Rebirth Revenge Is Everything (Ariana) novel Chapter 189

The Lawrence family had only recently gained prominence, but due to a recent incident, their reputation had worsened instead.

Old Mr. Stone was furious about it, especially since the Stone family had some cooperation with the Lawrence family, which meant the Stone Group was also affected to some extent.

Ariana had just returned home from preparing for school when she heard Old Mr. Stone berating Lambert in his study.

Jolene was anxiously waiting downstairs. Seeing Ariana, she quickly approached and asked, "Ari, do you know anything about Beverly's situation? Does it have anything to do with Lambert?"

She paused momentarily. Of course, she had heard about Beverly's situation and it was safe to say that Lambert had played a vicious hand!

Ariana calmly consoled, "Mom, don't worry, everything will be alright."

Jolene looked worriedly towards the study and said, "How could I not worry? You know how much importance the Dad places on the Lawrence family. Lambert has been up there for so long and still hasn't come down. I have no idea what's going on."

"Why don't I go up and check?" Ariana assured her seeing how worried she was.

She hesitated. With Old Mr. Stone currently furious, Jolene was afraid that it might backfire on her daughter-in-law.

Ariana proposed, "It's alright, I'll just go and take a look!"

After some hesitation, Jolene finally agreed, "Alright, then."

She ascended the stairs and had barely approached the study when she heard Old Mr. Stone angrily questioning, "Tell me, did you do this or not?"

Lambert's lazy yet pleasing voice echoed, "If Grandfather thinks me to be responsible, then that's the case!"

Infuriated, Old Mr. Stone roared, "What do you mean by that? Don’t tell me you didn't do it, otherwise, how could things have coincidentally turned out this way?"

He smirked, "Why doesn't Grandpa think that there might be something wrong with Beverly herself?"

Lambert's words pierced Old Mr. Stone's heart like a sword of hesitation; indeed, if Beverly hadn't gone to the Charm Night establishment, the reporters wouldn't have had the chance to take her pictures.

And this recent headline news, actually made Old Mr. Stone somewhat incredulous, after all, Beverly had always been very obedient in his eyes.

Old Mr. Stone was left speechless, after a long pause, he stammered, "You... are you talking back to me?"

"Grandpa, you're being unreasonable!"

At this moment, Ariana came forward from behind the door.

"Ariana? How come you're here?"

Seeing Ariana suddenly appear, Old Mr. Stone's anger flared even more!

Lambert at his side watched Ariana speak up for him, his gorgeous eyes slightly narrowing.

Upon seeing this, Ariana said, “I heard that Grandpa is having another fit, so I came up to see!”

"What nonsense! If you all behaved properly, why would I be angry?"

Old Mr. Stone’s face dropped as he heard the "another" in Ariana's statement.

Ariana continued, "Lambert is right, if Beverly hadn't behaved disgracefully, how would such a thing be discovered? Someone is telling you the reason, but you accuse them of talking back, that's just unreasonable!"

“You…!”

Old Mr. Stone's face turned scarlet with embarrassment and anger, nearly fuming, "Get out, just get out!"

He now felt that Lambert married Ariana just to drive him mad together so they could inherit his property.

Lambert said, "Given Beverly's current situation, it's impossible for her to take over the project, so I hope Grandpa can make a decision as soon as possible."

However, as soon as she entered the classroom, Fanny rushed over to her.

"Ari, there's trouble!"

Ariana was taken aback, "What happened?"

Fanny spoke with an undertone of anger, "Did you know, rumors are saying you've stolen something."

"What?" Ariana looked down at the brooch pinned on her chest in bewilderment, a wry smile on her face.

At this moment, Isabel Nolan, the famous wealthy heiress of the same class, stepped into the office right after hearing the news. She rushed at Ariana, snatching the brooch away.

The moment the brooch touched her hand, her face flickered slightly, but she immediately put on a relieved expression and said, "This... this really is my brooch! How... How could you do such a thing?"

Rendered speechless by Isabel, who abruptly seized her brooch, Ariana responded, "Isabel, this is mine!"

Tears welled up in Isabel's eyes, "How could it be yours? Everyone saw me wearing it this morning! I put it in my locker for just a moment because I had to attend an event, and then it was gone!"

In truth, she felt something slightly off when she grabbed the brooch, but given Ariana's recent popularity in the shopping district and her own frustration from being scolded by her stepmother, she was less than pleased.

Ariana raised an eyebrow, "I purchased this in Malaysia. There's no other like it in the entire world. If you claim to have one as well, that could only mean one thing—yours is a fake!"

"Fake?"

Isabel paled, fear creeping into her heart, "How could it be fake? I've been wearing it for a while and everyone knows it!"

She didn't know if the brooch was a limited edition when she bought it; she just thought it looked pretty and it allowed her to flaunt it in front of others. She hadn't thought much more of it.

At this moment, someone jumped in to support her, "Exactly, you must be mistaken, right? I've seen many brooches like this. How could it be a limited edition?"