Dominic lowered his head.
"I..."
"You had one opportunity."
Richard's voice became colder.
"One moment where you could have protected her."
"But you chose silence."
Dominic had no answer.
Because there wasn't one.
Richard turned to the security team.
"Bring me the footage."
Chloe's face went pale.
"What footage?"
Nobody answered.
The security manager stepped forward.
"The ballroom cameras recorded everything, Mr. Carter."
A projector screen was quickly connected.
The guests looked toward the wall.
The video began.
The first moments showed Chloe walking toward me.
Then Eleanor pulling my dress.
Then my shocked expression.
But the camera angle captured something else.
Something nobody in the room had noticed.
Amanda.
Chloe's cousin.
Standing near the bride's table.
Opening her purse.
Removing something.
The diamond ring.
The room exploded.
"What?"
"No way."
"She planted it?"
Amanda's face turned white.
Chloe spun around.
"Amanda?"
The woman immediately started shaking.