Liam: Clara, get up off the floor. You don't need to bow your head to anyone in this building.
Clara: Thank you, Mr. Liam... I was so scared. I thought they were going to lock me up.
Liam: Nobody is locking you up. You're safe here.
Victoria: Liam! How dare you humiliate me in front of everyone! I am your cousin!
Liam: Cousin or not, you just slapped an employee and tried to plant stolen property on her.
Victoria: She's just a housemaid! She doesn't belong in a place like this anyway!
Liam: She earns her living honestly. What's your excuse?
Bride: You think money gives you the right to treat people like animals, Victoria?
Victoria: Stay out of this, Sophia! You haven't even said your vows yet!
Bride: I am the mistress of this estate starting today, and I will not tolerate a bully under my roof.
Sophia stepped toward Clara and gently pulled her up by her arms.
Bride: Are you okay, sweetie? Let me see your face.
Clara: It stings, ma'am... but I'm okay. I was just terrified about losing my job.
Bride: You are not losing your job. In fact, you're getting a raise.
Victoria: A raise? For a servant who caused a scene at an elite gathering?
Liam: YOU caused the scene, Victoria!
Guest 1: That was absolutely disgraceful. Frame a young girl?
Guest 2: Look at Victoria... so arrogant, but caught red-handed on security camera.
Victoria: Shut up, all of you! You don't know the whole story!
Bride: Oh, we know the story. You wanted to ruin the wedding because your mother lost control of the family trust fund.
Victoria: That trust fund belongs to my side of the family!
Liam: The court decided that three months ago, Victoria. The inheritance was settled legally.
Victoria: My father worked thirty years for that real estate empire!
Liam: And your father embezzled two million dollars from the family business before he was ousted by the board!
The crowd gasped louder this time, horrified by the sudden exposure of dirty laundry.
Victoria: Don't you speak about my father like that!
Liam: I speak facts, Victoria. The police report is public record.
Bride: You thought if you created a huge disaster today—a police raid, a theft scandal—it would ruin our special day and shame Liam's parents into giving you money.
Victoria: You can't prove that!
Liam: We just did! The security camera in the bridal suite recorded you hiding the necklace, and the audio picked up you saying 'This will teach them.'
Victoria: You put hidden microphones in the guest rooms?!
Liam: It's a smart mansion system. It records audio for security during high-profile events with high-value jewelry present.
Bride: You fell right into your own trap.
Clara: Miss Victoria... why did you have to pick me? I've been nice to you all morning.
Victoria: Because you were convenient! A poor girl with no power, no money, and no lawyer!
Bride: Well, she has a lawyer now. My personal legal team will represent her if she chooses to press assault charges against you.
Victoria: Assault charges?! You've got to be kidding me!
Liam: A physical strike captured on high-definition video in front of fifty witnesses? That's a textbook criminal misdemeanor, Victoria.
Victoria: You wouldn't dare lock up your own cousin!
Liam: Try me.