The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 274

Paisley was rendered speechless.

She never expected that Paige would record Danya's taunting comments. She didn't even consider Paige as her love rival before that!

Paisley was ashamed. She slapped Danya in her face and hissed, "Look what you've done!" This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Then, she turned to Joseph in embarrassment and said apologetically, "I'm sorry... Danya did this behind my back. I have no idea about everything she has done. I never know she could be this unlawful. I have no words to defend her with."

It was a sign for Danya to take full responsibility. Taking the hint, Danya cut her act.

"Yes, Miss Anthony had nothing to do with this. Paige Anderson, don't you dare to put the blame on her!"

Joseph looked coldly at Danya, "Why did you do all these?'

"Because I hate her! We were in shock after the robbery on our first night here. Not only was Paige unconcerned about the state we were in, but she was also gloating over our misfortune. She didn't even wait for us for breakfast the next morning! It's simply disrespectful! I can't stand it, so I decided to teach her a lesson."

"Me? Unconcerned and disrespectful? Surely you must be joking?" Paige laughed at the absurdity of Danya's excuse, "Jokes aside, what did your dearest Miss Anthony do for me to respect her?"

Joseph sneered, "It's too far-fetched. Maybe you should come up with a better excuse to convince me."

"It's not an excuse. Miss Anthony really didn't know a thing about my plan, and I have evidence to support that!" Danva took out her cell phone and continued, "Just look at Miss Anthony and my call history, and compare them with Paige's recording. See if I was on the phone with Miss Paisley when Paige recorded the audio."

She had faked the calls to provoke Paige so, of course, there would be no call history between Danya and Paisley at the time which Paige taped the recordings.

"Please, Miss Anthony had nothing to do with this. I only wanted to annoy Paige by making fake calls within her earshot. I didn't think she would be so calculating."

As Danya spoke, her words were insinuating.

"She lured me into saying those words for her recordings! Yes, I shouldn't have said them, but I only wanted to annoy Paige since she values Mr. Dawson so much. I really didn't think that she would record it and use it against me."

Paige snorted. She knew that Danva was trying to clear Paisley's name, but she wouldn't let Paisley just get away so easily.

After all, Danya certainly wouldn't have the nerve to plot at Paige without Paisley's encouragement. Paige scoffed. "I must applaud Danya's loyalty. But I don't believe that Ms. Anthony has no part in Danya's action. After all, she has a record."

Paisley objected, "Miss Anderson, I really didn't know!"

"A record of what?" Joseph interjected.

"At the cruise party that day, she…" Paige started to tell Joseph about what Paisley told her on the cruise ship, but Danya jumped up to shift the attention.

"Miss Anderson, I'm sorry. It's my fault! Please, don't make things difficult for Miss Anthony. I beg of you!"

Danya fell to her knees and begged, which startled Paige, "What are you doing? Do you think you're very pitiful now?"

"I'm sorry for being aggressive to you, Miss Anderson. Punish me however you want, but you can't put the blame on Miss Anthony. She's innocent!"

Even Lucas was struck to see Dana kneeling on the ground. He immediately stepped forth to help her up, "Get up. You don't need to do this for such a trivial matter."

"I don't think so," Joseph scoffed, "She's only a servant. I don't think she would be so bold as to do anything without Ms. Anthony's instruction."

Danya wanted to invoke sympathy and lower her suspicion by getting down on her knees.

However, it was clear that her act hadn't convinced either Joseph or Paige

Therefore, it left Danya with only one choice.

Tears streamed down from Danya's cheeks, and she began howling, "Miss Anthony, I'm sorry. I've brought you shame... I don't have the face to work for you anymore. But I'll rectify the situation before I leave!"

"W... What do you mean?" Paisley asked in a panic, even though she somewhat already knew what Danya was going to do.

"I'II die to prove Miss Anthony's innocence!" Danya shouted, and then she ran head-on into the cabinet next to her.

With a loud bang, Danya fell to the ground.

Blood started gushing out of the open wound on her forehead, throwing everyone into a state of chaos.

"Oh no! Quick, send her to the hospital!" Lucas was the first to jump to his feet.

Paisley broke into tears, "Danya! Please, stay with me! What would I do without you!?"

Joseph gestured to Bobby to help Lucas carry Danya into the car with Paisley staggering and sobbing behind them.

Meanwhile, Paige stared with her mouth agape at the pool of blood on the ground, and she felt a shiver ran down her spine.

"S... She... I didn't think she'd go so far as to die for Paisley", she murmured.

"Shh, it's okay", Joseph soothed while pulling her into his arms. Then, he suggested, "Let's have a look"

Danya was rolled into the operating room as soon as she arrived at the hospital nearby.

The rest of them gathered in front of the operating room with Paisley bawling her eyes out.

"Danya has been taking care of me since I was a child. She's like a mom to me. It has never occurred to me that she would do such things... What am I going to tell her family if something happened to her?!"

"Ms. Anthony, calm down," Lucas sighed, "She'll be alright."

"What if she won't? Did you see how much she bled!? I'm scared," Paisley whimpered.

Anticipating some reaction from Joseph, she turned to look at him with her wide and teary eyes.

She looked so delicate and fragile. Most people would have a soft spot for the tears of a beautiful woman.

However, Joseph wasn't a part of the majority. He wasn't fooled by the ruse Dana pulled to escape punishment for her.

She only wanted to save their reputation. If Danya truly was seeking death to clear Paisley's name, there were many other ways to do so without making such a scene.

"Don't worry, Ms. Anthony. Your nanny will be alright. They have the best doctors here in this hospital.

Plus, a wood cabinet isn't deadly." Paisley's heart sank when she heard what Joseph said. It seemed like Danya's plan to avert Joseph's attention and smooth things over failed.

If that was the case, did it mean she had just lost the game?