The Disguised Billionaire She Rejected

Chapter 7

Jessica’s face turned cold the moment she heard where the necklace was found.

Without saying another word, she rushed upstairs. Her heels struck the floor sharply as she headed straight for Morgan’s room. The servants quickly moved aside.

She pushed the door open and saw the necklace was there. Lying right on the dressing table, glittering under the light as if nothing had ever happened.

Jessica froze for a second, then her expression twisted with anger. Behind her, Morgan and Travis hurried in as well, followed by a few servants who had witnessed the discovery.

Morgan’s eyes fell on the necklace, and her whole body stiffened.

“T-That… that’s… it, That is the necklace” she stammered.

Jessica picked it up and held it in the air.

“In your room,” she said coldly. “Right here. And you accused Marcus and even made a viral video. How could you be so vile” 

Morgan’s face turned pale. “This is impossible… I… I put it in the safe… I didn’t even take it out… how did it get here?”

Jessica’s eyes narrowed.

“But here it is,” she said. “On your dressing table. Don’t even try to deny it now mom. Do You hate Marcus that much ”

Morgan shook her head repeatedly, panic rising in her voice. “No, no, this is wrong. Someone framed me! One of the servants must have put it here!”

Jessica’s patience snapped.

“Mother, stop already!” she said sharply. “No one knew the safe password except you. I don't even know it. So what are you saying now?”

Morgan opened her mouth but no words came out.

Her mind was in chaos. She clearly remembered locking the necklace in the safe. She had not taken it out at all. Then how… How did it end up here?

“This… this wasn’t here before…” she mumbled weakly. “I swear… I remember… This morning, it wasn’t here!”. She could recall that vividly.

But this time, even her own daughter did not believe her. Morgan’s eyes turned red, and tears started to fall.

“I’m telling the truth!” she cried. “Someone framed me! Why won’t you believe me?!”

Jessica cut her off coldly. “Enough. Stop pretending to be a victim here. The real victim is Marcus”

Just then, her phone vibrated.

She looked down, and the moment she saw the message, her face changed.

It was from her secretary. She sent her the company stock chart. Her company’s stock line was dropping sharply.

“Damn it…” Jessica muttered under her breath.

She looked up at Morgan, her expression full of anger.

“Because of your post, the company stock has already dropped ten percent,” she said. “Ten percent in less than an hour. Do you understand what that means?”

Morgan froze. Jessica’s voice became even colder.

“You are deleting that post right now. And you will explain online that this was a misunderstanding.”

Morgan’s face twisted.

“I won’t apologize to that useless—”

“You will,” Jessica cut in. “I will not let you play with my company for the sake of your pride.”

Morgan trembled with anger and humiliation, but when she saw Jessica’s expression, she knew there was no room to argue. Also, the family source of income was on the line. 

With shaking hands, she took out her phone.Tears rolled down her face as she opened her account.

Slowly, reluctantly, she deleted the previous post and wrote a new one, saying that the necklace had been found and the incident was a misunderstanding. 

Though, she did not apologize to Marcus. Her pride wouldn't..

But the post was enough to calm the public for now. Jessica watched until the post was uploaded, then turned away immediately.

“I’m going to the company,” she said. 

Without waiting for a reply, she left the room. She needed to deal with the plummeting stock price as quickly as possible.

Aa as soon as she left, Morgan sat down heavily on the chair, still wiping her tears, her face full of resentment.

“I don’t understand… I really don’t understand… How did this happen… i didn't put it there”

Travis stood nearby, his expression serious. But inside, his heart was beating fast. The orchestrator of all this. The one who took the necklace and later place it in Morgan’s room  

When no one was looking earlier, he had secretly taken the necklace from the safe and placed it on Morgan’s dressing table. This way, the police won't be involved. And it worked!. 

He then stepped closer and spoke in a low voice.

“Mrs. Morgan… I believe you,” he said. “You would never make such a mistake. I'm sure someone frame you”

Morgan looked up at him, eyes red. So delighted to see that someone finally took her side. 

“Then how did it appear there?”

Travis frowned as if thinking deeply.

“…Could it be Marcus?” he said slowly. “What if he planned all of this? Maybe he knew we would accuse him, so he arranged for the necklace to appear here later.”

Morgan’s eyes widened.

Travis continued, pretending to reason it out.“It’s possible one of the servants is working with him. Maybe he wants the company to get ruined as revenge for throwing him out. ”

Morgan’s face darkened again. Seeing sense in it.

Travis crossed his arms and pretended to think carefully, his brows tightly furrowed as if he were analyzing every detail.

“Something about this isn’t right,” he said slowly. “Think about it. Marcus managed to hire the best lawyer in the entire city in less than a day. Do you know how hard it is to even get an appointment with Richard & Associates? Ordinary people wait weeks just to speak with an assistant.”

Morgan wiped her tears and looked at him.

“That’s true…” she muttered.

Travis nodded, 

“And Marcus has no money. Everyone knows that. If he didn’t steal the necklace, where would he get the money to hire someone like Richard? The only explanation… is that he planned this.”

Morgan’s eyes widened.

“He must have been preparing this for a long time, not just today. Maybe he knew you would suspect him, so he set everything up in advance. Then he secretly put the necklace back here to make you look like the one who lied.”

Morgan’s face turned red with anger.

“Yes… yes, that must be it!” she said. “That dirty boy! I knew he wasn’t as simple as he looked!”

Travis added another sentence. “Poor people can be desperate. When someone has nothing, they will do anything. I’m sure he hid the money somewhere long ago just so he could hire Richard when the time came.”

“That filthy orphan!” she shouted. “He dared to play tricks on me! I swear, I will make him pay for this!”

Travis lowered his head slightly so she wouldn’t see the faint smile that almost appeared on his lips.

xxxx

Meanwhile, Jessica was in the car on the way to the company, her phone pressed tightly to her ear. She kept calling Marcus again and again. But he didn’t pick up.She wanted him to delete his post as well and reduce the damage.

Finally, after more than a dozen calls, the line connected.

Marcus answered.

Jessica spoke immediately, her tone sharp and arrogant.

“Why didn’t you pick my calls?” she demanded.

On the other end, Marcus' voice sounded calm.

“I’m busy.” The indifferent reply made her frown.

“I don’t care what you’re doing,” she said. “Delete that post right now. The necklace has been found. This whole thing was a misunderstanding. Why are you acting so irrational? Before, you would have called me first instead of making a scene online.”

Marcus let out a low, scornful laugh.

“You and your mother haven’t even apologized yet, and you want me to delete the post?”

His voice turned colder.

“I won’t delete anything.”