Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 362

Chapter 362: You’re Not Allowed to Leave

The room went dead silent as the video ended. Every face in the room twisted with shock and discomfort.

Joe’s eyes widened in disbelief, thinking he must have seen it wrong. He looked anxiously toward Angelica, silently asking for confirmation—why did the footage show her falling on her own? Why hadn’t Selina touched her at all?

Angelica’s breath caught. She never imagined Logan actually had surveillance footage!

She looked more fragile and innocent than ever. "I... I don’t know. I really don’t know... I was panicking at the time, I thought it was Selina..."

"You thought?" Selina let out a cold laugh. "So just because Angelica cries, I’m automatically guilty? I got slapped by Mr. Morris for nothing."

"If Logan hadn’t had evidence, the Morris family was ready to rip out my uterus. And you think a simple ’I don’t know’ erases all that?"

Joe flushed with shame. He realized he’d jumped to conclusions too quickly. His misjudgment had nearly framed an innocent woman. "But Angelica was injured too..."

Grandma Morris wasn’t about to let the opportunity slip away. "Maybe Selina said something that upset Angelica! Angelica, what exactly did she say to you?"

Angelica’s body trembled, her eyes darting as she deliberately misled everyone. "I... I don’t remember. I just know Selina hates me..."

Grandma Morris pounced on that. "See?! Selina upset her, that’s why Angelica fell!"

The crowd exchanged uneasy glances. That did sound plausible...

"How ridiculous," Luke said dryly. "So let’s solve this little riddle. Listen up, everyone. Angelica seeks out Selina. Angelica stops Selina to talk. Angelica falls down the stairs by herself. Now tell me—whose fault is it?"

Joe’s heart sank with a bad feeling, but before he could interrupt, Luke put on a show of exaggerated realization and answered his own question:

"Oh—right! Of course it’s Selina’s fault!"

The crowd couldn’t help themselves—some actually laughed.

Luke wasn’t wrong. Angelica approached Selina, Angelica fell on her own... and now everyone was blaming Selina?

What exactly did she do wrong?

Was her mistake in not confessing to something she didn’t do, when Angelica tried to frame her? Was it in not yielding to the Morris family’s pressure?

Joe knew, deep down, that Selina likely had nothing to do with what happened today.

But... Angelica lost her baby. Selina was the only one there. How was he supposed to stay calm?

Even if Selina wasn’t at fault, couldn’t she just show a little compassion, just once?

After thinking it over, Joe finally said, "Miss Clark—"

"Dad," Angelica interrupted through tears, "it really wasn’t Selina’s fault. It was me. I’m sorry."

"I don’t feel well... I want to go to the hospital..."

Right. The hospital. That was the priority now!

Selina’s gaze turned ice-cold.

Angelica was never pregnant. The blood wasn’t even hers. If she made it to the hospital now, they’d confirm the ’miscarriage’—and that would prove she had really been pregnant.

That couldn’t happen.

As Joe picked Angelica up to carry her out, Selina stepped forward and blocked his way without hesitation.

"Get out of the way!" Joe roared.

Selina’s face was stone cold. "Mr. Morris, there’s still something that hasn’t been clarified."