Female Novel
Chapter 500
That was the brotherly love that showed he accepted her and recognized her as his own sister.
Feeling warm on the inside, Bailey could sense her eyes tearing up.
It turned out that she craved familial love more than she thought.
Bailey had never known what it was like to be protected and loved by a family member for so manyyears, so she thought she would never find out.
Unexpectedly, after all the hardships she had gone through, fate decided to grant her what was mostimportant to her, familial love.
Even though Bailey did not even dare to hope for a brother before, she finally had one standing right infront of her. How wonderful!
Perhaps because Bailey had stared too long, Zeke instinctively lifted his head to meet her gaze andsaw gentleness in her eyes, which could not help but have tears rolling out of them.
Bailey was more than glad to have finally found her brother.
“Don't be afraid. No one can lay a finger on you as long as I'm around,” promised Zeke with a smirkafter approaching Bailey to stand before her.
When Bailey heard that, she broke into an adorable smile.
The look in Zeke's eyes softened even more as he reached out to pat Bailey gently on the head and
gazed at her angelic smile. This is my sister. Only a woman as gracious as her is fit to be the daughterof the Shurmer family.
“Thank you. I'm glad you could come today,” voiced Bailey.
“We shouldn't talk here; we'll continue later,” responded Zeke, smiling.
With that, he turned to give the collectors below the stage a look.
“Lina, you impersonated Master Vespera and had me auctioning fakes, which cost me millions. Youcan be sure I'll hold you responsible,” uttered one of the collectors immediately.
“Don't forget about me. I spent tens of millions to buy three pieces from you, and it turned out that twoof them were fake. You must compensate me for my loss.”
“Lina, I supported you because I trusted you, and what did you do? You trampled our trust byimpersonating Master Vespera and tricking us. Someone as vile as you should be reflecting on yourselfin a prison cell.”
“Send her to jail.”
“Send her to jail.”
Lina then sunk into her chair again with her face as grim as death. I'm done for! Not only is myreputation ruined, but I'll probably also be sent to prison. No, I can't go to jail. I refuse to go!
After jumping to her feet, Lina hurried over to kneel before Bailey. “I know I was wrong, Ms. Jefferson. I
really do, so please forgive me. If you let me go, I'll never do it again.”
In response, Bailey let out a sigh and lowered her head to look at Lina before calmly voicing, “I didn'twant to expose you. I would've let you be if you had kept a low profile, but you just had to mess withme. I'm no saint, so there was no way I would let you get away with what you did.”
With that said, Bailey gently pushed Lina away with the sole of her feet before taking two stepsbackward. “You reap what you sow. I can't and won't save you.”
Lina, who was pushed to the floor, scowled at Bailey as she questioned angrily, “You're the realVespera, so why did you allow me to impersonate you? What was the big idea?” novelbin
Bailey could not help feeling amused when she heard that. So I'm responsible for ruining her because Iallowed her to pretend to be me in the antique appraisal industry? I guess I only have myself to blamefor hoping that she would change. “I admit I shouldn't have let you impersonate me in the first place, soI'll cover the losses. However, you'll still have to answer for all your crimes.”
“No...” Lina immediately threw herself at Bailey and held the woman's leg tightly. “I'm sorry. I shouldnever have talked back. Could you please spare me, Bailey? My life will be ruined if I go to jail.”
“What does your life have to do with me? You have no one but yourself to blame for your fate. It's timeto make a choice. You either cover their losses or spend a few years in prison,” sneered Bailey.
Cover their losses? How am I going to compensate for the hundreds of millions of losses? If the firstchoice isn't an option, does that mean I'll have to go with the second one? Lina found it almostimpossible to make a decision. “You have to save me, Bailey. You know how I can avoid being sent toprison, right? Please help me!”
Before Bailey could respond, the collectors who had been cheated all gave Lina a piece of their mindsone after another.
“We want her to compensate us and answer for her crimes.”
“That's right. How can we allow someone that vile to get away? She must be sent to prison.”
“Even if we have to give up on the tens of millions we lost, we still want that impostor locked away for afew years.”
“Yeah. Have her incarcerated for a few years.”
With every bit of strength in her, Lina pressed her hands against her ears so she would not hear theaccusations surrounding her. “No. I don't want to go to jail! I don't want to go to jail!”
Bailey thought she had wasted enough time on the matter, so she turned to Raiden and calmly uttered,“She should be taught a lesson after all the bad things she's done. I'll let you handle this.”
With a wave of his hand, Raiden gestured for two bodyguards to take Lina away.