Female Novel
Chapter 2740
Mrs. Jackman looked at Luca coldly, noticing how calm she was. After all, it was just an excuse tomake things difficult for Luca. Mrs. Jackman could understand why Luca was so composed while facingsuch a situation.
"Hand it over now if you're the one who took it," urged Mrs. Malcolm. She was not particularlyinterested in framing someone. Still, she wanted to watch the drama unfold.
"Madam Crawford suspects that I took it just because I went into the house with the child to use thebathroom?" asked Luca.
"Who else could it be if it wasn't you?" Susan interjected.
"There are so many people here. Many of them would have gone into the house to use the bathroom.Madam Crawford, are you planning to interrogate them all? If so, I can help you pull up the surveillancefootage at the garden and check who went into the house. Then, we can have them answer questionsindividually and figure out who took your necklace," Luca calmly suggested. If she knew that Susanwas waiting for her in the backyard earlier, she would not have come.
Susan was really difficult to deal with...
"Do you have any idea who they are and who you are? Who are you to suspect the others? You'dbetter know your position!" Mrs. Jackman lifted a cup of tea and took a sip. Her gaze was sharp andcold.
She hated all the mistresses! That was why she had no intention of letting Luca off the hook.
"Madam, I only went to the first floor when I was in the house. Do you really think Madam Crawfordwould be that silly to leave her necklace in the living room and let the others take it? Even though mynet worth may not be as high as yours, accusations require evidence. I was on the first floor the entire
time. I didn't even head to the second floor. How could you accuse me of stealing the necklace? Let'scall the police since everyone is still here. It'll be better for the police officers to investigate everyonehere," replied Luca as she took her phone out from her pocket.
"You're still denying it, and now you're trying to get the police involved, huh?!" Mrs. Jackman came upwith a plan. She lifted the teapot filled with the scalding tea and threw it at Luca.
Luca did not manage to dodge the teapot that was coming at her as she was looking at her phone. Shehad no choice but to move to the side.
The teapot shattered, and the boiling hot tea splashed on her bare ankle as well as all over the floor.
Her snow-white skin instantly turned red.
Mrs. Jackman felt pleased and disappointed at the same time.
She was disappointed that it did not splash on Luca's body. Otherwise, she would have been burnedmore.
"Ah!" Mrs. Malcolm exclaimed in shock as she did not expect Mrs. Jackman to do something so rudeas to hurl the freshly boiled water in the tea pot at Luca.
Mrs. Jackman rolled her eyes and sneered in disapproval at Mrs. Malcolm's overreaction.novelbin
Luca stood tall and straight, watching the smug expression on Susan's face. It seemed like she hadfound herself a good assistant, someone who would break the tea pot without considering theconsequences.
"Madam, do you know how long you can be detained for injuring someone?" Luca asked calmly.
"Injure? Is someone hurt?" Mrs. Jackman shot Susan a glance and asked, "Madam Crawford, did yousee anyone causing harm?"
"No. It was just a smashed teapot," Susan lied through her teeth to go along with Mrs. Jackman.
"What about you, Mrs. Malcolm?" Mrs. Jackman turned to look at Mrs. Malcolm, who was startled bythe incident just now.
"No... I didn't see anything," Mrs. Malcolm came back to her senses and thought that it was fortunatethat the woman dodged the teapot that was thrown at her. It could have caused severe burns.
As Luca listened to their conversation, she reckoned that the other two women were like Susan. Theywere rich wives who stayed at home doing nothing, and they had not seen much of the dark side of thesociety.
Besides, their husbands were rich and powerful. They were the only ones who could trample onsomeone's dignity, and there was no way the others could do that to them.
Hence, they were not cautious enough when they did something evil.
"Is that so?" Luca pursed her lips and lifted her foot to examine her red and swollen ankle. Shereckoned that her ankle would be blistered from the scorching heat of the tea.
"No one saw anything. Did I hurt anyone? Well, how long would someone be detained for theft?" Therewas a smug grin on Mrs. Jackson's face.
Susan stood beside her, smirking as she was pleased with Mrs. Jackson speaking up for her.
Luca looked straight into Mrs. Jackson's eyes and pointed at the corner of the garden. "I have only twopockets. There's no evidence to prove that I took the necklace, unless Madam Crawford is going to
shove the necklace into my pocket now. But I doubt there's enough time for her to do that. So you can'tfile theft charges against me, but I'm pretty sure you'll be charged for intentional assault."
"It's surprising to see how stubborn you are, trying to remain defiant until the bitter end. I can't believethat Luke would choose a thief to be his mistress. The reputation of the Crawford family will be ruined ifthis gets out, right?" Mrs. Jackman sneered without paying attention to what Luca was pointing at.
Mrs. Malcolm was the only one who looked at the corner that Luca was pointing at.
She saw the blinking green light of the surveillance camera and tugged at Mrs. Jackman's sleeves.Then, she said, "Stop it." "What?" Mrs. Jackman turned back and glanced at her impatiently. "What'sthe fuss about?" It was not like Luke was coming here.
"Mrs. Jackson, it's a surveillance camera, and it's still on," Mrs. Malcolm pointed at the surveillancecamera, which was facing the pavilion. Judging from the distance it was installed, it could clearlycapture everything that happened just now.
Mrs. Jackman's face immediately turned sour. She had chosen the backyard because Susan had saidthat there was no one around and that they could do whatever they wanted without being seen.
However, they had overlooked the fact that the place was installed with surveillance cameras, leavingvirtually no blind spots.
"This will be the evidence to prove that you hurt me," Luca pursed her lips and smiled. She had nointention of forgiving these wealthy wives who had come looking for trouble.
However, she needed to find out who Mrs. Jackman were first.
She would let it slide if messing with this woman would cause trouble for Luke...
She did not want to bring too much trouble to Luke.
Susan noticed the changes of the expression on Mrs. Jackman's face. She had no choice but to give acold snort and stand up. Then, she said, "What are you afraid of? This is my house. I can delete thesurveillance footage as I wish."
"Oh? Madam Crawford, will you be able to delete the surveillance footage before I tell Old MasterCrawford what you did?" Luca turned around, fully aware who Mrs. Jackson was.
Previously, Luca had accompanied Luke to various social events when she was still Bianca. They hadcome across a wealthy businessman with the family name Jackman.
However, she did not have much of an impression of Mrs. Jackman. She reckoned that the wealthybusinessman did not bring his wife along with him at that time. That was why she could not rememberher.
Susan's heart tightened when Luca mentioned the old master.
She had initially planned to use Mrs. Jackman as a tool to teach Luca a lesson. However, she did notexpect to be caught and let Luca get the dirt on her.
Susan deeply regretted it.
As she watched Luca leave from behind, Mrs. Jackman rose to her feet and urged Susan, "Come on,send someone to delete the surveillance footage!"
"Hurry up," urged Mrs. Malcolm. Even though she was not involved, it would affect her reputation if thesituation escalated.