<strong>Chapter 199</strong>


    Betty immediately became the best straw dummy.


    "Did ... Did you really do this, Betty?" Newton asked in pure disbelief.


    Landon''s eyes narrowed as he red at Betty. If Laurie hadn''t identally drank that wine, he would have be a victim under a hand!


    Alyssa remained calm throughout, a faint sneer on her lips. It was as if she had grown bored of all the vileness present.


    "How dare you use me, you bitch?" Betty shrieked, about to storm up to the maid and kick her in the face when Sophia reined her in. "I''m Javier Beckett''s daughter. Think of what I would do to you if you used me of such a vile crime!"


    She might be sharp-tongued on the surface, but Betty was actually terrified out of her wits. She couldn''t drag Liana down with her, as that would reveal them as cohorts.


    Suddenly, Betty realized Liana had used her.


    "How could you be so evil as to use my daughter? Our family treats all of you servants very kindly. Yet, here you are, still trying to drug these two young men. Now you''re trying to shift the me on my daughter? Damn you!" Sophia yelled.


    She tugged Javier''s hand, saying, "Quick, call the police! Lock this evil woman up right now! She''s ndering our daughter!"


    Obviously, Javier wouldn''t believe that her daughter would do something so vile. "Get her up from the floor. Someone call the police!"


    "No! No, it wasn''t me! Ms. Betty told me to do this! She even said she would pay me a big sum afterward so I could quit my job and live a rich life! Why are you still lying, Betty Beckett? You were the one who wanted to seduce and sleep with Mr. Harper! Say something!" the maid screeched, ring at Betty.Content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Sophia wanted to shove her foot in the girl''s mouth so she would stop talking. She quickly had someone take her away.


    The maid had no evidence, she was sure. If she did, it would have been presented already.


    On the other hand, Alyssa had understood the gist of everything and concluded that things were not that simple.


    She had lived with the Beckett family for three years, and she had grown to understand Betty Beckett pretty well in these three years.


    Betty had always been straightforward and upfront with her actions, never capable ofing up with something so backward and evil.


    Her mother, Sophia, however, was definitely capable of this. Yet, she would never oust her own daughter as a scapegoat under any circumstances.


    That could only mean Liana was the primary suspect behind all this.


    Sure enough, there was a hint of a smirk on Liana''s face.


    Anger rose in Alyssa''s throat like bile, but she forced it down. She had no evidence, after all. Any usations would be useless right now. Alyssa wouldn''t give Liana a chance to mewl or cry her way out of this.


    "I am truly sorry for the trouble my family and I have caused your family, Mr. Taylor." Javier bowed. "We should have done better and avoided all this trouble."


    Winston hummed in acknowledgment, but neither a smile nor frown appeared on his face.


    This made Javier wince. Was Winston trying to mess with him? Javier was desperately praying for Winston to at least say something.


    However, Jasper couldn''t stomach this. "But this wasn''t—"


    "They''ve already apologized, Dad. Why don''t we just let them go for now? We''ve caught the maid. And nothing too serious happened to Jonah and me. Why don''t we give them a second chance, hm?" Alyssa spoke up, interrupting Jasper to speak to her father.


    Jasper nced at her in utter shock.


    Something was definitely up.


    Alice would have taken it all without a word, but that was not how Alyssa did things.


    He still remembered how ferocious she looked when she had been defensive of Jonah. It was as if she might bite his hand off any second.


    Why was she giving up the search so soon? She would have sliced the culprits'' faces open first thing.


    Or was she building something that would bite back stronger forter?


    On the other hand, Landon was in utter shock upon hearing Alyssa refer to Winston as "Dad." Why had he never guessed that she was from such a powerful family? She was nearly above his league now!


    "I''ll let this go this once, for my daughter''s sake," Winston''s tone was harsh. Everyone could tell how unwilling he was to let this go.


    Hearing that she had escaped a death sentence, Betty crumbled weakly into her mother''s arms. Sophia then quickly left with her.