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But Ivan, standing right at the bedside, had.
And the moment he saw her face, all the storm clouds and blood-red rage in his heart vanished, sunlight broke through. spring returned, and everything bloomed.
Because the woman on the bed wasn’t Lily-it was Wendy.
Ivan had planned to beat Reese within an inch of his life, maybe even cripple him.
But now that the woman turned out to be Wendy, there was no need to get his hands dirty.
He could just enjoy the show.
All his anxiety and anger vanished, replaced with the relaxed satisfaction of a front-row seat to a juicy drama.
“How interesting,” he sneered, curling his lips with disdain. Then, pinching his nose, he strolled leisurely back to the doorway of the lounge.
Noticing the flicker of delight in Ivan’s eyes, Mary let out a quiet breath of relief.
She and Nancy were as close as sisters. As her sister-in-law, she often spent time with her.
Having watched Ivan grow up, she knew his personality and moral compass like the back of her hand.
The way he had panicked just now, yet could laugh at this moment-there could only be one explanation. The woman on the bed wasn’t Lily; it was someone he despised.
Her nephew had always been clear about who he loved and who he loathed. If it was someone he hated, they couldn’t be any good-and she no longer had to worry.
But Yvonne and Mathilda, seeing van smirking like that, thought he’d been driven insane by disgust.
They assumed he had finally, completely given up on Lily.
Especially now that Reese lay on the floor, leaving the woman’s body fully exposed on the bed. Their eyes filled with superior contempt, overflowing with scorn and smug satisfaction.
“You touched her? You scumbag. I’ll kill you!”
Seeing the woman on the bed, humiliated and disgraced, John snapped.
He swung a brutal punch into Reese’s face.
Then, with another savage kick, he slammed into Reese’s most vulnerable par, wishing he could castrace him on the spot.
Even after Lily had been defiled by that disgusting old man in front of everyone. John still couldn’t bring himself to break up with her.
He couldn’t stand the way other men were ogling her body. After landing another vicious kick to Reese he quickly yanked off his suit jacket and draped it over her. He just wanted to take her away. To Sean, Lily his; there was no way he’d let John walk off with her.
Before John could even touch the woman on the bed, Sean’s fist had already slammed into him.
“Who said you could touch her? Stay away from her!”
He didn’t like seeing Lily wrapped in another man’s jacket either.
He wanted to rip it off her, but the thought of exposing her body to everyone again made him grit his teeth and suppress the urge.
“Give me more… It hurts. Me
Sean had just bent down to lift the woman off the bed when he heard her voice, so hoarse it was impossible to tell who she was.
Rage clenched his fists until they nearly shattered.
She was still craving another man, right in front of me? How had she become so cheap? John’s face twisted in horror.
He couldn’t believe Lily had become so shameless, so desperate!
The two of them were too stunned, too furious, too heartbroken to keep fighting over her.
“Ugh.”
Yvonne made a show of retching again.
“Lily is such a wench! I’ve never seen anything more disgusting in my life. She sees a man and can’t wait to strip and throw herself on him! Did you hear what she just said? She wanted to keep messing around with Mr. Reese right in front of all of us… Isn’t she afraid Madam Nora’s going to claw that vixen face of hers to pieces?”
Elsa tilted her chin high with disdain.
She, too, thought Lily was filthy-disgusting to even glance at
But she’d always seen herself as cold and noble, above gossip and pettiness. She didn’t bother echoing Yvonne’s words.
Mathilda let another teardrop fall, looking heartbroken. “Linlin, don’t say that about her.”
“Even if she doesn’t respect herself, even if she likes seducing men, she’ll always be my sister. You can’t talk about her like that. What she did will definitely make James lose faith in her. I just don’t know what to do to help her….
Many of the onlookers had heard about how Lily used to bully and target Mathilda years ago.
Seeing her now, seemingly generous and forgiving, speaking up for Lily and showing so muciccor they were moved by her kindness and grace. People began murmuring praise-how beautiful and she was, both inside and out.
Mathilda lived for this.
She loved hearing people tear Lily down while lifting her up.
She turned up the performance, eyes shimmering with innocence as she looked toward the woman on the bed. “Lily, it’s really wrong of you to cheat on your husband and sleep with another woman’s man. You’ll always be my family. I’ll take care of you, worry about you-I won’t let you face the accusations alone. But can you please stop making James look like a fool and sneaking around with other women’s hinband?”
Mathilda sniffled with just the right amount of theatrical sadness. She was about to say more-to win even more admiration and make people despise Lily even more, when Lily’s mocking laughter rang out.
“Mathilda, if you’re such a good actor, why don’t you become a trash can? I had no idea I was cheating on James or climbing into anyone else’s bed.
At the sound of Lily’s voice, Mathilda, Yvonne, Elsa, and the others instinctively turned to look at the woman lying on the bed.
But once they did, they froze-the voice hadn’t come from there. It had come from behind them.
A terrible realization started to form. They whipped around in disbelief-and saw James holding Lily’s hand, guiding her step by step toward the lounge.
The onlookers stared, wide-eyed, at the sight of Lily, perfectly dressed and composed. As she passed, they instinctively stepped back, parting to give her and James a clear path.
Mathilda’s wide, dewy eyes went comically round with shock.
Even Elsa, always poised and aloof, couldn’t keep her expression neutral.
Yvonne shrieked, voice cracking, “Lily? Weren’t you just on the bed? How are you over here?”
The moment the words left her mouth, she realized how ridiculous it sounded. Lily didn’t have the power to be in two places at once.
If she was walking here with James, then there was no way she was the one in bed.
Which meant, who the heck was… John and Sean, who had been brawling just moments ago, froze as if someone had cast a spell on them the instant they heard Lily’s voice.
Simon jerked in stunned disbelief, then spun around with wild joy on his face.
Bodger and Taylor, whose eyes moments ago had been filled with murderous rage, finally showed a flicker of life.
Like a scene in a movie played in slow motion, both men slowly turned their heads, not daring to blink, locking their eyes on Lily.
“The woman on the bed isn’t. Mrs. Luke? Then what the heck was Yvonne screaming about just now
“Exactly. And that Mathilda-acting all sweet and innocent, but every word out of her mouth was meint jo tear Mrs. Luke down. So disgusting”
“I was wondering, too, Mr. Lake is incredible-there’s no way Mrs. Luke would ever be into some old creep like Reese. Someone was definitely trying to smear her”
“Mrs. Luke is standing right here, she clearly isn’t the one in bed. So who is that wornan?”
Almost as if trying to clear up the confusion for everyone, just as the voice faded, Wendy huffed in annoyance and kicked off the suit jacket draped over her. She even poured coquettishly and rolled over seductively.
That’s when the crowd finally saw lier face.
“Ahh!”
The moment they got a clear look at her, Elsa-who was always composed and aloof-let out a shrill scream, completely losing her usual poise, “Mom? How could it be you?”
Elsa couldn’t accept what she was seeing.
She and Wendy had planned everything so carefully.
First, they bribed a maid to ruin Lily’s dress, and when Lily went to the lounge to change, they had the pervy old man Reese waiting there, lusting after her beauty,
They’d even arranged for incense to be lit in the lounge, so Lily would get confused and dazed, and Reese could take full advantage.
Of course, Wendy hadn’t told Reese that someone would be catching them in the act.
After all, Reese was terrified of Nora. He wouldn’t dare let her find out he was up to something sleazy.
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