Chapter 59

Lily took the slap without dodging. A bright red weal sprang up on her fair cheek.

A woman happened to come to the restroom and saw Irene slapped Lily. Lily was the daughter of the Secretary and Edric's girlfriend. Irene was just a nobody.

How dare she slapped the Secretary's daughter? The woman shouted out immediately. Lily began to cover her face and cry when she saw the audience.

Someone spread the news to the party right away. Edric heard the commotion. He put out the cigarette and came back from the garden. A group of people were gathering in the hallway. He immediately saw Irene surrounded in the middle. He strove over, his heart tightened. Lily threw herself into Edric's arms as if he was her savior. She cried even more pitifully.

Edric helped her stand straight and asked, "What happened?"

Lily only cried and didn't answer. The woman who watched the scene replied, "I don't know what happened either. I came to the bathroom and saw this woman cursed and slapped Miss Cook."

"That's outrageous? How can she do this?" People who knew Lily started to protest on her behalf at once.

"Exactly. How can she be so ill-mannered? How can she slap people on such an occasion?"

A mocking smile crept on Irene's face. It turned out that Lily had planned all of these. She deliberately provoked Irene so everyone would condemn Irene for attacking Lily. Irene had to admit that Lily came up with a good plan.

There were always troublemakers who were eager to fan the flames. Someone else stood up for Lily and said, "Miss, you must apologize to Miss Cook!"

"Apologize?" Irene sneered, "Why don't you ask her why I slapped her?"

"No matter what happened, it's wrong to hit someone."

"It's not your turn to speak here," Irene snapped back. Her arrogance only made people angrier. "How can you act like this? Apologize! Apologize quickly!"

Irene turned a blind eye to the condemnation from the crowd. She fixed her eyes on Edric and Lily and said, "Miss Cook, are you sure you want me to apologize?"

Lily cried without speaking. She and Deborah were well aware of Irene's high self-esteem. They knew that she would rather endure the humiliation and pain than show her weakness in front of other people.

That was why Irene left the family without asking for any explanation after knowing that Lily was pregnant with Edric's child. She suppressed the news of Edric's betrayal as well as her own pain. Deborah said Irene was just like her mother.

Such a person would never tell the truth about what happened in the past. That was why Lily dared to goad Irene on to attack her in the first place.

had two objects. First, she threw herself into Edric's arms to provoke Irene. Second, she wanted the crowd to denounce Irene, which would leave a

Jordan reacted to it. While crying, Lily searched for Jordan in the

known about Irene's strong personality, he didn't believe that she

have been cursing at Lily furiously at this point, which would only aggravate the situation. But she

being the case, how could she let Lily succeed? She didn't curse at Lily or stay silent. Instead, she looked at

nodded. "Yes, I want to

He reached

his arm around Irene's shoulder to protect

I'm honored to obey. I'll tell everyone the reason why I

was crying in Edric's arms. "Will Irene tell everyone I was pregnant before?" Lily would be humiliated if everyone knew that Irene was once Edric's wife and Lily was a surrogate. She would not be able to gain a foothold in the high-class society

argument started when Miss Cook and I were talking

changed so much. She immediately pretended to faint when she heard Irene say "home

would bring it up. Irene didn't know what happened back then. He and Lily didn't have an affair. How could Lily survive in the future

Lily up. "I'll take

Without the leading roles, the audience lost interests as well. The crowd

left. He laughed when they got in

Reed, what do you

first, she was so domineering and immediately fainted when you were about to tell everyone her mother was a homewrecker. Edric also played

"I don't know!"

a woman born to a mistress if she

Margaret had always thought highly of Lily. "Because Margaret was a victim of extramarital affairs,"

had

to her son. Her son is everything to her. You can

to a mistress. It must be a wonderful drama.

It was the only way she could stop

apologize to her and explain the truth of the past. But she wouldn't listen and called me a home-wrecker. She was

of the misunderstanding Lily suffered for him. "Lily,

initially was worried that Edric wouldn't believe her. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Edric's apology. She must not provoke Irene again in

U-turn and left. Lily watched him drive away and went into the house. Deborah was waiting for

"What's wrong?"

out of the study and also saw the weals and tears on Lily's face. He was surprised as well. "What happened?" "Irene, she slapped me!" Lily burst into tears and recounted the incident with plenty of embellishments. Not only did she say that Irene called her a

what Lily was going for. She reached out to wipe Lily's tears and started to cry herself. "It's all my fault. My poor child! I am the reason you have to

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