When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him

"How do we do that?" James furrowed his brows. "They're behaving like mad dogs now. Not only do they want to return the goods, but even the items they bought a long time ago are also receiving negative reviews."

Jonah let out a sigh. "What else can we do? We can only publicly apologize."

That afternoon, the two of them held a press conference, publicly releasing an apology video online.

"Dear netizens, we apologize for the embarrassing incident. We owe an apology to all of you, as well as to Ms. Cecilia Smith. We take the blame for failing to properly supervise our mother, which led to the negative public opinion..."

After they apologized, the netizens' mood eased up a bit.

Someone posted: The foolishness of that old woman has caused her sons to take the blame.

Another person wrote: Fortunately, her sons are sensible, unlike she who's relentlessly bothersome.

A netizen responded: You guys are so gullible. Do you think the old woman's sons would have stepped up if this issue hadn't escalated?

Another netizen wrote: Exactly. When Old Mrs. Escobar first started condemning Cecilia online, and when we joined in the criticism, where were her two sons? Their absence was largely due to their interests being unaffected. Now that their interests have been rattled, that's why they're apologizing.

There were many sharp-eyed individuals among the netizens.

After everyone had shared their insights, it turned out their analysis was indeed correct.

If it hadn't been for the collective outrage of the netizens who discovered the truth, James and Jonah would never have apologized to Cecilia. They were actually hoping that Cecilia would continue to support the Escobar family unconditionally, just like how she did with Paula.

Even Eloise Escobar, James' daughter, thought the same way.

A few days ago, she was still flaunting her power around the company, yet today she found herself being criticized by others.

"Eloise, didn't you mention that you often bullied Cecilia before? The things your grandmother did were real, weren't they?"

Eloise frowned. "Regardless, my grandmother is her elder. Is that any way to treat someone of seniority?"

Her colleague, however, took out her phone and placed it in front of her.

"Look. Your dad has already apologized online."

When Eloise saw her father publicly apologize, a wave of displeasure immediately washed over her.

What does Cecilia amount to? Back when she was at my home, she was nothing more than a punching bag, even less valued than a housekeeper. Dad is apologizing to her now?

"My dad must have been threatened by her," Eloise responded briefly, then pulled out her phone to send a text to her father.

Sure enough, her father quickly called her. "Eloise, we're not in a position to compete with the

Jamieson family right now. If wen et

don't apologize, are we just waiting for our company to go bankrupt didn't want to do this either, but it's all your grandma's fault!" noveldrama

Upon hearing this, Eloise felt an indescribable sense of frustration welling up inside her.

"Dad, if it happened once, it can happen again. You're really being too timid. What's so great about Cecilia?"

"She's the boss of Jamieson Group. What do you think?"

With just one sentence from her father, Eloise was left speechless.

Indeed, Cecilia was riding a wave of good fortune, having become the CEO of Jamieson Group.

Eloise was merely an employee at a company. She was better than the average person, but she couldn't compare to Cecilia.

Meanwhile, Eloise's husband was a small business owner; he also couldn't compare to Cecilia.

The more she thought about it, the

angrier she became

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was almost time to finish workshe

grabbed her bag and left.

Eloise was unsure of where to go. Ultimately, she found herself driving up to the entrance of Jamieson Group.

As luck would have it, at that very moment, Cecilia had just stepped out of the company.

Eloise saw her enter a nearby shopping mall.