Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 47 A Flurry of Slaps

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"Not only have you made a fool of him, but you've also driven a wedge between us!

"What are you doing here? Trying to repulse everyone?"

Lydia knew Charlotte had never liked her.

She had always seen Charlotte as the quintessential high-society matron, someone who carried herself with an air of superiority.

Even if Charlotte looked down on her, Lydia thought it would

be nothing more than a frosty reception.

She never expected Charlotte to lash out physically. Caught completely off guard, Lydia didn't have time to react as Charlotte's hand connected with her face, delivering two sharp slaps that left her cheeks stinging and swollen.

Charlotte's eyes were bloodshot with rage, her chest heaving

as she glared at Lydia. The sight of her made Charlotte's

blood boil.

She thought, "What makes you think you're worthy of marrying my son?"

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Lydia's manipulative little games were transparent to Charlotte.

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with countless women like Lydia around her husband before, all of them gold diggers looking to climb the social ladder by snagging a wealthy man. Charlotte had fought tooth and nail to maintain her status as a high-society wife, keeping her husband,

like Lydia

had finally settled down,

opportunist, eyeing her son

a force of nature, and she wouldn't tolerate any

been the last

recent standoff with

her by switching his engagement from Meryl to Lydia without so

her son

blood boil.

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woman, she could see through Lydia's facade. Did Lydia

a dead giveaway,

you think you're good enough for my son? You're not even

the onlookers from the second and third branches of the

think you can just swoop in and become a

the time anyone could react, Charlotte had

unprepared for

hoping to win over the Aniston family, eager

elder, Lydia didn't dare fight back, and Cate joined in, throwing punches and

to escape the

A

as she

bed, yanking Charlotte and Cate away from Lydia with all