"Young Miss Lilia!"
"Lilia!"
"Sylvia!"
The three voices came from Uncle Hardy, Grandpa Simon, and Robert respectively. None of them would have thought that Sylvia would dare to attack Lilia in front of the Irwan Family.
Yet Sylvia had become so angry that she had lost her mind. Her heart as a mother could not bear to see her biological daughter abused by the fake daughter she had hated for years.
Even though Robert tried to stop him, Sylvia pushed him aside with shocking force. The man staggered back with a dumbfounded face.
Sylvia's palm swung swiftly towards Lilia with great force. Lilia had prepared herself for this and immediately raised her hand. He intended to grab Sylvia's wrist before she could slap him. No matter how much Lilia wanted to tear Leila's mask off, she didn't want to feel any unnecessary pain.
However, Lilia didn't expect that Sylvia would raise her other hand. Lilia managed to stop Sylvia's right hand, but the woman slapped her face with her left
The sound of Sylvia's palm landing on Lilia's cheek echoed through the silent room. His left hand didn't swing as hard as his right, but it was enough to leave a mark on Lilia's cheek.
At this time, Hardy as well as Robert immediately ran over. Robert hurriedly pulled Sylvia away before the woman could slap Lilia again.
Meanwhile, Hardy helped balance Lilia's body which was reeling from Sylvia's slap. He clicked his tongue when he saw the mark of Sylvia's palm covering half of the model's face.
"Do your cheeks hurt? Wait a minute, I'll be right back! " Hardy said before rushing to the kitchen for ice cubes.
The old man shook his head while leaving Leila's room. Sylvia must be crazy! He didn't expect that this self-righteous woman would dare to hurt Lilia, who proved to be the real daughter of the Irwan Family, in front of everyone!
This action of Sylvia shocked Richard and his wife even more. They stared at the woman, as if she had lost her mind.
Even as Sylvia was pulled away from Lilia, she was still thrashing around in Robert's grip. Sylvia didn't forget to point at Lilia's nose and shouted, "Lilia, I've been too soft with you all this time! How dare you hurt other people ?! Don't you have a conscience ?!"
Conscience? Did the woman lecturing him on conscience realize that she had hurt someone else?
Lilia took a deep breath to control her emotions. He raised his hand and rubbed the cheek that Sylvia had just slapped. It looks like one of the woman's nails scratched her skin, because Lilia saw that her fingertips were stained with blood
He slowly raised his face and locked eyes with Sylvia. Lilia spoke in a cold and flat voice, "You are asking me about conscience? I don't have a conscience. It's because my mother has never taught me about it since I was little. Tell me, what is conscience?"
Sylvia became even more emotional when Lilia was clearly teasing her. She opened her mouth to scream, but Robert immediately grabbed her wrist. The man pulled Sylvia back roughly while hissing, "Shut your mouth!"
The word "mother" made Janice breathless for a moment. She subconsciously averted her eyes with a mixture of guilt and shame.
This slap from Sylvia was something Lilia didn't expect. But it was precisely because of this that he was able to strike back without a doubt.
Lilia sighed while sticking a hand into her jacket pocket. She slowly pulled out her cellphone before pressing the play button on her cellphone screen. Then Lilia put the cellphone on the table and turned on the highest volume.
"Very well, since Miss Leila refuses to explain anything, I will help her explain." Lilia smiled broadly, even though her face hurt from doing that. "You just need to listen carefully."
In the next second, Leila's face suddenly changes. Her face lost all color and looked deathly pale. He didn't expect that Lilia had recorded their conversation! Even worse, the woman was now playing back the contents of the tape in front of everyone.
They could all hear the conversation from the moment Lilia walked into Leila's room to the moment the woman slammed her head against the display rack. The last sentence that Leila said made her face even paler.
"… But even he can't beat me. Do you really think that you can beat me in my own game?"
Everyone in the room knows who Leila meant. Their gaze automatically fell on the woman.
Sylvia's biological daughter was still standing next to Janice. His grip on Janice's arm grew tighter with every word that came out of the tape ..
When the tape ended, Janice gave Leila a look of disbelief. "Leila, you ..." Janice's voice trembled as she said that.
"Mom, please listen to me first! It's not what you think! It's not that ... ahh!"
"Shut up!"
Leila tried desperately to deny the contents of the tape. Yet before he could finish his words, someone had slapped him hard in the face. Leila was shocked by the slap, but the person who slapped her was even more shocked.
That person is Richard, his own father! No one thought that Richard, who had loved him with all his heart, would have the heart to do it.
Janice's eyes shook when she saw her "daughter" being slapped, but she didn't speak up. The woman just stood silently beside Richard. Normally, Janice would betray her husband for hurting their daughter. But after all that happened, Janice lost her reason to defend Leila.
Meanwhile, Leila is completely unprepared for the blow. Richard's slap sent him crashing to the floor. Leila covered her face with one hand and the corner of her mouth was bleeding from the slap.
Even so, Leila continued to look at Richard with disbelief. Tears quickly filled her eyes. Perhaps it was because Richard's strength in slapping him was too great that Leila's forehead hit the floor. The wound opened again and stained the bandages on his forehead with blood.
"Father ..." Leila calls out in a pitiful voice.
"I don't have a daughter like you!" Snapped Richard with a look of disgust. "Don't you dare call me father!"
Richard's sudden anger made Lilia subconsciously raise her eyebrows in surprise. He had expected that Richard would stop siding with Leila once he learned of her true character. However the head of the Irwan Family was much firmer than he had imagined.
Richard breathed heavily, as if trying to suppress his emotions. He gritted his teeth and glared at Leila. The man pointed a finger at her, and his expression looked so angry he couldn't speak.
Grandpa Simon, who had observed everything from the start, finally stepped in to resolve the situation.
"Richard, Janice, how did your investigation go? Since they happened to be here today, let's talk together." Simon's suggestion.
Richard nodded slightly when he heard that. He took a deep breath as he thought about where to start.
But before Richard could speak, Lilia had leaned forward and picked up her cell phone on the table. The woman called someone and said clearly, "You can come in now."
Grandpa Simon turned his head towards Lilia with an astonished look. "Lilia, who else is here?" He asked, confused.
Lilia hasn't answered yet, but Hardy who has returned from outside the door also brought visitors with her.. It was clear that they were waiting outside.
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