me, Mom! I swear it wasn’t!”

Chester’s expression darkened when he heard his daughter’s cries. He stared at her and said, “Yeah, it wasn’t your doing.”

Sharron was stunned as she turned to look at her husband. Puzzled, she said, “Honey, we know what happened. Why are you defending her?”

“I’m not. It’s just that Eloise must deny it, no matter what. She mustn’t admit to it,” Chester explained. He turned to his daughter and asked, “I know you well. You never leave evidence behind whenever you do such things.

“They can’t do anything if you don’t admit it. Now, how much did you pay those three people? I’ll figure something out for you.”

Eloise noticed her father being supportive. She stopped hiding things and said, “Half a million.”

Chester frowned when he heard that. “They were just three people. Why’d you pay them so much?”

Eloise felt guilty as she nervously confessed to her father, “It was risky. If the payment were too low, they wouldn’t have agreed to do it. I had no choice, Dad.”

“You were too desperate, Eloise! It would’ve been fine if you were successful, but look where you are now. How much do we have to spend to fix this?” Chester complained.

Even so, he devised a solution, “I’ll give them an additional half a million, but only if they take the blame and claim it was all their fault. That way, even the military can’t do anything to you.”

Chester felt like he was bleeding money. However, it would be worth it if he could get his precious daughter out of prison. After all, she understood her mistakes. Normally, Chester always scolded Eloise because of Ivor’s affairs.

Initially, Eloise thought her father would abandon her when she got arrested. She never expected him to be willing to help her.

She felt moved as she looked at her father tearfully, saying, “Thanks, Dad. After this, I’ll stay home and learn to manage the company from you. I’ll never do something this foolish again.”

Chester felt relieved. He believed having her return as a sensible daughter was worth much more than a million dollars. “It’s good that you’ve learned your lesson. Only your family will treat you this well.

“Everyone else is nothing. When you return home, focus on managing the business and stop thinking about Ivor. Do you understand?”

Eloise had loved Ivor for so long and even provoked Bonnie multiple times. Eloise would have made fewer mistakes if she could have given up on Ivor. However, she pretended to regret her mistakes to appease her father and make him willing to help.