Chapter 242 Profit

As soon as Monica heard that Xander was looking for her, she thought that he wanted to praise her for her efficient work. She turned around and grabbed Beatrice, ready to leave.

Beatrice walked into the living room and found not only the Baldwin family but also the Soder family.

When the crowd saw them, a look of disdain was clearly visible in their eyes. Walking into the hall, she lifted her gaze and met Caden's cold ink-black eyes. He sat at the head of the crowd, turning the red jade thumb ring, his expression almost cold-hearted. Beatrice knew something had happened.

As soon as she stood firm, she saw dozens of unpacked souvenirs piled on the ground.

Without waiting for her to speak, Bella hurriedly walked over.

"Beatrice, what exactly happened?"

Beatrice was about to take a closer look when Monica seemed to have thought of something and continued, "Ms. Soder, is something missing again? I'll call someone immediately to make up for it."

Bella raised her hand to stop and looked at Beatrice with a troubled expression, "Beatrice, didn't you realize that you were too tired?"

Beatrice didn't quite understand what she meant, just as she was about to speak, the sound of a teacup falling heavily on the side sofa.

Looking around, a woman was dressed in a satin evening gown, with a pair of lustrous Taihidi black pearl earrings adorning her ears. She looked noble and graceful, exuding an air of elegance! Her lips curved into a smile, but her gaze turned slightly cold when she looked at Beatrice and Monica.

"Bella, I know you have a kind heart, but this matter concerns the reputation of both families, and there must be an explanation."

"Angie! Beatrice and my sister-in-law treated me very well. I believe they couldn't have done. anything wrong!" Bella spoke firmly.

Angie?

Beatrice quickly searched her mind for any information related to this woman. In her previous life, she was constantly being monitored by people sent by Caden after getting married and having children. Because she rarely went out, she could only

A few seconds later, she actually remembered this woman.

Angie Lezon.

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pass the time.

Madam Soder's best friend, she was also the only female president of the Lezon Group, intelligent and noble.

After Madam Soder passed away, she took care of the Soder siblings like another mother

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Although they were not related by blood, the Soder family siblings respected her as Angie.. Many people back then said that she wanted to take advantage of the situation and become Mrs. Soder.

She turned around and immediately issued a statement declaring herself as a non-marriage

advocate.

Beatrice knew about the decades-old news because Angie had broken her vow of not getting married after that.

Without any warning, she got married to a mysterious man and then settled abroad.

It caused quite a sensation at the time.

In her past life, Beatrice glanced at the paparazzi's airport photo of the two people, and she always felt that the man's silhouette was inexplicably familiar.

At that moment, Angie stood up and smiled lightly.

"Second sister-in-law? Bella, I'm afraid that you were so kindhearted to others, but they only took advantage of you."

Bella pursed her lips, unsure of what to say for a moment.

"Ms. Lezon, what do you mean? I only slept four hours a day for the past few days, taking care of everything myself, all for the sake of Bella and Caden's engagement to be successful," Monica. retorted angrily.

"Of course you have to take care of it yourself, otherwise where would all the profits come from?" Angie sneered lightly.

"Ms. Lezon, this is the Baldwin family, please refrain from speaking out of turn," Monica defended her dignity and reminded. "Is that so?"

Angie glanced at the souvenir on the ground.

a

gift box.

Beatrice instantly thought of something and casually opened. When she picked up the custom-made bracelet, she realized that the weight was off. Luxury goods all have authentication points. She lowered her head to check and her face turned pale. The platinum diamond bracelet, which was in perfect condition, turned into a silver zircon bracelet, with a price difference that was not even close.

There are roughly over fifty boxes here, which would be nearly three million. Beatrice's fingertips trembled slightly.

Monica just glanced at it and argued, "Everything is clearly in order, why are you accusing me of profiting?"

"Mom," Beatrice whispered, signaling her to hold off on speaking.

Monica, however, couldn't swallow this anger. She had finally made it through in this family, but was being mocked and ridiculed by outsiders. "These things..."

"Mom!"

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Beatrice's loud voice overwhelmed her.

Monica, not being foolish, immediately understood Beatrice's gaze. After a moment of being stunned, she snatched the bracelet from her hand. "How could this happen? It's impossible!"

Angie brushed past Monica, calmly sat down, picked up her teacup, and took a sip. "Monica, it seems like you admitted that the bracelet was fake."noveldrama

"Bella's father was delayed overseas due to a snowstorm, so he asked me, as Bella's relative, to attend the engagement banquet. Now that this has happened, it's really difficult for me to explain."

"If it weren't for our family members discovering it early today, these things would have been our families have lost face?" taken away by the guests. Wouldn't both of "Please, Mr. Caden and Sir Baldwin, give Bella a fair treatment. How can someone be bullied before even entering the door?"

Upon hearing the words, Monica's face turned pale and her body began to shake. Ryan stepped forward quickly and embraced her, whispering softly, "Don't worry." Monica leaned against him and said with a grievance, "Honey, I really didn't cheat." "I trust you," Ryan nodded. Seeing this, Angie sneered coldly, "So sentimental, Mr. Ryan should think about how to explain it."

Ryan frowned, "Angie, without any evidence or proof, isn't it too hasty for you to insist that Monica was involved in misconduct?"

Upon hearing this, Beatrice's heart skipped a beat. Angie?

She looked up and only then did she notice that Ryan and Angie had complex expressions in their eyes as they looked at each other.

But before she could savor it, Xander, in a fit of anger, smashed the teacup towards Ryan. "That's enough! Until when are you going to cover up for her? You want evidence, right? I'll give it to you! Let you see her true colors."

Xander took a few sheets of paper from the butler's hand and threw them in front of Ryan. Ryan picked it up and looked at it, instantly freezing in place.

Monica looked at the content above and shook her head vigorously, "No, I didn't know," Beatrice approached and took a closer look, and it turned out to be the bank statement of was a deposit of nearly three million. Monica's bank. This morning, there Just happened to be the same price as the souvenir in front of me.

At this moment, the servant who had helped move the souvenirs a couple of days ago was brought in.

"We were only responsible for the transportation, and Mrs. Monica Baldwin took care of everything else."

"Yes, on the day of acceptance, both Mrs. Monica Baldwin and Ms. Lindsey checked before being stored. We also didn't have the password for the warehouse, so there was no way to switch the

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packages."

These past few days, wherever Mrs. Monica Baldwin asked us to go, we went. She kept us busy, and we had no idea what she and Ms. Lindsey were up to.

The last person to be brought in was the person in charge of delivering the goods that day.

He took out the contract directly and said, "Sir Baldwin, Mr. Caden, here is the handwritten. signature of Mrs. Monica Baldwin. We sent someone to deliver the missing items to Mrs. Monica Baldwin and Ms. Lindsey for inspection before they signed it." Indeed, it is so.

Beatrice confirmed that all the deliveries were true on that day.

So the switch could only have happened in the Baldwin family.

Xander didn't give her any time to think, and he angrily slammed his hand on the table. "Monica! I trusted you to handle such a big matter, and you did well. I even praised you in front of our family. Is this how you repay me?"

"Sir Baldwin, I did not tamper with it!" Monica cried, tears streaming down her face. Sir Baldwin waved his hand impatiently and said, "Now, the only ones who can switch things are you and your daughter. If it's not you, then there's only one Everyone looked at Beatrice.