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Chapter 968
What did Alyssa mean? Did Sophia and Betty play a role in Nina’s
death?
Jasper’s chest tightened. He looked at Alyssa’s hateful face from the comer of his eye and quietly
placed a hand on her waist. Feeling her body trembling, he held her tighter. The encouraging gesture
offered her a boost of confidence.
Jasper kept his silence not because he was concerned about keeping his image. He understood that
Alyssa needed to confront Sophia to release her anger.
Sophia and Betty looked mortified, and their expressions crumbled. They sensed the reporters!
attention on them. It felt like shooting themselves in the foot.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Ms. Alyssa, what do you mean? Do you really think we’re responsible for Nina’s death?” Sophia
wondered, meeting Alyssa’s hateful glance.
“It was a suggestion. I didn’t accuse you of anything.” Shrugging, Alyssa mocked them, “You seem
quite panicked even when I did not accuse you. Are you really behind Nina’s death?”
”
The reporters exchanged looks and started taking photos of Sophia and Betty. Sophia glared at Alyssa
with intense hatred, thinking, Damn it! This bitch is getting me into trouble again!”
Alyssa seethed with a quiet rage, “You never treat your maids as humans. In private, you abuse your
power, beating, scolding, and torturing the housemaids. It’s disgusting of you to act morally superior at
Nina’s funeral. I’m just saying that karma will catch up with you. What’s wrong with that?”
Jasper cast a look of admiration and surprise at Alyssa’s wits. He
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Although they knew Sophia and Betty were the masterminds behind Nina’s death, they did not have
evidence for now. Accusing Sophia of being the murderer would only get Alyssa sued for slander,
which would place her in an unfavorable position.
That was why Alyssa had to be as vague as possible with the accusation to provoke Sophia and play
with the media’s imagination. Not only that, she hit Sophia and Betty, where it hurt the most to get back
at them and mess up their plans.
Sophia seethed at Alyssa, but she also blamed herself for failing to anticipate Alyssa’s move.
Betty, who was in a panic, immediately jumped out to chastise Alyssa in a bid to save her carefully
crafted reputation. “Alyssa Taylor, you are slandering us! That’s nonsense! I know you don’t get along
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwith Sophia and me, but that does not give you the right to slander us. I can sue you for that…”
Her voice trailed off because she was fearful of Jasper’s piercing
gaze.
Alyssa coldly stated, “I am simply telling the truth. As to why I understand your true character, it’s
because we lived for three years
under the same roof.”
The reporters were taken aback. What did Alyssa mean by “living under the same roof for three years?
It did not make sense for a Taylor to live with the Becketts.
Sophia, Betty, Jasper, and the Taylor siblings stared agape at Alyssa.
Jasper began, “Lyse, you …”
She addressed Sophia and Betty sternly, “I knew better than anyone. about the filthy tricks you pulled
over the years because I was Jasper
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