chapter 7

The Trumph mansion was in chaos.Quinn paced the living room with her phone in hand, her face contorted with fury as she read the comments flooding social media.[Turns out the real thief is in the Trumph family itself! What a joke!][Angela was accused for no reason! The Trumphs deserve this backlash!][Jorge Trumph cheated on his wife and still tried to frame her? Disgusting.]Quinn threw her phone on the couch. “That little b*tch! How dare she do this to us?”Just then, Samira Trumph, her daughter, rushed in with a panicked expression. “Mom! What the hell is going on? I just woke up and people are calling me a gambler and a thief!”Quinn grabbed Samira’s arm. “Tell me the truth. Did you really gamble away the Blue Diamond Necklace?”Samira hesitated for a moment. Then, seeing her mother’s murderous glare, she finally admitted, “I... I was in Germany a month ago and lost a few rounds at a casino. I didn’t have any cash left, so I used the necklace as collateral, thinking I could win it back... but I lost everything.”Quinn’s face turned pale. “You idiot! Do you realize what you’ve done? Because of your stupidity, we’ve lost all credibility! How am I supposed to fix this now?”Early in the morning, Jorge's face was extremely glum as he sat in his office. He exuded a chilly air that his assistant, Keith , only stood there with trepidation and dared not breathe too loudly.“Who authorized the use of our company’s main account to post such a statement?” Jorge gritted his teeth. His eyes were cold and stern.“Madam Quinn ordered this last night, saying that she has already informed you.”Jorge swept everything off his desk, which clattered all over the floor.Jorge's gaze was harsh and piercing. “When has this company ever listened to the Madam’s orders? Fire everyone in the PR Department!”Keith's heart trembled. “Y-Yes, sir.”“Get rid of that news on the internet immediately!” An abysmal storm was brewing under the man’s dark eyes.Keith bowed his head and spoke stiffly, “President Suraj of Floyd Entertainment has already given word to lock this news for 24 hours. No one can remove it.”Jorge's face was tense. His eyes were cold and stern. Suddenly, his phone rang. When he saw that it was from his mother, he hung up the call without thinking.‘I didn’t allow her to call the police, so she made such a big scandal?! If Angela didn’t find the whereabouts of ‘ Blue Diamond’, would she have taken the blame for this?’The thought of this made Jorge even more enraged.His phone rang incessantly. “Jorge, bring that stupid back. How dare she do this?! She must be taught a lesson!” Quinn grabbed the phone and roared.Jorge closed his eyes and said in a deep and cold voice, “Did she do anything wrong? It’s obvious that Samira took away ‘ Blue Diamond ’, so why frame Angela?”He was mad at Angela's emotionless statement as if there was no way that they could reconcile.‘Even if Angela did not respond, would I just stand by and watch her get wrongly accused? Did she have no trust in me at all?’However, he was more angered by the fact that his mother righteously accused Angela without remorse.Quinn was told off by her son, so she begrudgingly defended herself. “How would I know that Samira took it? Hasn’t it always been in your safe? Who else would’ve taken the necklace but Angela?”“It’s not too late to apologize to Angela now.” The man’s gaze was dark. This was a crisis, and they needed to solve it within the golden hour.“What? Apologize? That bastard is the one who should apologize! She’s just an ungrateful gold-digger with unknown origins and even dared to put our family in a crisis?! Bring her back and watch how I’ll teach this stupid a lesson!”“We’re already divorced…”Jorge Trumph hung up the phone and rubbed his temples. His face was glum and he felt extremely irritable.He dialed Angela's number, but as expected, she did not answer.Jorge slammed his phone so hard on the desk that it made a loud clang. He looked at Keith coldly.“Go find out where Angela is. I want an answer in fifteen minutes.”Keith felt like he would lose his job and hung his head even lower.“Mr. Trumph, I had someone check Ms. Angela's whereabouts. She is not here.There’s no trace of her anywhere.”Jorge's thin lips were pursed, and his face grew darker.Half an hour later, the Trumph Corporation deleted the statement involving Angela and issued an apology, stating that it was a misunderstanding. However, they did not clarify a word about the marriage between Jorge and Angela.Even so, the effect of this move was still very minute. Jorge browsed through Angela's social media page and found her posts about their life together. It was so close to him, yet so foreign.[Hubby came back early today! *smiley face* ][It’s raining...I wonder if Hubby has an umbrella with him…][Hubby picked me up from work~][Breakfast especially prepared for my hubby!]Jorge was thinking,,, Angela wait for him at night and never slept before he came back. Angela ironed his dress.Made fresh food for him at night. Angela supported him a lot. ......Jorge unconsciously scrolled to the bottom and suddenly felt that their three years of marriage were not completely blank, but filled with this woman.He noticed that he had never understood her and had never participated in her happiness.Every one of her posts was about him, and the latest statement she released at 8:00 am today was emotionless, unlike her previous posts.It was as if this was the end of their marriage.He suddenly felt as if a piece of his heart was missing. His chest felt empty.Jorge went in a bar  had a few drinks with some friends that night."Give me more drink.......""Sir you have drunk wine too much. If you drink again you will fall. "" Just shut up. And do what I want. "Jorge 's friends told--" What are you doing Jorge?? Stop it."  Jorge's friends drove him to his house. Watching Jeorge drunk like this way,,,,,, Quinn understand that  because of the devil Angela he had drink red wine so much.Continue.......✍ Atrayee Sarkar