Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“First, regarding my parents’ claims that I married a rich man, enjoyed all the riches and glory, and abandoned them without giving them money to support them.”

Samantha smirked. “I’ll admit that I’m married.”

As soon as she uttered that remark, there was yet another uproar.

Simon seized that opportunity and immediately accused her. “Listen clearly, everyone. She admitted being married to a rich man and enjoying all the glory and wea—”

Before he could finish speaking, Samantha glanced at him and interrupted him right away. “I may be married, but I don’t enjoy any glory or wealth.”

“Is that a joke!” Simon scolded angrily, “Do you think everyone’s blind? That luxury car you drove that day was so expensive and yet you say you’re not enjoying yourself?”

Her father’s words seemed to have won the approval of reporters.

They had taken photos of the car and found all sorts of information regarding the vehicle.

One of the reporters, who might or might not have been bribed by Simon, asked aloud, “Yeah, Ms. Larsson, you escaped from us in a luxury car. Everyone saw that. What’s your explanation for that?”

Samantha’s smile became even bigger and she seemed to have been waiting for that question. She answered unhurriedly, “Before I answer that, I’d like to show you a couple of things beforehand.”

There was a projector in the conference room, so she turned her gaze to a hotel staff member on the sidelines and asked politely, “Can you help me set up the projector?”

The staff nodded. “Of course.”

After he set up the equipment quickly, Samantha threw a stack of paper in her hands and projected them onto the big screen.

Everyone looked over at the same time.

Displayed on the screen was a long billing statement of all the bank cards under Samantha’s name. It detailed what she spent on and how much she spent from the day of her marriage up until that day.

Everyone was stunned after reading it. She was ridiculously poor!

Did she really spend that little money after so many months? It paled in comparison to the reporters…

Soon after, Samantha put up the supporting documents of all assets under her name.

Before any of them could even recover from the shock earlier, they were given yet another bombshell by those documents. Samantha had no assets under her name, and at that point, her bank card balance was left on with a few thousand bucks.

Was Samantha really married into a wealthy family?

Samantha waited for them to digest the information before speaking again, “Now I’ll explain the luxury car. That luxury car isn’t mine. It belongs to one of my elders who temporarily lent it to me to drive.”

She looked at the reporter who asked the question and smiled, “Is that a good enough explanation?”

The reporter blinked awkwardly and was speechless when asked.

Simon did not expect Samantha to be able to refute that. After all, he had asked her to fork out one million before, which she was able to do. She even boasted to them how kindly her husband treated her…

In that case, she must have faked all those billing statements!

Simon gritted his teeth and said again, “Don’t trust her. Samantha’s words are full of lies. She even lied to her mother and me. All of this has to be fake!”

Samantha’s heartfelt cold when she heard Simon’s clamor.

She kept thinking about remembering that little bit of family affection, but all he wanted was to condemn her to unrighteousness, unfaithfulness, and unfilial piety.

Samantha closed her eyes and clenched her hands little by little. Three seconds later, she opened her eyes and had only indifference within them.

“My dear reporter friends, I have a few more things that I want to show you.”

She did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately revealed the paper on the big screen.

It was the same billing statement, and the same supporting documents for assets under a single person’s name. However, they all belonged to Simon instead of Samantha.

The date range was the same—from Samantha’s date of marriage up until that day.

Simon’s bank statements, as well as the credit and debit columns, were full of transactions. It showed clearly to everyone what it meant to enjoy glory and wealth.

The largest sum was transferred on the day Samantha got married, while the second largest was banked in by cash some time ago.

Samantha moved her lips slightly and explained everything clearly. “The first sum was my wedding dowry, but the money was all taken away by my father instead of being given to me. For the second sum, they used my brother Corey to threaten me into handing over the money. My brother has suffered from a serious heart disease since he was a child. Not only did my parents decline to spend money on his treatment, they even used him to get more money by marrying him to a ghost bride. I have to give them money if I don’t want to see my brother die, so I put in a lot of hard work to raise a million bucks, which I handed over to them in exchange for them to give up custody of my brother.”

Everyone was completely stunned.

The perception was that Samantha had been an unfilial daughter who had gone beyond the moral baseline, but it seemed that Simon and Cynthia were actually good-for-nothing parents.

Sensing that everyone’s gazes were shifting as they looked at him, Simon became panicked and angry. He rushed recklessly to Samantha, pulled the paper in her hand, then tore it off like a madman. After that, he pointed at her and cursed, “Stop deceiving everyone. Every word you say is a lie. These are all fakes. How could you frame your parents in order to exonerate yourself? Do you even have a heart?!”

Samantha smiled insipidly and looked at him directly. Her tone was calm and stiff as she said, “Every word I said is true. If I’m lying, may thunder strike me down and make me suffer in death!

“What about you, Dad? Are you brave enough to swear that you have never done any of these things before, and that I framed you for all this? Or else you’ll suffer in death too?”

She took a step toward Simon with every word she said. Simon felt her inexplicable aura and retreated unconsciously. At the last question, his legs turned limp and he fell miserably to the ground with a plop.

“I, I…I…” He opened his mouth to try and speak, but the pressure was so sudden that he could not even speak at all.

Simon had an ashen expression after falling to the ground. Samantha merely looked at him coldly and dejectedly.

If she came forth just to explain herself, there might be a possibility that no one would believe her. Therefore, the reason she agreed to hold a press conference was because she could confront her father in public.

A comparison of right and wrong cleared things up at a glance.

Their conversation earlier has proved that the two accusations her father leveled against her were merely nonexistent and a plain twisting of the facts!

Doing it in such a way was more effective and direct than anything.

When the reporters saw such twists, they all smiled and they were already quickly rewriting their press releases.

Amidst the chaos, one reporter called out and asked a very pointed question!

“Ms. Larsson, let’s put aside for the time being the question of whether you or your parents are right.. Don’t you still have to explain your messy private life before marriage and your unsavory acts of cheating and hooking up with random men after your marriage?”