Chapter 129 Shifting the Blame
Lyla cried out, “Is it all my fault? I shouldn’t have married Miles and you shouldn’t have kicked Camila out of the house. All these years, I’ve done the most, so all the blame is on me. Camila spent her life in luxury overseas for seven years. Then, she starts going up against our family the moment she comes back. She’s only back to seek revenge. I’m the first one, and you’re next. Has she ever been kind to you?”
Gael did not make a sound. I don’t think she’s ever been kind to me. She even asked me who I was today. What an unfilial child. But thinking about it, when have I ever been kind to her? I hit her when we first met. That was probably when I hurt her, right?

When Ben arrived home, he received a slap across the face from Lara and was heavily interrogated. “What’s wrong with you? Huh? Who’s that woman? Do you know that it was all captured on camera? What have you been up to these days?”
Cradling his face, he felt a dampness which he figured was blood from being scratched by Lara’s freshly-done manicure.
However, he did not dare to moan in pain. He still felt perplexed. Did Aunt Lara find out about that video? Her following words confirmed his suspicions. “You’re a superstar now-the talk of the town. Just look at what those netizens are saying about you. They say you picked up a worn-out shoe and treated it as treasure! Not only does she have a husband, but she also has a child. Why do you like that woman?”
He was dumbfounded and his legs went weak. “Aunt Lara, hear me out. I’m also looking into who took that short video. I was being careful the whole time. That was at the airport restroom. There was no one else around…” He looked up into her eyes and his voice gradually grew smaller until it became inaudible. She was staring at him with a face full of anger. “Do you still need to look into it? Besides Camila, who else could it have been?” His head snapped up. “Camila? Again? The reason Jessica and I broke up last time was also because of her!” Lara narrowed her eyes threateningly. “What did you say? You and Jessica broke up already?” At this point, he was too afraid to conceal anything. He revealed to her everything that happened at Ruby Palace.
Unsurprisingly, he brushed off his own mistakes and highlighted what Camila had
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