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Clearly relishing the spotlight, she smoothed down her custom-made designer gown and raised her voice even higher. “It’s disgusting! Lily will stoop to anything to please a man-seriously, anything. You should’ve seen her in that bed. It was obscene! She’s so desperate for a man, she couldn’t even wait till after the party. Even on today, no less! She dragged some old guy into bed like she couldn’t help herself!”
“Yvonne, what the heck are you talking about, you lunatic?”
Yvonne had tried to frame Lily before, so Ivan knew she was trash.
Hearing her slander Lily in front of everyone made his face turn grim. “If you spew one more pile of crap about my sister-in-law, I’ll rip that filthy mouth right off your face!”
The banquet hall was packed. And after her outburst, even more guests had gathered to watch the drama unfold.
Ivan didn’t bother saving face for her-he tore right into her in front of everyone. Yvonne’s expression Twisted.
Still, she believed that once Lily was humiliated-once Ivan saw her at her worst-he would turn against her and maybe even start appreciating Yvonne instead.
She spoke with fake sincerity, 7Mr. Ivan, I’m not trying to smear Lily at all. It’s not just me. Several servants saw it too, she really did sleep with an old man in the lounge. She was born trash. She’s been used up by who knows how many men; she’s not fit to be Mr. Luke’s wife. You all can’t let a woman like her fool you!”
The maid who had taken Lily upstairs to change was standing nearby.
Under Yvonne’s encouraging gaze, she quickly spoke up. “Yes, Mr. Ivan, I saw it too. Ms. Ginger merve been in a rush. She didn’t even lock the lounge door accidentally pushed it open and saw her and a man, both of them completely naked tangled up together”
Ivan had always been sharp when it came to spilling out phonies. Fake sweethearts never stood a chance around him
And deep down, he had nothing but admiration and respect for Lily. He knew she wasn’t the type to play games or be two-faced
But now, both Yvonne and the maid were saying-with such conviction-that they’d seen Lily in bed with aman
It was obvious, someone had set her up.
Ivan knew Lily was the victim here. Even if their disgusting little scheme had succeeded tonight, it wasn’t her fault.
But the world was never kind to women in situations like this.
And with so many people here tonight, this was bound to spread. Lily wouldn’t be able to walk down the street without people pointing fingers. He worried it might be too much for her to bear.
His vision darkened; he had to grip a nearby table just to steady himself.
The usually sunny and handsome face of his turned icy cold. He glared at Yvonne, his voice filled with fury and disgust. “No matter what happened tonight, Lily is and always will be my sister-in-law. If I find our you had anything to do with this… the Luke family will make sure you pay, a hundred times over.
Ivan’s fingers trembled slightly, he wanted to call James
But what was the point? What had happened had already happened. Even if he called his brother, it wouldn’t change anything-
If anything, James showing up right now would only make things worse for Lily-more humiliating, more painful. What Ivan needed to do was figure out how to contain the damage before it spread.
He was just about to head upstairs-to pull Lily away from whatever animal was up there and bring her safely home-when Simon, John, and Elsa walked into the banquet hall together.
Seeing Ivan’s pale face, Simon rushed forward. “Ivan, what’s going on? You look terrible.”
Elsa, of course, knew exactly why lyan looked the way he did-she’d orchestrated the whole thing.
From the look on his face, it was clear, Reese had succeeded. Lily would never recover from this.
That morning, Wendy had received a court summons; the trial was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, If Lily still refused to settle, the judge would issue a verdict-and Wendy was going to prison.
Elsa thought of Mary. Mary wasn’t just Nancy’s sister-in-law, the two women were close friends. If Mary were to plead on Wendy’s behalf, Nancy would surely convince Lily to let Wendy off the hook.
And if Lily could be humiliated in front of everyone-reduced to something vulgar and shameful. Mary would find her disgusting, low-class, unworthy of attention, and would be even more willing to speak up for Wendy
James would turn his back on a filthy woman like Lily.
John and Simon would be disgusted by her too. All eyes would be on her. The thought of Lily being toyed with by some old man filled Elsa with such joy she nearly laughed out loud.
She pinched herself hard to keep from laughing, then forced a look of concern onto her face as she turned to Ivan. “Yes, you really don’t look well. Are you feeling sick?”
Hearing the commotion, Mary stopped chatting with a few of the wealthy ladies and quickly walked over. Mary had been classmates with Wendy. Like Nancy, she had never liked Wendy much.
Still, Elsa had helped Simon before, and over the past few years, Mary had interacted with both Elsa and Wendy now and then. But she always knew where her loyalties lay. After learning what Wendy had done to Lily, there was no way she’d invite her to her birthday banquet.
She hadn’t specifically asked Elsa to come either.
But Simon treated Elsa like a treasure and held Wendy in high regard. He was also particularly close to John
With the heir to the Bale family personally bringing them to the estate, even without invitations, no servant dared stop them.
Mary had heard from the staff that Wendy and her daughter were here.
She glanced around the room but didn’t see Wendy. She didn’t think much of it-she simply shot Simon a frosty glare.
She thought. I’m more and more disappointed in that foolish son of mine.
Lily was family.
He knew perfectly well that John had hurt her in the past, yet still brought him into their home. What’s wrong with his brain? How could I have raised such a piece of work?
John had never liked attending events like this.
The only reason he came tonight was because he knew Lily would be here.
As for why Ivan looked like hell, he couldn’t care less.
All he wanted was to see Lily, James was still alive
She hadn’t returned to their home, hadn’t bowed her head to him. He missed ber-terribly.
With a stony face, he scanned the crowd, searching for her-when Yvonne’s screeching voice rang out again.
“Good thing you ditched that tramp Lily; otherwise, she’d be making you the biggest cuckold in town right now!”
“What did you say?”
A sharp sense of dread stabbed through John’s chest. His eyes shot toward Yvonne like knives. “What cuckold? Say it
Yvonne was practically bursting with the urge to talk tonight, of course she’d say more..
“You have no idea. That Lily is unbelievably shameless. She was so desperate for a man, she couldn’t help. herself. Right here at Madam Mary’s birthday party, she dragged some old guy into bed. Couldn’t even wait! She and that old man are upstairs in the lounge, still going at it!”
“What?”
John’s face drained of color.
He’d known Lily was getting more rebellious lately, but never imagined she’d sink so low just to spite him sleeping with another man in a place like this?
Simon’s face had also darkened, like someone had murdered his entire family.
Lily had kissed him without permission. She’d seen his body.
She owed him for that-she was supposed to take responsibility. How could she just sleep with another man like it meant nothing? Hearing Yvonne’s words, Mary staggered back, nearly collapsing.
She wasn’t blind-Lily’s clear, steady eyes had always shown she was a good girl.
There was no way she would do something as disgusting as sleep with a stranger.
There was only one explanation, she’d been set up!
Lily was her nephew’s wife. She had come tonight with him, just to celebrate Mary’s birthday. If something happened to her at the Bale family estate, how would Mary ever explain it to Nancy?
But what really haunted her wasn’t the fear of being blamed by Nancy.
It was the thought of such a good girl being defiled by some monster, her reputation destroyed. How was she supposed to go on living after that?
Simon snapped out of it and barked at Yvonne, “Are you just making this up? Do you know what kind of event this is? Lily would riever-
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“Simon, I swear I’m not lying, I saw it with my own eyes, and I’m not the only one. A lot of people saw it- Lily really was in bed with an old man!”
As soon as Yvonne finished speaking, the same maid from earlier-and a few others-chimed in immediately.
“Yes, sir, we all saw it.”
“The smell in the lounge was horrible. And what we saw on that bed.. honestly, it was revolting.”
“I nearly threw up just from looking at it
Hearing multiple servants confirm what Yvonne said, whatever hope Simon and Mary had left inside them shattered completely.
“Lily, how dare you! How dare you betray me like this!”
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