Swapping a Broken Heart for a New Start novel Chapter 804

Lavinia Roberts was seething with rage, ready to explode, when suddenly Larry Adams spoke up.

“It’s simply a case of a rotten apple spoiling the barrel. Nothing to be surprised about.

The Roberts Family claims to be old money, the height of society—but does anyone here actually know how they really made their fortune?”

His words sent a ripple through the crowd. All eyes turned to Larry Adams, the scent of gossip thick in the air.

Lavinia’s face darkened. She glared at Larry, her voice shaking with fury. “What nonsense are you spouting?!”

Larry just sneered. “Who’s spouting nonsense?

Back in the day, among the top three medical families, the Roberts weren’t even in the picture. In fact, you couldn’t even crack the top ten.

The real leaders were the Harris family, the Brooks family, and the Hill family.

But you—The Roberts Family—decided to play dirty. You banded together with a few minor houses, formed an alliance, and started a campaign of lies and sabotage. You spread rumors about the Brooks and Hill families, accusing them of malpractice, ruining their reputations.

Then, when those families were at their lowest, you swooped in—poaching clients, accusing them of stealing their own family knowledge, even sending people to their doors to stir up trouble. You stole their medical texts outright.

Now, half the rare volumes in your family’s library are nothing but stolen goods!”

“Lies! All lies!” Lavinia’s voice was shrill with panic, her composure slipping. “Larry Adams, who do you think you are, slandering the Roberts Family in public? What do you possibly stand to gain from this?”

But her protest was drowned out by a tide of shocked voices. No one had ever heard such damning stories about the Roberts, and the room erupted in a buzz of disbelief.

As fate would have it, descendants of both the Brooks and Hill families were present that evening. They stepped forward immediately, faces grave.

“Mr. Adams, are you telling the truth? Was it really the Roberts who did this?”

Larry’s tone was cool. “Every word. Don’t believe me? Take a look at these.”

He produced several photographs, tossing them onto a nearby table.

“These were taken inside the Roberts’ private library—leaked by someone on the inside. See for yourselves: your families’ most prized medical texts are right there.”

The Brooks and Hill heirs hurried over, sifting through the photos. The moment they caught sight of the bold titles—“The Hill Pharmacopoeia,” “The Brooks Medical Theory”—their faces turned ashen.

“This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!”

She wanted desperately to shut Larry up, to stop him from airing the Roberts’ dirty laundry for all to hear. But there was nothing she could do…

How had it come to this?

All she’d wanted was to make things difficult for Camila Davis, to embarrass her and push her out of polite society. How had it ended with the Roberts Family’s shameful past dragged out for everyone to see?

Maybe others didn’t know for sure, but the Roberts knew every word Larry said was true. These were secrets that were never supposed to see the light of day.

The entire room was stunned into silence, then burst into a clamor of shocked voices.

“My God, could this really be true?”

“The Roberts Family did something like this?”

“I believe it. My grandparents always said there was something fishy about how suddenly the Roberts shot to the top.”

“What’s there to doubt? Larry Adams just said you can check for yourself—and he’s got the evidence. Just ask him!”

“Don’t worry, the Roberts aren’t going to get away with this.”