Chapter 177 A Hundred Thousand Reasons to Be Afraid
Stella didn’t seem bothered. “No rush.”
Given how Lillian looked just now, what Rianne said about her being seriously ill clearly wasn’t an act.
If Lillian were healthy, Stella would’ve taken her down herself by now. But looking at her now? Her hair was practically gone. The heavens had done her job already.
Lillian had always been obsessed with her looks. Now she was racing death every day–that alone was enough torture.
Abel understood immediately what Stella meant by no rush.
“You scared her good back there.” he said..
Stella chuckled.
checky, lighthearted sound.
That bit of joy was oddly contagious. Abel finally understood why Abraham doted on her the way he did.
She was easy to be around. Her energy had a way of bringing life to people–even those stuck in darkness.
Her phone buzzed.
It was Abraham.
Stella answered, “Abraham?”
“No messing around. Don’t stay too long.”
“…Okay.”
She blinked and instinctively glanced at Abel walking behind her.
Abel looked straight ahead, avoiding eye contact like a trained soldier.
Stella muttered, “I wasn’t messing around.”
“You’re such a good girl.”
He didn’t say much else before hanging up. He was clearly busy.
Stella turned to Abel. “Did you record the part where I was the scariest and send it to him?”
Abel said nothing.
“You better not record me behind his back again unless it’s when I’m getting bullied
Still nothing
The thing was, she never got bullied when Abel was around. Not once.
She was like a little tiger. Too fierce.
And if he ever did send Abraham a video of her being bullied, Rivermount would probably turn into a bloodbath.
Back in the hospital. Susan was a nervous wreck watching the doctors crowd around Lillian.
4:42 PM
Chapter 177 A Hundred Thousand Reasons to Be Afraid
“Ethan-” she barely got the name out before the phone was yanked from her hand.
Startled, she whipped around–only to see Madeline..
Susan froze. “M–Madeline?”
Madeline glanced at the screen, then hung up the call without a word.
Susan’s face went stiff.
Madeline gave her a cold look and tossed the phone back. Susan fumbled and dropped it to the floor.
“I already told you–don’t call Ethan this week.”
Susan tried to stay calm. “But Lillian:
“She’s nothing. So why is everything always about Ethan?”
Madeline’s sharp voice cut her off completely.
That word–nothing–hit Susan like a slap. She looked at Madeline in shock.
Lillian was still in the ER. Yet the woman who’d practically watched her grow
Susan felt something in her chest go cold.
up was saying this?
Finished
“Madeline. Before Stella came back, Lillian was always close with Ethan. She was welcome at your house all the time. You were like family. How could you say something so heartless?”
Madeline narrowed her eyes. Dangerously.
She gave a cold laugh. “Heartless? Susan, are you really that blind to the kind of person you raised?”
“You seriously don’t know what she was doing those two years overseas?”
The edge in Madeline’s voice cut deep.
Maybe the Reed family bought Lillian’s innocent act. Madeline didn’t
She’d always had a bad feeling about her. This time, she checked. And what she found wasn’t pretty.
Susan heard the implication loud and clear. Her hands clenched. “Are you seriously trying to smear Lillian’s name right
now!”
Madeline’s voice was cool. “She’s filthy enough. I don’t need to add anything”
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Tell me have you ever asked your precious Lillian how many boyfriends she had while she was abroad? Or how many men she’s slept with?”
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