Chapter 231
Austin stopped smiling, locking indifferent and cautious.
Austin’s reaction seemed to hurt Lydia, whose face twisted with a look of grievance. She said. “Emily has the wrong idea about me, so I understand you don’t like me, but it’s not what she says. I—”
“Can you just shut up?” Austin said, clearly annoyed. “We don’t know each other well. Don’t talk to me like that anymore.”
Lydia froze, looking a little embarrassed.
She thought, ‘Emily is not here. Besides, I’ve already used that trick. Why the hell is he still so indifferent to me?”
Lydia gritted her teeth and held back her anger, having tears in her eyes. “I don’t know what Emily told you, but
“If you’re here to sow discord, you’re wasting your time. I’m nothing like those idiots from the Bennett family,” Austin interrupted impatiently.
Without waiting for Lydia to say another word, he turned and walked away.
He thought, “The Bennett Family, one of Cloudridge’s major families, should be full of smart people, but they fell for such a crude trick. It seems that Lydia is hiding something
Austin kept a straight face but was quietly on guard.
As Emily followed Yvonne out, she saw lydia deliberately approaching Austin
She knew that expression all too well–wisting her fingers, pouting and caring innocently at the person in front of her
fooled by her
Twenty years, no one had ever resisted it. Suddenly, Emily worried that Austin might be
“Emily, what the hell do you wantonne snapped here all of anger, bringing Emily’s focus back.
I
Emily glanced at Yvonna, who looked law the wanted to kill her, and chuckled “What do you think I want?”
Yvonne already had a bad feeling, and hearing this only deepened it. She grabbed Emily’s hand and said in a trembling voice, “Didn’t you promise not to
mess with me again
Emily had never
was so terrified of someone dead. Now that she knew the truth, she just found it ironic
She thought, “Oh you’r ally scared, huh! Have you ever thought about the consequences of pushing Quiana over the edge!”
Emily sneered and said coldly
promised not to trouble you only if you didn’t start trouble with me first. Did you?”
[speechless. Whethe
Lydia’s birthday party or today’s benefit dinner, she had been the one picking fights with Emily.
She knew it wasn’t wise and had warned herself to hold back her resentment, especially for now, but she just couldn’t help it.
about Emily being here to expose thatthing made Yvonne scared. Today was a big day for the Zwick family, and it was the
She thought, ‘I haven’t even done anything, and she’s already losing it. How many cruel things did she do to push someone like Quiana, who used to strong and bright, to commit suicide?
Seeing her expression, Emily knew she was recalling what she had done to Quiana. She snorted and said, “If you remember what you did to Quam, then you should know what punishment is coming”
Once Emily finished with Yvonne, she went looking for Austin, but he wasn’t around. Instead, Lydia came to her first.

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