Chapter 116

Hearing this, the faces of Lillian and Spencer darkened. Lillian felt like she was being roasted over an open flame, the heat unbearable. Her hand, hanging limply at her side, suddenly clenched, her nails digging into her palm.

That bitch, she had the audacity to insinuate things about her in front of the director.

And the director, he always favored Brielle. Lillian regretted splurging on all those gifts for nothing. Was he blind? Couldn’t he see that Brielle hadn’t brought anything? And yet he still sided with her?

Taking a deep breath, Lillian maintained a perfect smile on her face. “Mark, these are two bodyguards I’ve hired for you, so that what happened tonight won’t happen again,” she said.

Mark nodded. “That’s very thoughtful of you, Lillian.”

Sensing the conversation finally shift to herself, Lillian quickly gestured towards the items on the table. “These are for the kids. I was in a rush this time and didn’t bring much, but I’ll have someone deliver more when I get back.”

grabbed his sleeve,

knowing she had long seen through his relationship with Lillian, but this was the first time they were flirting so openly in front of her. At the Haywood family dinner, they had been restrained, but now it seemed they were laying

open.

on one hand, he wanted to crush Brielle, on the other, he toyed with the idea that if Brielle showed him

Instead, she was helping Mark unpack the items on the table. She adeptly tore open

a surge of irritation, “Brielle, you came to visit Mark and didn’t think to bring anything? What’s with the sudden eagerness?”

to her. Her money is essentially mine. That bracelet on her wrist?

wrist. Lillian awkwardly tried to hide the bracelet, but it only made her look

living in now, don’t forget that was a gift from Uncle Max to me. I told her to

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