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“What did you just say?”
Simon’s dark eyes filled with disbelief.
He had always respected Wendy and didn’t want to believe she would ever team up with some sleazy old man to destroy Lily’s reputation.
But at the same time, no one he respected more than James. To him, James’ word was law.
For a moment, he didn’t even know how to respond.
“James, my mom has been trying so hard to reconcile with Lily. She’s been going out of her way to please her why would she ever try to ruin her?”
Elsa refused to believe it. Wendy had always looked down on Reese; there was no way she’d ever willingly sleep with him. So James claiming he had evidence? That had to be a bluff.
Still, she couldn’t stand how someone as incredible as James always seemed to side with Lily. She took a deep breath and continued, “My mom has a bruise on the back of her neck-it’s clear someone knocked her out and set her and Mr. Reese up. She’s been seriously wronged tonight. If Lily really did this to her, then she owes my mother an apology. Lily, apologize!”
Clutching Wendy’s hand, Elsa let tears tremble down her face, full of icy pride. John, face dark with fury, barked at Lily.
James might have been dead set on divorcing Lily.
But he’d promised to protect her until then-and he wasn’t about to let John or anyone else gang up on her now. He tightened his grip on her hand, shielding her like a silent guardian. His calm radiated a quiet power that demanded respect.
“John, a wise man knows his place. My wife is none of your concern.”
James had always been sparing with his words. But people like John either couldn’t be reasoned with or were shameless enough to flip the truth on its head. James had no more patience left. Without another word, he pulled out his phone and opened the video his assistant had sent him.
He’d known Wendy and Elsa had been scheming against Lily for a while-so of course, he hadn’t let his guard down.
He didn’t want them pulling any stunts before the divorce was finalized, so he had someone secretly keep an eye on them.
They’d been relatively quiet for a while.
But tonight, his team had captured footage of Wendy meeting with Reese.
The video was dimly lit-Wendy and Reese had clearly met in one of the darkest corridors at the far end of the banquet hall.
The moment James hit play, everyone heard Wendy’s deliberately hushed voice, “Reese, haven’t you always thought Lily was stunning? Always wanted to sleep with her? Tonight, I’ll help you get your wish. In return, for your upcoming films, can you let Elsa dub the female lead’s voice?”
“You’re really gonna let me sleep with Lily?” Reese’s voice oozed with sleaze, making everyone cringe.
Wendy glanced around cautiously, confirming the coast was clear, then continued in a lowered voice,
“I’ve gone to a lot of trouble tonight to make this happen for you. I’ve already paid off a few maids. One of them’s going to accidentally ruin Lily’s dress. When she takes Lily upstairs to the lounge to change, you’ll show up. You two, in that kind of situation-who’s going to stop you from doing whatever you want?”
“She’s really gonna let me do it?” Reese asked, his voice still low. “Nora’s here tonight too-that damm tigress. If Lily puts up a fight and things get noisy, and Nora catches us, I’m screwed.”
“Reese, you’re such a good man. How could I let something happen to you?”
Wendy let out a soft, seductive laugh. “I already lit the incense in the lounge. That stuff cost me a fortune. Once Lily breathes it in, she’ll be putty in your hands. She’ll let you do anything you want.”
She moved closer to him, swaying like a bellflower in the night breeze, brushing flirtatiously against him.
“Even if Lily doesn’t fall for it, I’ll still make sure you get everything you want tonight.”
What she meant was that if Lily didn’t take the bait, she’d find another young, pretty girl for Reese.
She’d done that before-just to help Elsa land high-profile dubbing roles.
But the crowd didn’t know all the shady things Wendy had done in the past.
Seeing her now in the video, snuggling up to Reese and whispering such filth, everyone assumed that if Lily hadn’t fallen into their trap, Wendy had planned to use her own body to please Reese.
When the video ended, no one had any doubts left-Wendy had ended up in bed with Reese because Lily didn’t fall for their scheme, and Wendy had to offer herself up instead. If that was the case, what did any of this have to do with Lily?
And yet Wendy had the audacity to accuse Lily of knocking her out and setting her up. The more people thought about it, the more they saw Wendy as a shameless, vile liar; the murmurs grew sharper, crueler.
“Wendy is unbelievable, she actually wanted Reese to ruin Mrs. Luke? How could she?”
“What do you mean how could she? Didn’t you see the earlier news? She once had someone ram Mrs. Luke’s car and tried to frame her!”
“Lily didn’t take the bait tonight, so she threw herself at Reese and then pinned the blame on Lily… That woman’s got no shame at all!”
“Wendy’s lower than dirt-she’s worse than an animal!”
“And her daughter Elsa? Always throwing shade at Mrs. Luke with that fake sweet-girl act. Like mother, like daughter-both of them are trash!”
Wendy’s face had gone pale. She knew that after being seen with Reese tonight, there was no salvaging he reputation. But she couldn’t accept that Lily would walk away clean and untouched.
She wanted to shove all the blame onto Lily, hoping to gain some sympathy. Who would’ve thought James would side with Lily so blatantly, and that he’d have video evidence of my meeting with Reese?
The footage had sealed her fate. Even if she never truly cared about Reese, even if she had no intention o Jeeping with him, everyone would assume she’d failed in her scheme and tried to use her body to appeas hire
Elsa didn’t look any better. She’d always been exceptional since childhood-loved, admired, a natural center of attention.
Though she acted above worldly affairs, she cared deeply about what people thought of her. She was proud, aloof and couldn’t bear being labeled as someone lacking virtue.
She had wanted her mother to live with grace and dignity. That was why she had pulled every trick she could think of to make Lily and Wendy reconcile, hoping to spare Wendy from prison.
But this time, not only had Wendy been caught in bed with a married man in front of everyone, James also had damning footage in hand. There was no saving her now.
John Simon, and the others wouldn’t lift a finger to help Wendy again.
Wendy was destined for prison. Elsa had no choice but to cut her losses and make sure none of that filth splashed onto her
She lowered her gaze and stepped back, stubborn and pained. Her beautiful eyes brimmed with disappointment toward Wendy.
Asat she had known nothing about what Wendy had done.
As if she were cicly an moocent flower, tainted only by Wendy’s bad name.
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She couldn’t help thinking, this mess-wasn’t it all because Elsa’s plan hadn’t been airtight? Why should she be the one to bear all the consequences for Elsa’s mistakes?
She wanted to tell everyone that Elsa was the real mastermind behind it all.
She had enough evidence to bring Elsa down, too. In an instant, dark, twisted, and venomous thoughts flooded her mind-a scorched-earth revenge, dragging them both into ruin.
But what kind of gardener would willingly destroy the rose she had raised with such care?
She had poured too much of herself into that little girl.
And her little girl had turned out just as she’d hoped-elegant, striking, and radiant. How could she bear to see that exceptional child stained by filth?
More than that, her little girl was adored by Jolan and Simon,
If both of them were ruined and disgraced, there would be no redemption.
But if she could protect her little girl now, then when the time was right, her daughter would find a way to Gave her. She could still walk free one day with a mountain of cash-and start over somewhere new, living like royalty.
With that thought, she made her choice, she would take the fall
“Eha, I’m sorry for letting you down.”
She lowered her eyes, her voice breaking with pain and remorse, “I shouldn’t have held a grudge against Ialy just because she insulted inc. and I definitely shouldn’t have done what I did tonight and brought shame to you. I regret it so much. I’m sorry…”
Elsa knew, then, Wendy was going to take full responsibility. She let out a quiet sigh of relief. Proud as she was, she couldn’t bring herself to how to Lily.
But the situation demanded it. If she didn’t show enough sincerity, it could damage her reputation.
To protect her image, to show everyone that she was nothing like the filthy, shameless Wendy, she awallowed her pride and, with quiet humiliation, bowed her head to Lily.
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Elsa’s lashes trembled slightly, like a wounded rose-graceful, proud, yet full of silent grievance. “Lily. I’m truly sorry. I didn’t know my mother would do something like this. Even though I had no idea. I still feel ashamed because she’s my mom and the fact that she hurt you like that I really do feel awful. I won’t plead for her anymore. After everything she’s done to you, she deserves to go to jail. I’m sorry. I really am
“Elsa. I don’t accept your apology, Lily replied coldly. “And I don’t believe you had no idea about Wendy’s scheming or what happened tonight”
Lily knew Elsa’s aloof grace was nothing more than a facade. Underneath it all, she was shameless. There was no way she’d ever admit to what she’d done.
The air in the lounge was stilling, Lily didn’t want to stay a second longer and be disgusted by Elsa and Wendy’s presence. She turned to leave.
“Lily, don’t you dare take kindness for granted!” Elsa shouted after her.
So it really had been Wendy trying to harm Lily again tonight.
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