Celia froze, unable to understand why Jacqueline had turned on her all of a sudden, and immediately shot Jacqueline another cold glare back. "What did I do, then? Tell me, you brat—what did I do to deserve Adrian sending his men to beat me up like a criminal?"
Jacqueline could not help curling her lips into a smirk when she heard this. She took out her phone, pulled up a recording, and pressed play.
"You brat, I've already told you this—Adrian and I have been together for more than two decades, and if you don't give me enough money, I'll continue to harass the two of you for the rest of your lives! Bitch, I gave birth to Adrian's son for him, and even though Michael is in jail now, you probably don't know that he's in there because he took the blame for his father!
"Do you honestly think Michael could've pulled off Granny Lynch's murder all of his own? Well, let me tell you this—if you don't give me two million dollars now, I won't let this go. Not only will I continue harassing Adrian and sabotage your wedding, but I'll expose everything that happened and the police will come to arrest him at his own wedding!"
The recording Jacqueline played immediately stirred up another round of whispers and murmurs as everyone started speculating about what they had heard.
According to the recording, although Celia was not a saint, it seemed that Adrian was far more despicable than they all thought!
After all, the news of Adrian's second son, Michael, getting arrested for murdering Granny Lynch had shocked the entire city, but at this moment, Jacqueline's recording suggested that Adrian was the one involved in Granny Lynch's murder instead!
This meant that Adrian had killed his mother!
Adrian immediately became flustered when he noticed everyone starting to speculate about this shocking discovery. He quickly stormed over and snatched Jacqueline's phone out of her hands, frantically pressing the pause button. "Nonsense! This is all nonsense! Celia made up all these lies just because I broke up with her and found someone new! I've always been a good son, so how can I possibly kill my mother?
"Celia and Michael were the ones who orchestrated my mother's murder, and now, they're trying to frame me for this instead!"
With that, he turned to shoot Jacqueline a murderous glare. "Jacqueline, you're supposed to help me, so why did you play this recording?"
Everyone had been preoccupied with the speculation that Adrian had killed Rianna and cheated on her with Celia during the final days of their marriage, but with Jacqueline's recording, everyone's attention shifted to the newfound discovery that Adrian was the mastermind behind Granny Lynch's death!
"Since when did I say I was going to help you?" Jacqueline raised her brows and turned to gaze at Adrian with a cold look. "Adrian, do you honestly think I'd be so blind as to marry someone who's more than two decades older than I am?"
Adrian was utterly stunned by this. "What are you trying to say, Jacqueline?"
Jacqueline was the one who had approached him first and tried to win his heart, refusing to take no for an answer, so why did she change her mind when they were about to get married?
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