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    Joyce stiffened.


    Katrina’s face drained of color, as if something suddenly clicked in her mind.


    Alexander gave a cold, humorlessugh, his piercing gaze shifting from Caiden to Katrina before locking onto Joyce.


    “You told me you had fixed things with Dani.


    You said she’d always be part of the Harper family.


    You promised that after this marriage, Dani would back Bet Group without hesitation. Those were your exact words, right? And today, you used her name at this wedding, parading her reputation to trick people intoing and giving away their expensive gifts.”


    Katrina opened her mouth, desperate to find an excuse, but no words escaped her lips.


    Alexander wasn’t done.


    “Just a few days ago, you told me that Dani felt guilty for neglecting Joyce and willingly transferredpany shares to her as some kind ofpensation. Isn’t that what you said?”


    Katrina recoiled, stammering, “But Dani really did transfer the shares to us…”


    “Really?” Alexander’s eyes burned with fury. He grabbed his phone and hurled it at Joyce’s face.


    “Dani just made a statement online. She said she has no connection to the Harper family. She never promised toe to this wedding, and in her eyes, Caiden isn’t her father, and Joyce isn’t her sister. She even said she’d take legal action against anyone spreading lies about her.”


    Katrina froze,pletely taken aback. Her hands shook as she bent down to pick up the phone, her eyes quickly scanning the statement.


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    Alexander was seething. The shame of being so thoroughly deceived gnawed at him, threatening to consume him. He felt humiliated, his pride crushed by the lies that had been fed to him. Joyce, still utterly unaware of what was unfolding, furrowed her brow in confusion.


    “But Dani really did transfer the shares to me.”


    Hearing the mention of the shares only intensified Alexander’s contempt.


    “Oh, she gave you the shares, but why? Why would Dani hand over something as valuable as that? Tell me, Joyce, what do you think her real reason is?”


    Caiden stood there inplete silence, his hands balling into fists at his sides.


    Joyce, clearly confused, shook her head.


    “What are you even talking about, Alexander? We just got married today, and you’re talking to my dad like this? The shares are in my hands now, so how we got them doesn’t really matter, right?”


    “Oh, it doesn’t matter, huh?” Alexander’s voice grew louder, his frustration boiling over. He let out a harsh, mockingugh.


    “Take a good look, Joyce! Do you even have the slightest clue how those shares ended up in your hands? Caiden actually kneeled to Dani just to get them. Do you have any idea how humiliating that is? Caiden begging his daughter for money? That’s a new level of disgrace!”


    Caiden remained frozen, his body stiff with embarrassment. Alexander’s words shattered whatever dignity he had left,ying his shame bare for everyone to witness.


    Throughout his life, he had depended on others, but nothing had ever felt as humiliating as this. He couldn’t even lift his head, too ashamed to face anyone. His thoughts raced back to the cruelments he’d read online just moments before—each one digging into him deeper.


    “Caiden has earned the title of Olisvine’s number one shameless freeloader. This man would kneel and let people trample over him just for cash.”


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