Chapter 5

• When Jessica returned to Hannah's place, Hannah had already cleaned up the house.
• "Welcome back!" Hannah looked at Jessica excitedly. "Let's have a lavish meal today and hang out tonight."
• "No, I'm leaving LA tonight."
• Three years ago, for the sake of Lucas, Jessica had left New York, where her parents lived.
• Now that Lucas and Jessica were done, she didn't want to stay in LA anymore.
• However, before leaving, she had to send the divorce gift she had prepared, so she said to Hannah, "You can get someone to send out the audios I sent you."
• Hannah said excitedly, "No problem!"
• At eight in the evening, Jessica and Hannah arrived at the airport and boarded a plane to New York.
• At the same time, a well—known reporter from the Los Angeles Times released a video on YouTube.
• In the video, Jessica didn't even touch Trissy at all. It was Trissy with a smug smile on her face who walked up the stairs herself, and she dragged Jessica down too before she fell. Their conversation could be heard clearly as well.
• "Trissy, please don't send any messages to Lucas late at night. He's my husband."
• "Only legally. He is in love with ME. But you don't have to worry. I will make him leave you.
• "As long as I tell Lucas that you pushed me, the Thomas family will believe me. Your explanation will be useless. Do you know why? Don't you know who you are? Do you think a ordinary person is qualified to be a member of the Thomas family?"
• As soon as the video and audio were released, the entire social network was boiling. The scandal in the Thomas family was still among the hottest topics, yet a reversal then came. People were all shocked.
• Then, Lucas' secretary told him that Jessica emptied her Twitter, leaving only one tweet, saying "Happy divorce to you!"
• Jessica announced their divorce in such a way, especially after the truth comes out. How ironic! It made the Thomas family ridiculous.
• "Remove it now!"
• "I'm sorry, Mr. Thomas. I've already contacted the public relations company. It can't be removed." The secretary felt nervous.
• With a stern face, Lucas reached for his phone.
• Lucas dialed Jessica's number. A cold system message came from the phone. "Please leave your message after the beep."
• Thomas Group's stock price had been falling ever since the scandal of Trissy and Thomas family was posted online.
• Lucas could only go home by himself to face Justin's fury.
• "Where's Jessica Thomas?" Justin asked loudly when he saw Lucas coming alone.
• "Grandpa, I divorced Jessica already, so she's not Jessica Thomas anymore," Lucas said with a frown.
• "I don't care if you've divorced or not. The company's stock price is dropping rapidly. You are the CEO now. Show me your capability to solve crisis. In addition, what Jessica did disgraced our family's fame. I want her to declare the facts and apologize in a press conference!"
• "I will handle it. Grandpa, take care." Lucas did not explain much. He glanced at the butler and left. After getting into his car, Lucas said to the driver, "To the hospital."
• Currently, it was basically impossible to make Jessica apologize and clean up the scandal. Besides, he was too occupied to have Jessica located. But Justin made a fair point. Lucas did need to solve the current crisis of the Thomas family.
• In the whole thing, Jessica played one part while Trissy played another.
• Trissy was in the hospital at the moment. She was shocked to see the widely spread news.
• She had never thought that Jessica would keep such solid evidence.
• Now that this video was exposed, it was difficult for Trissy to stay in the Thomas family.
• Was Jessica out of her mind? Was Jessica trying to destroy both Trissy and herself?
• Just as Trissy was freaking out, someone walked into her ward.
• It was Lucas. Lucas stared coldly at Trissy and asked, "Is what's in the video true?"
• In fact, Lucas didn't need to ask. The video proved to be unedited. He just wanted to hear Trissy's explanation.
• To Lucas' disappointment, Trissy was no longer as calm as she used to be. Instead, she explained nervously, "No, it isn't. Lucas, listen to me. It's Jessica. Jessica made me say that. Trust me."
• Trissy reached out trying to grab Lucas' arm.
• After hearing Trissy's explanation, Lucas' face darkened. Holding his anger deep inside, Lucas said to Trissy, "Pack your things up. I will have someone send you away from LA tomorrow."
• "No, no, no! Lucas, I don't want to leave LA. Max will be sad in heaven, he must not want me to leave his home."
• However, Lucas did not respond. Instead, he left the ward without looking back.
• This news had been spread on the Internet for three days and had become known to almost everyone. Those people who once laughed at Jessica now found her pitiful.
• Sending Trissy away wasn't of any help to the Thomas family. While Jessica couldn't be reached, which confused Lucas as well.
• Jessica couldn't be found anywhere. No one knew where she had gone. Jessica had canceled her phone number, bank card, and everything else in LA. The only information that could be found was that she had bought a ticket to New York on the night of the divorce.
• However, Lucas' assistant, Vincent, could not find any clues in New York, so he had to report it to Lucas.
• Sitting at his desk for a while, Lucas threw the material that Vincent had given him into the trash can.
• Well done, Jessica.