She had to use that photo to her advantage.
Jasmine turned off her phone and was about to go to the office when she saw Daniel walk in through
the door of the mansion.
The corners of her mouth curled up as a plan formed in her mind.
"Daniel, come here.I need to talk to you about something."
Daniel looked up to see her.
"What is it?"
"Last time, Uncle Dillon said that Adina is the Jones family’s offspring.Why hasn’t Uncle Dillon brought
her back yet?"
Jasmine pretended to ask with concern.Daniel’s gaze was apathetic.
"Is that any of your business?"
"Of course it is.Adina is my cousin."
Jasmine lowered her voice.
"Everyone within the community knows that Adina has gone missing lately, but the news has been
suppressed by the Winters family.That’s why this matter hasn’t blown up.Adina, in fact, is not missing at
all.She remains in Sea City, but..."
She paused on purpose to keep him in suspense.
Daniel had an impatient expression on his face.
"If you don’t want to tell me, then don’t.I’m busy.I don’t have time to play charades with you."
Jasmine was choked with rage.She said coldly, "Adina has a new lover.She has moved into her lover’s
home.Tell me, if this news trends on social media, would Adina be drowned in a sea of insults in Sea
City? She already has a bad reputation.She got embroiled in a divorce scandal after being married for
a short time.And now she is having an affair."
Daniel’s gaze had visibly turned cold.He glared at Jasmine and enunciated each word clearly.
"You have to pay a legal price if you fabricate rumors."
"I’m not making up any rumors.I have a picture as evidence."
Jasmine held up her phone.
The photo of a man and a woman walking together while wrapping their arms around each other’s
waists was enlarged and displayed in front of Daniel.
In the photo, the man was wearing a mask.
The side of his face revealed only one eye.
It was impossible to see the man’s face.
His hand was on Adina’s waist.
Adina's lips were curled up.
There was a tender smile on her face.Her eyes were as bright as stars.
They looked no different than a couple who were madly in love.
Adina and Duke had divorced a month ago, but she was already madly in love with another man after
just a month.
This would leave a lot to the imagination.
People might even think that Adina’s infidelity had been the reason for their divorce.
It could be a destructive blow to a woman.
Even if Adina did not mind the gossip, her children were growing up.
If the children saw stories like this on the news, it might traumatize them.
Daniel reached out and snatched the phone from her.He immediately deleted the photo.
"Oh, you thought I didn’t have any backup?"
Jasmine snorted.
"If you agree to my condition, I will delete all the backups."
Daniel said coldly, "Adina is just my dad’s illegitimate daughter.What makes you think that I will agree to
your ridiculous condition for a sister I don’t know at all?"
"Because if the press gets this photo, Uncle Dillon will only feel more guilty toward Adina.He will think
that he failed to fulfill his duty as a father.He will do everything he can to make amends with Adina."
Jasmine smirked.
"Instead of making amends later, it is better to nip the rumors in the bud, don’t you agree?"
Daniel pursed his lips.
Following Adina’s recent disappearance, his father had been anxious every day and looked for Adina
everywhere.It would drive his father mad if he found out that Adina had gotten into an affair.
However, despite his anger, he would feel that Adina had only turned out this way because he had
failed to fulfill his duty as her father.If she had a father by her side to teach her, Adina would certainly
grow up like an ordinary person.She would not have kept appearing in the news for melodramatic
stories like this.
"Uncle Dillon hasn’t been coming to the office for an illegitimate daughter, while you have made no
outstanding contribution to Jones Corporation.
Grandpa is already disappointed in you.Your chance of becoming the heir of Jones Corporation is only
getting slimmer."
Jasmine said in a soft voice, "There’s no hope for you, anyway.Why don’t you just take the initiative to
step out of the contest? As long as you promise to give up on the succession contest, I won't meddle in
Adina’s affairs anymore."
Daniel clenched his fists tightly.
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