Chapter 127

Victoria Roscente stood at the clinic doorway, her voice shrill and piercing. "Hospitals strictly prohibit surveillance cameras in examination rooms! Dr. Laurent is blatantly violating regulations! Who knows how many patients' privacy she's secretly recorded? How can you allow such an unethical doctor to practice?"

"Victoria!" Ethan Roscente's voice cut through the air like a whip. "Haven't you learned your lesson from last time?"

His brows furrowed in frustration. His cousin was becoming increasingly outrageous, tarnishing the Roscente family name. The Victoria he knew used to be willful but knew her limits—now she was behaving like a vulgar shrew.

"Did I say anything wrong?" Victoria lifted her chin defiantly.

"Ethan..." Sophia Evans suddenly clutched his sleeve with trembling fingers, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. "My ankle hurts so much... She pushed me earlier, and now I can't stand at all..."

Her pale face tilted upward, the picture of fragile vulnerability.

Ethan bent down to help her up. "Let's get you off the floor first."

"Carry me?" Sophia extended her arms like a child. "I really can't move..."

After a brief hesitation, Ethan scooped her up and gently deposited her onto a nearby chair.

Vivian Laurent observed the scene with cold detachment before letting out a soft, mocking laugh.

The sound made Ethan pause mid-motion, his gaze involuntarily darting to Vivian.

"How dare you laugh, Vivian!" Victoria immediately screeched. "You're the one who hurt Sophia! Director Ashcroft already said you're fired—pack your things and get out!"

Vivian's sharp eyes pinned Victoria in place. "If you weren't colluding, how would you know he's the director?"

"I—" Victoria faltered, then pointed at Daniel Ashcroft's name tag. "It's right here! Director Ashcroft!"

"I told you, he has no authority to fire me." Vivian calmly walked to the examination table and retrieved her phone from its stand. "Besides, I have proof of your little performance."

Only then did Sophia and Victoria notice the phone mount, their faces draining of color.

Had Vivian been recording this whole time?

Vivian tapped the stop button and waved the phone. "Apologies, but with such aggressive visitors, I thought it prudent to document everything. The footage clearly shows who pushed whom."

She played the video. Victoria's venomous voice immediately spilled from the speakers.

The recording showed Vivian merely raising her hand to shoo them away—never touching Sophia. Yet Sophia had collapsed as if struck by an invisible force.

The most ridiculous moment came when Victoria dramatically slapped her own face while screaming that Vivian had assaulted her.

Confronted with irrefutable evidence, Sophia turned ashen.

Victoria stood frozen, utterly dumbstruck. She never anticipated Vivian's countermove. Assuming the clinic's lack of surveillance gave her free rein, she'd instead trapped herself in her own web of lies.