He Chose the So-Called Sister Chapter 426: The Perfect Alibi

The timestamp on the recording lined up perfectly. At the exact moment Selena had fallen, Sherry had been talking about marriage with Lucas.

It was a direct, undeniable clapback.

The expressions on everyone's faces turned utterly hideous.

None of them had imagined the two were this close.

Lying in bed together, so intimate—and worst of all, Lucas had openly said he wanted to marry her.

He never made empty promises. When he said something like that, he meant it. How could he do this?

What gave this woman the right to be with Lucas, let alone marry him?

"I really did underestimate you," Sherry said. "I almost fell for your trap. What you did has taught me exactly what kind of people you are."

These people would truly stop at nothing to get what they wanted.

From now on, Sherry would never underestimate them again.

"But I can also file a counterclaim for false accusation and attempted framing. I wonder what the sentence is for that here in Keiperian."

Where there had been stubborn defiance before, sudden panic spread across their faces.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I took this too far," Selena stammered, staring at Lucas. "I've already been punished enough. Please, let me off this once.

"We've been together for so long, been through so much. You know I love you more than anyone. Just let me be selfish this one time, okay?"

Lucas didn't even glance at her.

He kept his eyes on Sherry and asked, "How do you want to handle this?"

Was he leaving the choice up to her?

Honestly, with everything that had happened lately, if it had been anyone else, Sherry would have walked away already. The only reason she hadn't was that Lucas had treated her incredibly well.

But her patience had run thin. She was already sick of their attitudes. He wanted her to decide? She wouldn't hold back anymore.

"They wanted to lock me up earlier," she said. "So we'll do it their way. Don't accuse me of being cold later. You all chose this."

Her words cut off anything Selena had been about to say.

It left her choked up, unable to speak.

She couldn't go to jail. If she did, her life here was over. She'd fought her way into this circle—getting locked up would be no different than being chased out for good.

This world didn't wait for anyone.

Only the strongest survived.

No one knew how cruel it was. She'd risked everything, even her life, to get where she was. She couldn't lose it all now.

"Sherry, how can you say that so easily? Do you have any idea what we sacrificed to get here? You open your mouth and take everything from someone in an instant. You're just a sheltered little flower who doesn't know how to speak to people properly.

"Rumors are right—women raised in your country are all masters at scheming. All you do is play dirty tricks. It's disgusting."

They'd been caught red-handed in their own plot, and now they had the nerve to act judgmental?

The way this woman acted reminded Sherry sharply of Julia.

That same lofty arrogance, that same disgusting attitude of thinking people from her country were better than others, like she was above everyone else.

She wasn't just looking down on Sherry. She was looking down on Sherry's country, even while being one of them herself.

"Newsflash—you're just an immigrant in Keiperian. What are you acting superior for? You're the one scheming here. How dare you talk about anyone else? You're just copying tricks we left behind ages ago.

"You're picking up scraps and won't even admit it. I didn't know what this circle was like before, but now I see it's trash. You should go to jail and clear your head."

Selena had never expected Sherry to really mean it, to really send her in.

She didn't care about her image, or even angering Lucas. She blurted out exactly what she was thinking, "Boss! I know why you brought this woman here. You wanted us to check her for you, didn't you? Can you see her true colors now? I say we kick her out of Keiperian!"

Selena suddenly remembered a joke they'd made before.

Lucas was about to come of age. When he brought a girlfriend around, they'd have to test her and see if she was worthy to be their boss' partner.

So when he said she wasn't his girlfriend yet, it wasn't just because Sherry wasn't divorced.

Lucas was far too powerful for that.

Divorcing her current husband would be effortless for him. A single move and he could make that man disappear.

If he really wanted Sherry, she would have been divorced already.

He was letting them decide if she was good enough. He was asking for their opinion.