Chapter 455 A Taste of His Own Medicine

Peggy’s whole stunt had one goal – to climb the social ladder, find a good father for her child, and lock in a bright future.

With Owen right in her sights, she wasn’t letting go.

Seeing Yunice return, her expression calm and unreadable, Owen assumed she brought good news.

He reached a hand through the bars, trying to grab hers. “Yunice, how did it go? Is she willing to settle?”

As he spoke, he coached her, “Peggy’s unbelievably shameless and unreasonable. Don’t believe a word she says. Just use your influence to shut her down. If she has nowhere to take her claims, she’ll back off. And she said she has a video. We need to destroy it. That’s the only way to stop her.”

He was convinced Wyatt had the power to crush anything, and as long as Yunice stepped in, someone like Peggy wouldn’t be able to stir up a thing.

Yunice waited until he finished, then said, “Peggy agreed to a private settlement. Her conditions sound reasonable.”

Owen frowned. “Why settle at all? I asked you here to solve the problem!”

Didn’t she get it? He could’ve settled on his own. He escalated this because he didn’t want to settle.

If she wasn’t going to help, then why even come?

Yunice chuckled. “I’m not a magician. What do you expect me to do – wave a wand and make it all disappear?”

“You’re the one who messed up. You expect me, your sister, to clean it up for you? I’m humiliated just standing here.”

Owen’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Yunice kept going. “What kind of decent man gets drunk and ends up in a hotel with a woman? You acted like a dog in heat and got caught. You think you’re a victim? Please. You’re a grown man – don’t tell me you couldn’t push her away. If you didn’t want it, why’d you let it go that far? Honestly, it looks like you were playing hard to get.”

Owen stood there, stunned. It took him a few seconds to stammer, “Yunice… are you possessed or something?”

What the hell was she saying?

Yunice’s tone turned even sharper. “What’s done is done. Your name is mud. Who’s gonna marry you now? You want to blow this up in court and drag our whole family through the dirt? We can’t afford to look like fools just because you already do.”

Owen’s mouth fell open. Why did all of this sound so familiar?

The memory was fuzzy, but something tugged at the back of his mind.

He didn’t care about that right now. He just wanted to be cleared.

Ignoring her jabs, he pleaded, “Yunice, you have to believe me. I swear she’s lying. I might not have even touched her. Tell her to prove it!”

“I swear I didn’t do anything!”

Yunice snapped, “She already submitted physical evidence and agreed to an exam. You think that’s nothing? The burden of proof is on whoever makes the claim. If you say you didn’t do it, where’s your evidence?”

“I…” Owen stammered, “I didn’t do anything, so what evidence could I possibly have?”

Yunice let out a cold laugh. “Exactly. What evidence could you possibly have?”

Owen started to nod, but then he caught her expression – and it hit him. She was mocking him.

Yunice said, “Face it. It’s gone this far. Even if you had proof, who’d believe you now? You’re not a kid anymore. Start taking responsibility for your own mess. Stop dragging your family down with you. Peggy’s not even that bad. She clearly likes you. So what if you slept with her? She said she’d take responsibility. You’re not losing anything.”

Owen stared at her, frozen. There was something cruel in her smile that made him feel genuinely afraid.

He took a step back.

Then it all came rushing back – he remembered everything.

He finally realized why those words sounded so familiar.

They were his own.

Those were the exact words he once hurled at Yunice.

Back when the scandal with Paul exploded, when everyone in Silverburch mocked the Saunders family’s reckless daughter.

He had been furious, ashamed. And to vent, he lashed out at Yunice with the ugliest accusations – blaming her for being indecent, for seducing Paul, for not fighting back, blaming her for dragging the family name through the mud.

Yunice had desperately tried to explain. She said the rumors weren’t true. She said nothing had happened between her and Paul. She said she had proof.

Her proof had been a stack of medical reports.