Go After My Ex-wife
Chapter 854 Quirina in First Place

Jepherson's expression was of total indifference. He turned back to see what was being displayed on the screen without a word.

"Scarlette." Raeleigh turned to look at her friend. Scarlet yanked her hand out from under Raeleigh's, stood up, and nudged her to go forward. Everybody noticed this little incident and all eyes turned to look at Scarlette.

At that time, Raeleigh could only sit back quietly. No matter what she did then, it would only make people assume that she had a part to play in this whole video incident. So, she could only sit still and do nothing to avoid being further talked about.

Raeleigh did not move, but just watched as Scarlette walked onto the stage.

Seeing Jepherson, she bowed politely. "I'm sorry for disturbing the last part of the award announcement, but this is the only way. My friend there is too cowardly. She would rather be bullied than to stand up and accuse someone."

Jepherson looked at Scarlette and said, "Tell us then what it is that you have to say, but I hope that you're not trying to make a fool out of us."

"Thank you." After saying that, she walked to the principal with the remote in her hand and bowed. "I'm sorry, for swapping your advertisement video."

The principal neither replied, nor did he say anything.

Scarlette stepped up to the microphone and said," I apologize to all of you for taking up your precious time. I am Scarlette of Room 302 and my roommate is Raeleigh. I am furious over her blueprint for this competition that went mysteriously missing. If I say anything today that upsets you all, then I hope that you can look at how I am trying to stand up for my friend and find the compassion within yourselves to forgive me and not have me expelled from Elkton University."

"When Raeleigh had been drawing her car design blueprint, as a joke, I had taken a video of her. She had refused to be filmed, so I did it secretly. As you all have seen just now, that video features Raeleigh clearly making that drawing, and her drawn blueprint was also clearly captured in that video. I am the eye witness, and here is the physical evidence of the claims I just made. But then, just a day before submissions of the blueprint were open, her work mysteriously went missing."

Everyone present was in an uproar, but Raeleigh sat still and didn't move.

Zorion looked back at Raeleigh casually. Raeleigh had lowered her head and said nothing.

"The strange thing was, if we had accidentally misplaced our work, then the missing piece would not only have been hers, but mine too. However, mine was still intact. We had stored our work together in the desk, but in the end, only Raeleigh's went missing."

"I think it's probably because mine was not good enough, or maybe it was because I had written my name down."

"Perhaps, maybe whoever took it was in such a hurry that they didn't manage to take everything."

"Raeleigh was unable to produce her work, so she forfeited in the end, but I believe that the person who took her blueprint wouldn't have just thrown it away. Instead, I suspect that the person must have used it as a submission piece for the competition."

"So, I came here because I wanted to know if there is any one among all these drawings that belongs to Raeleigh."

"You see, the top nine blueprints are on the big screen, and now there is only one left. I want to confirm if this drawing that won the grand prize is in any way related to Raeleigh's missing blueprint."

As soon as Scarlette said these words, Quirina suddenly stood up and pointed at Scarlette, and said, "You're full of sh*t. The blueprint is obviously mine."

Meica's face turned pale all of a sudden. She had been pulling on her daughter's arm, trying to hold her in place but she failed. Right then, it was so embarrassing.

"Quirina," Meica called out to her daughter. Quirina did not listen. Instead, she was staring angrily at Scarlette, wanting to tear her mouth apart. Scarlette looked at Quirina and narrowed her eyes with disdain. She looked at Jepherson and said, "Mr. Harvey, please announce the name of the winner of the first prize. Otherwise, this is not enough to convince the public."

Jepherson pondered a bit, looked at other people, took a look at the card in his hand, picked it up, and said, "The first prize winner is Quirina."

After that, Jepherson inadvertently glanced at the principal and turned to leave.

Right then, Quirina's winning blueprint was displayed on the big screen. Other people couldn't help but to exclaim. Meica couldn't stay there any longer. Although she was extremely reluctant to do so, she still raised her hand and gave her daughter a slap. "You have disappointed me too much. Is this how I raised you?"

"Mom..." Quirina had never been beaten by Meica and almost cried. She felt wronged and held back her tears, just short of spilling forth from her eyes. Holding onto her slapped cheek, she called after her mother.

"Don't call me that. I'm not your mother. How can I have a daughter like you? Do you want to kill me?" Meica looked so infuriated that it was almost as if she would combust on the spot and die. Then, she thumped her chest hard and said, "Come, kill me."

Seeing Meica in this state, nobody could say anything and nobody rational dared to say anything either. Only some foolhardy people dared to mutter some unsavory comments.

"Mr. Horacio." Meica walked towards the principal and bowed to him. She almost knelt down to the principal and held his hand, crying.

"This whole matter is my fault for not educating my daughter properly, and for the lack of supervision. I apologize to you." Then, Meica grovelled at the president several times in a row. The principal did not make a sound from the start and even then. His silence was because of the rather vulnerable position that he found himself in on both sides. It looked like Scarlette too was on Young Master Harvey' side since he had a lot of influence there.

Meica then apologized to the students and parents under the stage. That time, she had been truly and utterly embarrassed.

Then, finally after all that apologetic theatrics to every else present, Meica walked up to Raeleigh and apologized deeply. "Raeleigh, I'm sorry. I've spoiled Quirina, can you please give her another chance?" Raeleigh looked at the people around her. What could she say? She had even bowed to her.

"I forgive her," Raeleigh said, looking around. She then walked to the stage, pulling Scarlette. "Let's go. Don't you think it's quite enough already?"

After that, Raeleigh dragged Scarlette and left. The other students dispersed as well, having lost interest in the concluded matter.

In the end, there was no match for those wealthy nobles who got away with everything. Mr. Harvey did not take any action against Quirina. This indicated how much immunity the Cole family had in Capital City and their relationship with the Harvey family, such that even in a situation such as this, Jepherson was inclined to show a degree of respect and leniency to them.

Long after Raeleigh had left, Lottie was pulled by her daughter, who said, "That was Raeleigh."

Lottie hadn't seen her quite clearly, but one thing she learnt from this whole debacle was that the daughter of the Cole family was really something.

Fortunately, other than that one time, the name Yousif was never mentioned again. Otherwise, it would really be worrying.

"I still have something to do. Remember to study hard, alright? I have an appointment with someone and need to get going." Lottie had seen all there was to see and left.

The Atkinson siblings sent Lottie off and then went home.

Raeleigh didn't say anything when she went back to her bedroom. She knew that Scarlette had done all these things for her sake but she was worried that after causing a scene like this, there would be more trouble awaiting them in the future.

"Are you angry?" Scarlette sat for a while before asking, with her eyes staring at Raeleigh.

"What do I have to be angry about?" Raeleigh sat on the bed, indifferent. She only had one question, which was how Scarlette had managed to pull this off.

Scarlette leaned in towards Raeleigh and said, "I did this all for your sake. People like Quirina have to be taught a good lesson. The more you submit to her, the more shameless she will be and bully you to no end. You'll lose anyway, so you might as well go down with a fight."

Raeleigh turned her head slowly and looked at Scarlette for a while, but did not say anything.