Terry smiled helplessly. Liliana had always been cheeky. “I knew it was the right number.” He teased her back. “You only give wrong numbers to your pursuers. I am not one of them.” Liliana rolled her eyes at him. He looked around and added, “I just wanted to make sure people don’t gossip behind your back that you just put on a show to make yourself look humble while secretly disdaining poor people like me.” Liliana chuckled, “As expected of the Kings High alumni, of course.” Terry smiled as he said, “I will excuse myself, Lil. Let me buy you some tender coconut water someday. It was my childhood dream which you ruined by talking sense into me.” Jennifer piped in, “Why would she ruin your dream?” Terry looked at her and answered truthfully. “I come from a very humble family. We barely managed our daily needs and had no money for insurance, education, or healthcare. I grew up thinking my dream of attending a school would be just that. When Lil made my dreams come true, I wanted

Lester was enraged and was about to slap Liliana in the face and show her rightful place.But the police approached them, and he held back his impulse.It would not do well to create a scene in front of authorities and half of the upper class.Both Lester and Lydia were blissfully unaware that both the authorities and anyone worth something in the upper class had already pegged them for the uncultured aggressive opportunists that they were, and they would steer clear of them as much as possible.The police came, and Liliana answered their questions.The police then secured the perimeter, and Henry treated Vivian’s wounds after the police cleared her for the same.“You are that bitch’s friend. Who knows if you are working with her?” Vivian exclaimed.Her plan had not worked as expected, and she had a sinking feeling that she would get exposed. Hence she wanted to discredit people around Liliana to leave herself some room for maneuver.But plans made in desperation are never the wisest

Vivian was taken into custody by the police officers despite her protests.Her reputation went from bad to worse.People hurled abuses at her online and boycotted her Design firm offline.She had destroyed herself with her bare hands. Even so, she was the lady of the Stone family and got released on bail. She did not have to suffer in the police station, even for a night.The night ended more positively for both the Smith group and L&L Design.The party continued after the security guards escorted Vivian, Lester, and Lydia out.Although the event did not go as planned, and there was a lot of sensation - it was publicity, and they had come out on top without any mud on them.Liliana’s dynamic with the Aprice family went under scrutiny, but no one found anything about it, and people regarded it as slander.Jonathan received word from his contact at the police station as soon as Vivian got released.He called Liliana to inform her about it. But he was in for a shock as she was the one wh

Lydia was stopped at the reception of Smith Group and left in disgrace.She could not help but recall the times before the old hag of the Smiths forced Jonathan to marry that bitch Liliana.She was the woman of Jonathan’s dream and could get in anytime she wanted without a prior appointment.The truth was Jonathan only let her inside when he was sure to be called into a meeting in a few minutes, and she would then have to leave.Deep in his heart, Jonathan knew Lydia was not his Lil, but he could not snub her outright since she knew something about it. So, he adopted this tactic.Lydia was too dumb to realize it.Lydia stormed inside the Aprice Group, reminiscing about her remarkable past with Jonathan.She barged into Lester Aprice’s office and shooed everyone away even though the people Lester had been talking with were the prominent shareholders of Aprice Group and were older than even Lester.The shareholders looked at Lester coldly and huffed.They were veterans of the company an

Jonathan was still trying to process the fact that he was married. He drove around the city aimlessly, lost in thought.The revelation had come from nowhere. He had downright forgotten that he was married.It had been a forceful marriage and a blurry three nights and two days where they managed to get the certificates and consummate the union in their half-blurry, drugged state.He suddenly wondered where his wife was, and then he realized he could not even recall how she looked or what her name was.He felt sorry for her. He had assumed that she was a scheming gold-digger who had managed to sway his family into forcing him.But thinking back, perhaps she was also forced.She had never asked him for anything, she never published their marriage, and she did not do any of the nonsense he was expecting of her.Lydia had filled his head, and Lester Aprice and his wife Rose Aprice had confessed that his wife, whose name he could not remember, was Lester’s daughter from an escort who had dr