Chapter 219
Nicole flipped through the album in front of Kieran without speaking. The room was quiet, with only the sound of pages tuming, breaking the stillness of the
silence.
She quickly reached the album’s end, where several pages were added–new pages of pictures of Lila she hadn’t seen.
The background didn’t look like it was taken in the country. Recently, both of them had traveled abroad. Could they have gone together?
At this point, if Nicole hadn’t figured things out, she might as well have wasted all these years. Her adopted daughter–the young lady she wanted her son to marry -was being pursued by her brother–in–law. This mess could easily become the plot of a melodramatic TV show.
She closed the album and lightly tapped it with her fingers. “Kieran, do you have anything to say?”
Kieran’s lips pressed together, his face even colder and more indifferent than before. However, his words didn’t match his expression.
“I have nothing to say,” Kieran said. He lowered his head slightly as if acknowledging his guilt, yet his demeanor conveyed no remorse.
For all these years, he had hidden his feelings for Lila but had never forgotten his position. He had controlled himself and never overstepped. After all, there was no Jaw against loving someone.
“You!” Nicole clutched her chest. Speculation was one thing, but hearing him admit it out loud was almost too much to bear.
How could this happen? Where did things go wrong? When did Kieran develop feelings for Lila?
However, everything made sense now. It explained why he had always treated Lila differently. It was obvious, yet no one sensed something was wrong,
Suddenly, Nicole looked up and realized something else. He had never been interested in women all these years, Could it be because he had always carried feelings for Lila? This…
“Let me catch my breath.” Nicole took a deep breath. It felt like she couldn’t catch her breath today.
She tried to calm herself down. “We’ll talk about this later. First, we need to deal with the fact that Lila is being bullied outside.”
Lila didn’t need to go online to know that the attacks against her had only intensified.
She could brush it off if the attacks were only aimed at her. But now, not only were they involving the Joyce Group and Lane Group, but they were even dragging her parents into it.
Before she could do anything about it, the next day, she was surrounded by fans in the parking lot of Joyce Group. As she reached the top of a set of stairs in the parking lot, a group of people suddenly rushed at her.
Something hard hit her forehead, and she felt a wave of dizziness. Blood trickled down her forehead, and she could see the red stain blocking her vision. The crowd pushed and shoved her relentlessly, their insults growing louder.
“Lila, why are you so cheap? There are so many men, but you just have to ruin Fletcher’s life?”
“Go die! Stop wasting the air we breathe!”
“Slut! You’re a curse! Since y
you sleep your way to the top, I’ll strip you bare and post it online so everyone can see how disgusting you are!”
“You like to seduce men, don’t you? We’ll give you the chance to do it again!”
If it were just one or two people, Lila could handle it. However, she looked around and realized there were at least twenty people, and more than ten were shoving her and pulling at berclothes.
Her shirt’s neckline was tom, exposing her skin just above the collarbone. Her once flawless, snow–white skin was now scratched with red marks; two of these marks looked like they were about to bleed.
She raised her hand to push away the two people closest to her and turned to retreat to her car.
“Girls, she’s trying to run! Grab her!”
“Bitch, now you feel embarrassed? When you were seducing men, didn’t you care about your dignity?
“Don’t even think about running! Rip her clothes off! Let everyone see how slutty she looks!”
“You can’t escape. Your backer can’t protect you now. We’ll handle you ourselves! Let’s see if he still wants you when everyone sees your disgrace!”
“Don’t try to hide. Maybe your backer likes these kinds of thrills.” A crowd surged forward, roughly pulling at her, pushing her back.
“Do you know this is illegal? Lila’s voice was cold.
These people were bold, daring to bully her like this in broad daylight.
