Chapter 501-510

Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 501Everyone was instantly quiet upon hearing Shannon’s words. They subconsciously look at Alice.After a long while, everyone started discussing in hushed tones.“Mrs. Lynch and Luna never had a good relationship…““But Mrs. Lynch won’t do such a thing that would ruin the Group’s reputation, right?““Who knows? Perhaps Mrs. Lynch knows that Mr. Lynch spoils her, he might not mind…“The discussions went on.As the person in question, Alice was surprisingly calm.She calmly swept a glance at Shannon. Her eyes were filled with surprise. “Are you sure that computer fifty-two was the one that I used?“Shannon furrowed her brows and nodded.“I’m sure. I was the one who arranged that computer for you back then.“Alice furrowed her brows. “Are you sure? How could it be…“Alice looked at Shannon confusedly, then she looked at Joshua. Her reactions turned from surprised to stunned, then into a rage.“There must be a mistake! How could it possibly be sent from my computer?“Then, she anxiously walked over to Joshua and grabbed his arm. “Joshua, there must be some misunderstanding…“Joshua furrowed his brows. He swept a cold glance at everybody there. “I also believe that Alice would not do such a thing.“Courtney, by the side, also immediately nodded. “ Someone must be trying to frame Mrs. Lynch. How despicable ! Not only did they record the meeting, they even used her computer to upload it! They are trying to ruin our company’s reputation and also drive a wedge between the president and his wife! “Then, she raised her head and looked at Joshua. “ President Lynch, this person is too horrible. We have to find out this person and see who is the one behind it all! Since the video was uploaded yesterday, let us see who was the one who used Mrs. Lynch’s computer then! ““I agree! “Before Joshua could say anything, Alice, who was holding onto his arms, nodded fervently. “I also agree with this! We need to find out who it was and the person instructing them! “The meeting room was once again in silence. Luna sat on the chair, she secretly clutched the documents in front of her.Courtney and Alice had been getting closer to each other recently. Looking at them chiming in after each other, they were clearly up to something no good.At that thought, she turned her head. She initially wanted to look at Joshua, but she suddenly realized that Arianna next to her was looking miserably pale.Luna furrowed her brows and said softly, “Are you feeling unwell?“Arianna jumped at Luna’s voice. She directly tumbled the teacup over.Clank!The ceramic teacup shattered into pieces on the ground.Tea water and tea leaves splashed all over the floor. Arianna frantically bent down and wanted to pick the teacup up.Luna stopped her in time. “Let me do it.“Luna got up, picked up the broom by the entrance, and swept the shattered teacup and tea leaves to the side.When she went to throw them into the trash, Arianna followed behind her. When they were in a place where there was no one else, Luna whispered in a voice only she and Arianna could hear. “What on earth is going on?“Arianna’s face lost all of its colors.She bit her lips. Her voice was extremely soft. “ Yesterday afternoon… Mrs. Lynch told me that her computer had some problems. She could not send an email out, she got me to help her take a look. I went to take a look at her computer. I realized that it was not too much of a problem, so Mrs. Lynch got me tohelp her send the email. Then, she said that there were still some programs running on the computer, she wanted me to help watch out for her. Then, she left… ”Arianna’s eyes were reddened. She said in a low voice, ”Director Luna, what should I do?” Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 502Luna felt like she saw black.Sure enough.Alice and Courtney joining forces meant that they were up to no good.As for the recording, she never expected that Alice would have blamed it on her after all.After all, she was waiting to see Joseph at the police station the entire afternoon the day before.She never expected that Alice would target Arianna.Arianna was the assistant that Nigel found for her on the internet due to her busy schedule previously.Nigel said that Arianna was intelligent. He screened through all of the candidates thoroughly before selecting her.Luna trusted her son the most, so she directly hired Arianna. Therefore, Arianna’s hiring skipped through the vetting from Human Resources.Everyone in the Lynch Group knew that Arianna was on Luna’s side.However, at that moment…Alice put the blame for the uploading of the video on Arianna. She even said to find out who was the main person behind it.“Am I going to get fired?“ Arianna looked at Luna with teary eyes. Her eyes were extremely reddened. “No, getting fired is just a small matter…“ “Am I going to prison?“Luna sighed. The more Arianna cried the messier her thoughts were.At that moment, Lucas came back with the surveillance footage from the surveillance room. Seeing the both of them by the entrance of the conference room, he could not help but call after them, “Are you both not going to come in? I brought the footage over. Once we see, we will immediately know who is the one that uploaded the video! “Upon hearing that, Arianna’s face was paler.Luna sighed. She grabbed hold of Arianna’s wrist and followed Lucas into the conference room.One could not avoid troubles. Avoiding would not solve them.“What took you so long?“ Seeing Luna pulling Arianna back, Alice, who was sitting next to the main seat, smiled mockingly. “And here I thought that the both of you are not coming back! “Then, Alice changed into a more comfortable position. “Director Luna was not here the entire afternoon yesterday. Why do I see a little bit of fear in your eyes?“Courtney, by the side, immediately fanned the flames. “Could it be that Director Luna was the one that arranged someone to upload the video?Impossible. That meant that she was framing herself for plagiarism? Or perhaps…“Courtney rolled her eyes. “Perhaps Director Luna knew that Mo Sam would publish an apology letter today, so she deliberately used Mrs. Lynch’s computer to frame her for uploading the video so that she could drive a wedge in between Mr. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch?”Seeing how Courtney’s words were getting more and more out of line, Shannon furrowed her brows. In the end, she could not take it anymore. ”Stop talking_! We’ll find out immediately who did it by looking at the footage _! I t wouldn’t hurt to talk less!”Joshua, in the main seat, looked at Luna calmly. Then, he swept Lucas a glance. ”Play the video.”Lucas nodded and projected the surveillance footage of the office from the afternoon the day before on the huge screen.At around three in the afternoon, the person that uploaded the video was…Sitting in front of Alice’s computer was not Alice , but Luna’s assistant, Arianna.Alice smugly exchanged glances with Courtney.Courtney immediately raised her voice. ”It’s Arianna? How could it be? Arianna was handpicked by Director Luna, skipping through the Human Resources department. Without Director Luna’s orders, how could Arianna do such a thing?””Luna.” Alice smiled calmly and interrupted Courtney with a sickly sweet voice, ”Can you give everyone an explanation? Why was the person that uploaded the video of the meeting that misled everyone online, thinking you were the one that plagiarized other people’s work, your personal assistant?”The conference room was instantly in silence.Everyone looked at Luna closely. They seemed to want to read her thoughts from her face.“Luna.“Sitting on the main seat, Joshua swept her a glance indifferently. His gaze was cold. “What is going on?“When he picked her up from the police station the day before and when she saw the video on the internet, her expressions did not look like she was faking it.However, at that moment, the person that uploaded the video was Luna’s closest assistant.Either she was extremely scheming and great in acting even duping him, or her assistant has been bribed by someone.Joshua turned over and looked at the little girl next to Luna. Her face has lost all of its colors. She was sweating profusely and trembling violently.If it were not for her hands gripping the sides of the tables tightly, he believed that she would have fallen to the ground already.Joshua furrowed his brows.How could this assistant of Luna, who was direct and wore her heart on her sleeves, be bribed by someone else to betray Luna?Thus, Joshua turned to look at Luna once again.Luna welcomed Joshua’s gaze. Their eyes met.Luna had clenched her fists tightly by her sides. She took a deep breath and enunciated every word with difficulty. “I don’t know anything about this.Arianna also did not upload any video.“Then, Luna turned her head. “Arianna, tell them what you told me outside just now! “Arianna paused for a while before saying in a trembling voice, “I -It’s… Mrs. Lynch. She said that she could not send her email out yesterday, that is why I went to help her…“Upon her words, Alice, in the distance, raised her eyebrows. Her voice was filled with detest. “What nonsense are you talking about? Since the company’s internet has no issues, why would I not be able to send the email?“Arianna glared at Alice with rage and teary eyes. “It was you! I’m just a lowly assistant, without your permission, how would I dare to touch your computer! You clearly told me that you could not send an email, so you got me to help you! “Alice smiled. She gently leaned into Joshua’s arms. Her eyes were filled with condescension and mockery. “What a cheap shot. Even if I can’t send an email out, I would either find the IT department or get someone to fix it. Why would I find you? You’re just Luna’s assistant.“Seeing her arrogant attitude, Arianna was in utter despair.She cried hysterically, “I didn’t do it! I’m on Director Luna’s side. I have always respected her. Why would I take such a misleading video to accuse her of plagiarism? Mrs. Lynch,  stop trying  to frame  me! ““Arianna. “ Luna furrowed her brows. She grabbed her hand and shook her head at her. “Calm down. “Then, She raised her eyes and looked at Joshua. “Mr. Lynch, we will find a way to investigate whether Arianna did it or not.““Luna is right.“ Upon Luna’s words, Alice could not help but laugh. She gracefully smiled. “Arianna is just a pawn being used by someone else. The person behind instructing her is the main culprit.““Yes! “Courtney immediately chimed in, “Arianna is young and innocent. She would easily be manipulated into doing something silly. What we truly have to do is to find out who was the one manipulating her! This person is horrible! They deliberately got Arianna to use Mrs. Lynch’s computer to send the video out, trying to frame Mrs. Lynch for leaking confidential information! “Upon Courtney’s words, the other people in the conference room started discussing among themselves in hushed tones.Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 505Joshua furrowed his brows.He lifted his head and looked at Luna coldly. “What do you mean?““Am I not clear enough?“ Luna sneered, “I only want justice.“Joshua sneered, “Luna, I thought you knew what it meant to not overdo it.““Not overdoing it?“ Luna laughed out loud. She raised her eyes and looked at Joshua.“Mr. Lynch, can you explain to me why I should not overdo it? Someone recorded our meeting and posted it online, accusing me of plagiarizing. When it almost cost me my career, did you get her to stop overdoing it?“When Mrs. Lynch got my most trusted assistant to use her computer, creating evidence accusing me of putting up an act all by myself, did you stop her from overdoing it?“Why do I have to know when to stop? Why when someone harms me, I don’t even have the right to find out who was the one who did it?“Then, Luna took a breath. “If you are such a biased person who only protects the people closest to you, why can’t I choose to quit and leave Lynch Group?”The entire conference room was in pin-drop silence upon her words.Actually, from Joshua refusing to check Alice’s computer, to him frantically convicting Arianna of crime, to him punishing her lightly, everyone has already guessed it.Alice was Joshua’s wife. Even if she did something that she should not do, Joshua had to protect her. No one could do anything about it.Luna, on the other hand, refused to buy it.The staff in the conference room looked at each other. Everyone was anticipating what was happening next and wanted to discuss it with each other, but they were afraid to make a single sound.Alice sat there, her face miserably pale.Previously, when she was in Sea City, she had Dennis Walter help her, so she was cleanly cleared of all responsibility when she went up against Luna.However, this time…She miscalculated. She never would have thought that Luna would take it so seriously and that she would even think of using a hacker to check her computer records.Alice subconsciously looked at Joshua.Joshua closed his eyes rather helplessly. He leaned back in his seat and sighed heavily.In the end, he opened his eyes. “Lucas, turn on Alice’s computer.“Lucas was slightly stunned. “Sir, you…“ Joshua nodded. “I can check the records.“Alice’s face has lost all of its colors. Courtney, who had been joining forces with Alice all this while, slowly cowered in fear, trying to minimize her presence.Under Luna’s cold gaze, Joshua placed his long fingers on the keyboard.Lines of black and white codes kept flashing across the huge screen in the conference room.In the end, Alice’s computer records the day before have been recorded.“The accounts that had logged into this computer were commonly used accounts. There were no new accounts.“According to the data shown from the computer, Lucas took a deep breath and read the results out loud.“According to the frequency of use of these accounts, it is indeed Mrs. Lynch’s account. The time when the video was uploaded yesterday, the account that logged into the video website belongs to… Mrs. Lynch.“The entire conference room was in an uproar upon his words.What Lucas said directly confirmed that the video that was uploaded the day before was done by Alice.Alice’s expressions were extremely ugly. Her face was paler than the color of the wall behind her.Lucas continued, “A program to automatically upload the video was also installed in Mrs. Lynch’s computer. The time of usage was… yesterday afternoon. After being used once, the program self- destructed.”Upon Lucas’ words, Joshua tiredly pushed the keyboard away. ”Alice, apologize.”What Luna said was right.Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 506Luna was the victim. She had the right to pursue this matter.Alice bit her lips tightly. She turned to look at Joshua. “Joshua…“Joshua did not even bother to look at her. “Just apologize. You crossed a line this time.“Alice gritted hard. Although she was unwilling to do it, she still got up.Alice walked over to Luna and bowed at her. She said grudgingly, “Luna, I’m sorry. I should not have uploaded the video online and instigated this incident. I should not have deliberately framed Arianna for it too…“Seeing Alice in front of her, the woman who had the exact same face that she used to have, Luna gritted her teeth.Slap!A crisp sound rang through the entire conference room.Alice’s face turned to the side due to the slap. Her face was burning with pain.She turned her head back in disbelief and stared at Luna in shock. “How dare you slap me?““This slap is on behalf of your father, Joseph Gibson.“Luna took a deep breath. Her voice was filled with an irrepressible rage. “He is just a normal old man. Without your instructions, would he be interested in jewelry design? Would he sneak into my office to take photos? If Mo did not send out a statement today, do you know that he will go to prison? I’m hitting you for being a terrible daughter! “Alice gritted her teeth hard. She truly wanted to tear Luna’s face off!Joseph Gibson, her father?Who the hell was he? If not for the husband and wife duo to still have some value that Alice could take advantage of, she would not have cared for them at all!At that moment, Luna dared to slap her because of them!Alice bit her lips hard. She suppressed the raging resentment in her heart.She knew that she could not confront Luna face -to- face at that moment. Joshua and her other colleagues were all there. She could not express any signs of seething hatred she had toward Luna.She took a deep breath and clutched her burning cheek.“You were right to slap me. I would slap myself too. Why can’t I control my brainless father? I knew that they were brainless. Why did I still get them to send me food to the office?“Then, she narrowed her eyes and looked at Luna.“Ms. Luna, don’t worry. From today onward, I won’t let them send food to me in the office anymore. I willsend them back to Sea City. Let them spend the rest of their lives there! “Luna furrowed her brows. She could hear the threats in Alice’s words. She raised her head and looked at Alice one more time.Actually, all this while, she felt that Alice should be the sister that was swapped by Joseph.It was only…“That’s enough.“ Joshua closed his eyes exhaustedly, sitting on the main seat.“Alice has apologized. You have also slapped her in return already.“Then, he picked up Luna’s employee tag and threw it back to Luna. “Don’t you dare say such things as resigning in the future.“Luna picked up her employee tag.“There is something else Mrs. Lynch has not apologized for yet.“Luna smiled.“How would Mrs. Lynch dare to upload a video of the design department’s internal meeting? Everything we said in the meeting is confidential. Mrs. Lynch is your wife, how dare she record the video?“Alice sneered, “Luna, don’t think that just because I made a mistake, you can blame everything on me. I really did not take the video.“Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 507“If it was not you, who else?“Luna did not want to listen to Alice find any more excuses.She harrumphed coldly, “If it was not you, did the video appear out of thin air?“Alice slightly squinted her eyes. She turned her head and swept a glance at Courtney, who had curled up into a ball, not daring to let out a single breath.When their gaze met, Alice smiled meaningfully at her.The next second, Alice pointed her long finger at Courtney. “She was the one that gave me the video.““I did not! “ Upon Alice’s words, Courtney, who had been curling up into a ball immediately jumped up in anger. “I didn’t do it! It was not me! I did not take the video, I…“Joshua lightly furrowed his brows. He turned to look at Luna. “Do you still remember the seating in the meeting yesterday?“Luna nodded. She might not be good at other things, but her memory was exceptional. She could still remember things clearly from six years ago.Let alone the meeting was only just a day before.Joshua, sitting in the main seat, nodded. “Where did Alice sit yesterday? Where did Courtney sit?“Luna pointed them out. Upon her words, there were cold sweats on Courtney’s forehead.At that moment, she finally understood why Alice, who usually sat next to her, would choose to sit opposite of her at the meeting the day before.The explanation Alice gave the day before was to avoid complications. She was afraid that Luna would notice that the two of them were scheming together.However, at that moment, when Joshua got Luna to point out where they sat, she finally came to a realization.Alice has never truly treated her as a friend!Alice chose to sit separately from her, not because she was afraid of sitting together, but she would not be able to explain the angle of the video!“Lucas.“Joshua swept a glance at Courtney’s miserably pale face. “Go get someone to sit in the seats that Luna pointed out just now. Take a video.“Lucas understood what Joshua meant. He took his phone out and called Zach and Yuri.Zach and Yuri were sitting on each side where Alice and Courtney sat the day before. According to Lucas’s instructions, they took a video in Luna’s direction.Only the video from Zach’s angle was exactly the same as the video uploaded the day before.Zach was sitting where Courtney was sitting the day before.The truth has been uncovered.Alice pursed her lips. She lifted her head and looked at Joshua aggrievedly. “Joshua, I’m not lying, right? I did not take the video. I would not do something that would harm the company. It was all Courtney. She was the one that gave me the video and asked me to upload it onto the internet.“She said that Luna has offended her before, it just so happens that I have a thing against Luna also. I hope to use this incident to let Luna be accused of plagiarizing, so she won’t be so arrogant in the future.“Joshua squinted his eyes. He looked at her teary face. “So you listened to her?“Alice shook her head furiously. “I did not, but…“ Alice sniffled, “Courtney was the one that sent me the email. The program was in the email. She said that it was a program to help me download movies. I don’t know anything, so I installed it. When I got Arianna to sit in front of my computer, that was Courtney’s idea too. She said to take advantage of the fact that Luna was not in the office and bully her assistant. I thought that bullying an assistant was nothing much, so…“Then, she looked at Arianna apologetically. “So sorry. I only wanted to bully you by getting you to look at my computer. I never would have thought that…“Alice cleared herself completely of any responsibility.The only thing she did wrong was listen to Courtney and bullied Arianna.“You’re lying!“At that moment, Courtney finally understood that being a so-called friend of Alice was just another person that she could take advantage of!It was Alice who urged her to take the video. It was also Alice who found a friend of hers who knew coding to create a program that automatically uploads the video.At that moment, Alice has blamed it all on her, taking none of the responsibility! At that thought, Courtney was furious. “Alice! Think of your guilty conscience! You were the one that…” Alice squinted her eyes. She walked over to Courtney.Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn’t Easy chapter 508Slap!Alice slapped with all her might, causing Courtney to directly slump on the table.When she fell onto the table, she knocked over the teacups on the conference table.Clank!Tea splashed everywhere and onto Courtney’s pants. She looked extremely wretched.Alice glared at her. Her eyes were filled with resentment and hatred. “You are not worthy of asking me whether I have a conscience or not! All this while, I have treated you as my friend, yet you kept doing harmful things to the Lynch Group!“I have already taken on the blame for hurting Arianna and uploading the video, yet you still want me to take on the blame for taking the video? Do you have a conscience or not?“Courtney clenched her fists tightly upon Alice’s words. She bit her lips, raised her head, and looked at Joshua.“Mr. Lynch, no! This is not how it is! Granny Lynch got me this job! I will never do anything that hurts the Lynch Group! “Joshua smiled. “So what’s with the video?“Courtney gritted her teeth. “I was the one who took the video, but it was Alice who got me to take it!““Just because you said it, does that mean I truly did it?“ Alice said overbearingly, “You have no proof!Courtney, show us proof! “ Courtney was stunned.Proof. She had no proof.All this time, Alice took the initiative to become friends with her. Courtney thought that with the help of her good friend, Alice, she could climb up the social ladder into the upper class.Although there was no hope in marrying Joshua anymore, the Lynch family was a powerful family. As a good friend of Granny Lynch, marrying into another wealthy family was not bad either.That was why she treated Alice as her last resort, so she would not try to get evidence for every matter.“You can’t prove it, can’t you?“ Alice sneered. She took a recording device out of her pocket.“You don’t have any proof, but I do.“ Then, Alice pressed the play button.Courtney’s voice rang through the entire quiet conference room from the recording device.“Alice, this video can take Luna down! Upload it to the internet quickly! ““It won’t be too good to upload it now, right? Let’s forget about it.““How could we forget about it? This is a good opportunity to take Luna down! I’m happy just thinking about how Luna can’t be a jewelry designeranymore in the future because of plagiarism! See how arrogant she could be! “When the recording finished playing back, Courtney’s legs had turned into jelly and she had slumped onto the ground.She did indeed say that the day before. When she was talking to Alice the day before, she was still confused as to why Alice was being so timid.She never would have thought that Alice had already planned a way out for herself.Looking at Courtney, Luna closed her eyes rather helplessly. Others might not understand Courtney, but she understood her.How could Courtney trick Alice? Courtney was just someone who naively fantasized about being Joshua’s wife after being his secretary. How could she fool Alice?If Courtney was really the one who tricked Alice, she should be the one taking the recording out and not Alice.However, even if Luna knew that Courtney was just a scapegoat, she had no other evidence to prove that Alice was the one who was skilled in scheming.“Shannon, Shannon! “ When Courtney had nothing else she could do, she climbed down from the table. She frantically crawled to Shannon and tugged on the sleeve of her pants.“Help me say something! I’m not this type of person! “Shannon furrowed her brows, although she was unwilling, Courtney was still her junior after all.She lifted her head and looked at Luna. “Director Luna, a-are you willing to be more lenient toward her?”Upon Courtney’s words, Alice smiled. “Ms. Luna would never let her go. Didn’t everyone forget how Ms. Luna threatened with her resignation just now? She must get the main culprit punished.”Then, Alice swept Luna a glance. “Ms. Luna, am I right?”

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Luna clenched both her fists tightly by her sides.

Alice was deliberately trying to provoke. She knew that Luna knew that Courtney was just a scapegoat. That was why she could so brazenly provoke.

After being silent for a long time, Luna raised her head. She smiled at Joshua. “I’ll let Mr. Lynch handle this.“

Then, she swept a glance at Courtney, who was slumped on the ground.

“One has to pay the price for their own foolishness. Whether it was the past or now, you and I don’t have much of an acquaintance. I don’t need to show you mercy. You are to blame for your own actions.“

Luna picked up her employee tag and looked at Joshua, who had no emotions on his face. “Since Mr. Lynch has helped me investigate this, I won’t resign. I will keep my promise and see this project to the end.“