Regarding the art exhibition incident, Aubree filed lawsuits against Carmen and her group at lightning speed.
The Wilson family had been prepared for this. After stumbling so many times at Aubree’s hands, they had come to understand that she was no longer someone they could underestimate. None of them dared to treat her lightly.
She had said on the day of the incident that she would sue Carmen for defamation and slander, and no one dared treat those words as a bluff. What surprised everyone, however, was that Aubree didn’t just sue Carmen. She practically went after every single one of them.
[Miss Miller, this offense isn’t particularly serious. You should be ready for the possibility that the lawsuit might not bring much of a result.]
[Based on the available evidence, as long as the Wilson family plays it smart and shifts the blame to Percival, they could walk away from this clean.]
[Percival already made a public apology, and the harshest penalty he’ll likely face is probation.]
Just before the hearing, Caesar sent a few messages to let Aubree know what to expect.
She replied: [It’s fine. All I want is to make an example of them.] She had never expected such a simple slander case to bring down the Wilson family. After all, they had been pulling this kind of stunt for years.
And indeed, just as Caesar predicted, Percival followed the Wilson family’s lead and issued a public apology beforehand. In
doing so, he effectively admitted to defaming and slandering Aubree.
He couldn’t go against a powerful family like the Wilsons. At this point, the best outcome for him was to have the Wilson family owe him a favor by taking all the blame and accepting the consequences. In the end, he was sentenced to three months of probation.
After the verdict was announced, public opinion shifted dramatically in Aubree’s favor. The damage to Bree Technology’s reputation also vanished.
With the court ruling made public, it became obvious that Aubree had been innocent all along. No one dared to take sides with the Wilson family and risk slandering her anymore. They were afraid that one day they might wake up to find a court summons from her in their inbox.
The punishment might not have been severe, but it was humiliating.
Once their reputation was ruined, no one in the business world would dare to work with them. Nobody would want to buy from them.
More importantly, Aubree had shown everyone who was waiting to see her fall how ruthless she was. Anyone who crossed her would get bitten, even if she had to suffer too.
But of course, that still wasn’t enough.
Aubree tapped her phone, and a video appeared on the screen.
“I advise you to stay out of this. Miss Milena Yurchenko has her eyes on this man.”
“That’s right. That Yurchenko family. Be smart and get lost.”
The chaotic audio played from her phone. The camera zoomed in to reveal Trevor’s face. His gaze was unfocused, and his clothes were messy. He was clearly drunk.
Women, late at night, a bar, a top celebrity… Those keywords didn’t add up to anything good.
And that wasn’t all. With another tap of her finger, Aubree pulled up a photo. If Sylvia were here, she would’ve recognized the woman in the image instantly. The woman was Trevor’s girlfriend at the time when Aubree had partnered with Sylvia to compete on Playzy.
Her name was Sophia Hunt, a former third- or fourth–tier actress. She wasn’t well known, but her stunning looks had caught Trevor’s attention. With his backing, she’d climbed to second–tier status.
Aubree had been keeping tabs on Sophia because she was pregnant.
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Sophia’s goal was to marry into the Wilson family through her pregnancy. For that, she had canceled all her work engagements. Even after warnings from her agency, she refused to get an abortion.
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