When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him

Chapter 883 A Statement

“Mdm. Paula, you’re awake? You still haven’t slept? Why have you been on your phone this whole time?” the caregiver couldn’t help but ask.

Paula glanced over as she approached. “It seems like something’s happened to Cecilia.”

“What?” The caregiver looked over and immediately spotted the trending topic. “Oh, I saw this when I checked my phone this morning too. Is this really about Ms. Smith?”

Paula nodded. “It must be.”

“How could Ms. Smith possibly plagiarize someone else’s work?” The caretaker couldn’t believe it.

Paula had come to see who treated her well and who didn’t.

She also knew that she didn’t have much time left.

In her final moments, she wanted to make up for her mistakes, so that after death, she could face Regas.

“Maybe she just wanted fame too badly,” Paula said as she scrolled through the news for hours, gradually convincing herself that Cecilia might have plagiarized.

After all, she had seen Cecille in person and knew how talented she was.

Back then, Paula had even resorted to livestreaming herself dancing to persuade Cecille to give her composition to Cassandra.

Remembering this filled Paula with deep regret.

It was only then that Paula remembered she still had Cecille’s phone number.

“I’ll call Cecille and see if there’s any way to salvage the situation.”

With that, Paula dialed the number she had saved, unaware that it belonged to Cecilia.

It took a while for the call to connect. Charlotte was puzzled to see Paula’s number. Why is Paula calling me? Is it another request for collaboration on behalf of her dancer daughter?

Charlotte knew that Paula was Cecilia’s biological mother who had never liked Cecilia.

She answered the phone. “Hello?”

“Is this Ms. Cecille?” Paula asked gently.

“Yes, what do you need?” Charlotte’s tone was far from friendly, as she had a bad impression of Paula, who she saw as a biased mother.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Paula hesitated for a moment before requesting, “Could you make a statement saying that Cecilia didn’t plagiarize your work?”

Charlotte was taken aback.

Clearly, she was not expecting Paula to make such a request.

“What did you say?”

“I know this might be difficult for you. However much you need, I’ll find a way to get it,” Paula pleaded.

She had already filed for divorce and was aiming to get half of Ralph’s marital assets.

Charlotte was now completely confused by Paula’s motives.

“I can’t give you an answer right now,” Charlotte replied.

She ended the call and promptly called Cecilia.

Cecilia, who had been sleeping, was jolted awake by the ringtone and groggily picked up her phone.

“Lottie, what’s going on?” she asked, expecting more slander to have surfaced online.

But Charlotte said, “Boss, I just got a call from Paula. She asked me to make a statement saying you didn’t plagiarize Ms. Cecille.”

Cecilia was stunned.

Charlotte continued, “She even said that if I agreed, she’d find a way to raise the money, no matter how much.”

Cecilia listened, still in shock. Has Paula changed? Is she really trying to help, or does she have some hidden agenda?

“Then tell her to raise five billion!” Cecilia said, curious to see what Paula was really up to, and if she was being sincere.

“Got it,” Charlotte agreed.

Cecilia added, “Make sure she gets it by this afternoon.”

The public outrage had already reached its peak, and Cecilia was planning to reveal the full truth by the afternoon, to show Cassandra, the mastermind, her true place.

“Sure.”

Charlotte then relayed Cecilia’s demands to Paula.

“Five billion? That much?” Paula couldn’t believe it. How could one song cost so much?

“If you can’t come up with it, then prepare to watch Cecilia’s reputation crumble,” Charlotte coldly replied.