Before the video was played, the reporters had only watched the video that Gemma released to the public, which was only part of the video that was being played now. Gemma had removed the scenes where she tried to seduce Tony and the car accident that happened after that.
When the complete video was revealed to the crowd, they could not help but to look at one another, only to find the same surprised look in everyone’s eyes—the entire situation turned out to be something unexpected.
First of all, Gemma had attempted to seduce Tony in the basement car park but her repetitive attempts pissed him off. Tony had tried to ask her to let go of him, but she took things even further by saying those shameless words—those were words that should never come out from the mouth of a decent young lady of an influential family. Her actions enraged Tony, which caused the latter to strangle her, but it was not his intention to kill her. From the earlier scene, everyone could tell that he was merely trying to frighten or intimidate her. Then, the two of them got into their respective cars. Tony drove out of the basement car park and a seemingly mentally unstable Gemma stomped on the pedal and attempted to run into his car. Fortunately, at the most critical moment, Tony noticed that her car was going to slam into his from behind, so he hastily stepped on the gas and steered the vehicle to the side. In the end, although he managed to avoid the car behind from banging his, he could not stop his car from ramming into the truck in front.
As soon as Tony and Myra entered the room, a security guard escorted them to their seats in the front.
The moment they took their seats, a reporter stood up and asked anxiously, “Director Hart, we have just watched the video. The video which was released on the Internet last night has been maliciously edited by someone, and there is actually more to the video. You were initially accused of being a violent person but you are, in fact, the victim here. Do you know who was the one who posted the video last night?”
Truth was, everyone was clear about the whole situation now—the video that was uploaded on the Internet last night was probably the act of the Walton Family. However, as they did not possess any evidence to support their suspicion, everyone could only look at Tony in hopes that he would reveal the truth.
Tony’s right arm was still in a cast and it was obvious that he might have a fractured bone, while his left arm was also densely bandaged. Other than that, he had a few minor scratches on his face. Although the condition of other parts of his body under his clothes could not be seen, everyone was able to tell that he must have some injuries on his body too.
Tony glanced at the person who asked the question before casually looking at the crowd with his cold, emotionless eyes. Then, he calmly replied, “I don’t know who was the person who posted the video.”
He could feel Myra’s body stiffen, so he held her hand with his left hand under the desk in an attempt to give her some comfort.
Another reporter immediately asked in an impatient voice, “It was said that the video last night was posted by Miss Walton. She failed to win your heart so when she saw you showing affection to Miss Stark, it triggered her and caused her to lose her sanity and do all sorts of crazy acts—not only did she deliberately run into your car, she even preemptively released the video so that you would be condemned by the public. What is your comment on this?”
However, Tony remained impassive. “I am unsure whether the video was posted by Miss Walton. The reason I gathered everyone here today and revealed the whole video is solely to clear up the misunderstanding. Of course, I indeed strangled Miss Walton, but it was not because I had lost my mind or I wanted to kill her. Nevertheless, I think that I should make a confession to my fiancée in front of everyone.”
After saying that, the curve playing by his lips became more obvious and his expression seemed much gentler. He turned to look at the stunned Myra with overflowing gentleness in his eyes as he murmured, “There are too many rumors spreading around and they have caused some discomfort to my fiancée. Before I met my fiancée, I have never had any romantic relationship with any woman and I have never fallen in love with anyone either. Myra Stark will be my only woman in my whole life.”
His profound feelings for Myra were conveyed to her unabashedly as he looked straight at her. The crowd seemed to be stupefied by his sudden confession. When the reporters finally returned to their senses, the sounds of shutters going off echoed throughout the room. It was earth-shattering news—the heir to a business empire, Tony Hart, confessed his love to the young mistress of the Stark Family, Myra Stark, in public. He admitted that she was the only one he loved and would ever want. This sort of romance was clearly what the reporters loved, and this sort of gossip would make their female readers scrambling for their magazines.
Myra blushed gradually and her clear eyes were filled with emotion. With her hand in his, she could feel happiness blooming in her heart.
“Therefore, the rumor that you were once in a relationship with Miss Walton before Miss Stark came between the two of you, which then caused Miss Walton to do crazy acts due to extreme sorrow, is actually not real?” Another reporter quickly made sense of the whole situation. Tony publicly declared that he had never liked any woman and never had any relationship with another woman, which indicated that Gemma was never in a relationship with Tony. In other words, the rumor that started to spread last night was all a sham. According to the rumor, Gemma had been dumped by Tony, which caused her to choose to end both their lives out of extreme grievance in order to take revenge on him.
“Miss Walton is just the younger sister of a former good friend of mine when I started my business. I’m not exactly close to her,” he replied impassively.
They aren’t even close… It then dawned on them that it was Gemma’s one-sided love all along—she could not win Tony’s heart so she intended to destroy him. That deranged woman sure is terrifying.
“Director Hart, do you have any comments about the video and article published on the ‘Weekly News’? There were a lot of assumptions made in the article based on the limited information that they had, so the news that was reported were not real and it has caused a huge impact to your reputation and that of the Hart Group. Also, rumor has it that the ‘Weekly News’ has been acquired by the Walton Group a few days ago…” one of the reporters stood up and said.
Although there was no evidence that the video was released by the Walton Family, it was a fact that ‘Weekly News’, the first company that published the video, had been acquired by them.
It was very apparent that Tony’s expression darkened slightly when he heard what the reporter said. Although it was unnoticeable to the crowd, that was not the case for Myra, so she held his hand tightly. However, Tony suddenly curled up his lips slightly, forming an arc that nobody could tell whether it was a smile or a sneer. “The lawyers of the Hart Group have started handling this matter. The ‘Weekly News’ made a lot of inaccurate statements, so the Hart Group will file a lawsuit against them for defamation.”
“How about Miss Walton?” another reporter asked. “In the video, she recklessly rammed into your car. This is an incident of deliberate assault. Director Hart, do you have any comments on this?”
Tony’s gaze was deep. “I have warned Miss Walton before this. Although she hurt me, I’m willing to let it slide for the sake of my friend. However, she repetitively harassed my fiancée, which is something I find unacceptable. I will hand the matter over to the police. As an adult, one should know what he or she is doing, and there are certain behaviors that shouldn’t be condoned over and over again. All of us have our limits.”
With that, Tony had made himself very clear. He could no longer stand Gemma’s ruthless behavior and would let the police handle the matter. His words expressed his, as well as the Hart Family’s, protectiveness over Myra. In addition, after the accident, Tony might have considered letting the incident about the car accident slide, but Gemma’s repetitive harassment toward Myra had made him lose his patience.
In other words, after the accident, not only did Gemma not keep a low profile, she even arrogantly attempted to split the lovers?
Upon hearing this, everyone could not help but look down upon Gemma even more. She sure is a strange person for having such a strong intention to become someone else’s mistress!
