Piper Pace looked at Joan Alden with great seriousness, "Group Leader Alden, is what Serena Sterling said true?" Joan Alden, of course, wouldn’t admit it, "I didn’t do anything, Director Pace, don’t listen to Serena Sterling’s nonsense. Serena Sterling, if you want to call the police, do you have evidence?" Serena Sterling looked down at Joan Alden, "Of course, I have evidence. Shania got into your car outside the Crawford Group’s door, and then you snatched Shania’s phone on the highway and threw Shania out. Group Leader Alden, do you think there are no cameras outside the Crawford Group or on the highway? All I need to do is pull out the footage to see your utterly ugly face and your hypocritical sophistry!" Joan Alden’s face turned completely white, "No, Serena Sterling, who do you think you are? Do you think you can just pull those footages as you wish?" "Then why don’t you try me, see if I can pull out those footages?" Joan Alden looked at Serena Sterling standing in front of him. The girl was just 19 years old, but her dark, clear eyes were sharp and piercing as if all the hypocrisy and filth in the world had nowhere to hide before her. Her upright slender back carried a strong aura, making people involuntarily want to worship. Joan Alden always looked down on Serena Sterling, thinking she was just a country bumpkin who returned from the countryside, only with a high school diploma. But now, he couldn’t help but be secretly alarmed, becoming slightly fearful of the girl. She definitely can pull out the footage because behind her is Hayden Crawford! Serena Sterling did not miss any change in Joan Alden’s facial expression, "What, are you scared? When you provoked me at the beginning, why didn’t you know how to be afraid?" Joan Alden clenched his fist tightly, completely unexpected that the situation would develop to this point, intending to take the lamb but getting caught in a mess instead – it was undoubtedly the most shameful day of his life. "Serena Sterling, what exactly do you want?" "I said it before, I want you to apologize to Shania! If you don’t want to apologize here, then you can go to the police station and apologize there!" Joan Alden trembled all over, he didn’t want to go to the police station, once he gets in there, his excellent life would mark a dark spot, and it would ruin him. Joan Alden looked at Shania, slowly unclenched his tight fist, and with a pale face, tremblingly said, "Shania, I’m... I’m sorry, I admit everything that was done was by me, it was me who snatched your phone and released information under your name on the forum, and it was me who... threw you out on the highway..." Oh my gosh! Follow current novᴇls on novel⟡fire.net The onlookers were all stunned; the reversal came too suddenly. How could Group Leader Alden be this kind of person? On the side, Yasmine Sterling stiffened; she never expected Joan Alden to be defeated so easily. Shania snorted coldly, "Joan Alden, apologizing is your business, forgiving you is mine, I will never forgive you!" At this moment, Serena Sterling spoke up, "Group Leader Alden, let me ask you, was anyone instructing you in this matter?" Yasmine Sterling’s heart suddenly skipped a beat heavily, and Joan Alden looked up at her just at this moment. Yasmine Sterling quickly avoided Joan Alden’s gaze, her fingers involuntarily curled, revealing the panic and unease in her heart at the moment. Joan Alden withdrew his gaze again, shaking his head, "No, I just look down on you, everything was done by me, Serena Sterling, no matter what I did, it cannot change the fact that you committed adultery!" Serena Sterling didn’t expect Joan Alden to be so devoted to Yasmine Sterling, taking all the blame himself, but this makes it more interesting. Serena Sterling looked at Piper Pace, "Director Pace, Joan Alden framed a colleague in this manner, abused his power, his actions are vile, I believe you will certainly enforce the law impartially without leniency, right?" Piper Pace looked at Joan Alden with great disappointment, "Joan Alden, your personal qualifications are excellent, promoted to a group leader within two years of entering the research institute, but this time you made a big mistake, I absolutely cannot tolerate you, I want to issue a notice to the entire institute to punish you, remove you from the position of group leader, and keep you under observation in the institute!" Joan Alden directly collapsed on the ground, his face ashen as death, he was no longer the group leader; all his efforts and pride were gone. He couldn’t understand how things went south, even though it was calculated against Serena Sterling, it turned against him. He is truly miserable! "Serena Sterling, Joan Alden’s matter is dealt with, now let’s deal with your issue, come to my office!" Piper Pace turned and left. Serena Sterling caught up with Piper Pace; at this moment, she passed by Yasmine Sterling, Serena Sterling paused in her steps silently. "Serena," Yasmine Sterling curved her graceful lips, although Joan Alden’s failure made her extremely furious, expelling Serena Sterling from the research institute was her true goal, "You should voluntarily admit fault to Director Pace, after all, you committed adultery, let’s not make things too unpleasant, you should leave the research institute voluntarily." Serena Sterling curved her lips, leaned close to Yasmine Sterling, and whispered with a smile, "Let’s make a bet; I will definitely not leave the research institute, do you believe it?" Yasmine Sterling’s eyes grew cold, she certainly didn’t believe it! Serena Sterling’s adultery is an indisputable fact; she doesn’t believe the research institute will retain her under public pressure! Piper Pace walked ahead, Serena Sterling followed behind, at this time Shania caught up, "Serena." Serena Sterling stopped her steps, "Director Pace, I want to say a few words to Shania." Piper Pace’s face didn’t look good, but she nodded, "Go ahead." Piper Pace didn’t leave; she stayed to see what Serena Sterling wanted to say to Shania. Shania ran over, very apologetic, "Serena, this matter started because of me, blame me for getting into Joan Alden’s car, I..." "Shania, Hayden Crawford and I are genuinely together." Serena Sterling interrupted her. Shania’s eyes widened instantly. Serena Sterling smiled and took Shania’s hand, "So Shania, it’s not your fault, this was all aimed at me, Hayden Crawford and I were bound to be revealed sooner or later." Saying that, Serena Sterling pressed something into Shania’s hand, "Shania, this is for you." Shania opened it and found it was a herbal recipe, "Serena, what is this?" "This is for your weight loss." Mentioning this, Shania’s expression dulled with self-abasement. Serena Sterling tightly held her hand, "Shania, although you are a little chubby, but in my eyes, you are innocent, pure, and optimistic, I really like you, every girl has her beauty, we do not need to change ourselves for men or others, to live the way others want us to. Hence, it’s why I wrote the herbal recipe a long time ago but didn’t give it to you." "I’m giving it to you now to let you choose for yourself, maybe you want a more disciplined, healthier, and beautiful new life." "There is no shortcut to losing weight; this herbal recipe requires intense exercise and the boost of light oxygen breathing, controlling your mouth and moving your legs, in this way, you can ensure achieving both shape and aura beauty when you lose weight."