The Divorced Heiress Revenge (Bella Thompson) novel Chapter 1362

“Come on, Justin. They can say whatever they want. James is underestimating me to think that he can hurt me with words and kill my spirit.”

Lifting her chin, Bella said with a faint smile, “We don’t have to do anything.”

“Bella.” Justin heaved while clutching her hand worriedly.

“This is what fame will do to you. I can’t be famous without the help of trolls.”

Bella waved her arm. “The most foolish thing to do is to justify ourselves. We can’t prove everybody wrong just because they say so. Just ignore James. Karma will catch up to him.”

Bella turned solemn. “I’m more concerned about the girls. For them to change their story, the Iverson Group might be threatening them. Those girls are from ordinary families. They can’t fight against the Iverson Group.”

With downcast eyes, Justin uttered sullenly, “Two of them are minors. It’s one thing to be threatened, but if this thing blows out of proportion, the kids will be thrown into the middle of a media and public shitstorm.

“Even though they are the victims, they will become the talk of the town and the butt of jokes. Some ill-intentioned people might even label these girls troubled and say that they have themselves to blame for being put in such situations.”

“Blame the victims?” It felt like a rug was pulled from under Bella.

Justin’s conscious and harsh truth was a gut punch, and Bella was brought back to the past taunting.

——“It takes two to tango.”

——“There’s no smoke without fire.”

——“It’s your fault for wearing a short skirt.”

——“Why does it happen to you and not others?”

Bella got a grip on herself. “Can you arrange a meeting for me with the girls, Justin?”

“Are you going to persuade them to testify?” Justin raised a brow.

“They changed their minds, not because they didn’t want justice. They are afraid of the Iversons and what they will do to them.”

Bella curled her lips. “I want to tell them that I will shield them from any harm.”

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After leaving the detention center, Charles was brought back to the Iverson family’s residence.

During the car ride, he drank red wine and scrolled through the mean comments about Bella online before guffawing hard.