Kneeling for a Second Chance Novel

---- Chapter 392 Alexander's gaze swept across the room. There were no windows except for the half-meter-wide window in the washroom that was designed purely for ventilation. It was Gabriella's engagement ceremony, where countless media outlets and Slate City's political and business leaders were invited as well. The fact that the other party had set a trap for Alexander and Valeria at a time like that proved they had come prepared. However , Alexander did not understand the objective of the trap. Nonetheless, he composed himself. He was not afraid of such tricks, but Valeria was still young.

Not only that, she was also his brother's partner. In the world of the wealthy, scandals like that were just fleeting gossip for men and would be forgotten in a few days. But for women, it could ruin their reputations. Over the past few days, Alexander had gotten into a couple of arguments with Wendy, leaving him feeling frustrated. That morning, he suddenly felt dizzy and weak. Since the room was one of the more secluded lounges where people rarely visited, Alexander asked his personal assistant, Quentin Grove, to take him there.

Quentin was someone who had been working for Alexander for many years. For the past few years, Alexander had been getting less involved in the business world. He preferred a quiet life, ---- reading books and playing chess. Alexander never made any enemies, yet someone had come up with such a vicious scheme against him. After pondering for some time, Alexander asked, "Val, did you offend anyone?" Valeria looked at Alexander, quickly recomposing herself. After all, the two of them were trapped, and time was ticking away.

Both Valeria and Alexander were prominent figures at the event - there was no way their absence would go unnoticed. If people realized they were missing before the start of the event, they would start searching. And once people found Valeria in the same room as Alexander, no amount of explanation would save them from the scandal. Moreover, there were too many journalists invited to the event. Just one journalist with ill intentions was enough to ruin their reputation.

"Well, I didn't offend anyone, but there's someone who hates me." "Who is it?" "Gabriella ," said Valeria, her voice hoarse but confident. She clenched her fists so hard that her knuckles turned white. At first, Valeria thought it was Wendy's doing. However, as much as Wendy hated Valeria, she loved Alexander more. Wendy would never drag Alexander into a mess just to bring Valeria down. ---- Hence, the culprit could only be Gabriella. From the moment Valeria sent Gabriella that misleading photo of her and Alexander , Gabriella must have known that Valeria was Jane Carlson.

Frowning , Alexander quickly disagreed, "That's impossible , Val. I might not know what's going on between you and Gabriella, but she's not that evil. Besides, it's her engagement ceremony with Lucas today. She would never do such a thing on the most important day of her life." With a hoarse voice, Valeria questioned, "What kind of person is Gabriella to you? A kind daughter? Is she really like that? "Back in high school, she stole the class funds I had kept in my desk. I don't know if she told you this before.

Well, perhaps she never told you the truth." Seeing the hesitation and shock on Alexander's face, Valeria instantly knew he was in the dark. "Two weeks before our exam, the class funds in Jane's desk went missing. Wendy must've told you that I stole it and put the blame on Gabriella, right?" "T'm sure there must be some kind of misunderstanding." Alexander had forgotten much of what happened over a decade ago. Back then, he had been busy working under Nicholas and barely had time to spare even though Gabriella was busy preparing for her college entrance exams.

Instead , it was Wendy who stayed close to Gabriella. Wendy was the first person Gabriella would talk to whenever ---- something happened in school. Alexander would never relate his kind and adorable daughter to the term "thief". When he received the call from the teacher, he naturally did not believe the news. Back then, he was working on a project on his own, so Wendy was the one who went to the school to sort things out. That night, she told him that Gabriella was framed and someone stole the money to defame Gabriella.

However, it was only a few thousand dollars, and the college entrance exams were coming up. Alexander told Wendy to compensate for the money so that Gabriella could focus on her exams. As for what happened after that, Alexander did not know. Until now, Alexander saw it as merely a trivial issue. In fact, he did not think much when he heard Jane Carlson's name. He had only found out not long ago that Jane was the daughter of Wendy and Melvin.