Chapter 45 – Staged
However, a large number of the guests were smart enough to guess something was off.
“Maybe there is more to it than meets the eye. We should wait and see things through before judging anyone.”
“President Smith may be ruthless in business but he is not so cold-blooded.”
“President Smith is smart enough to know that if Vivian Stone is truly the victim here, it will negatively affect him and L&L Designs. His silence means things are yet to unfold.”
“Mrs. Liliana is definitely a kind person. L&L Design has been sponsoring 100 underprivileged students in Design major, and 100 in other fields. She loudly proclaimed Vivian is her rival. She does not seem like someone who would do something sneaky.”
“Judging by things, it looks like they are waiting for the police. Maybe Vivian Stone staged all of this.”
“That’s very likely as she had created quite a farce at the Welcome banquet as well.”
The chatter continued as Liliana looked at Jonathan and whispered.
“Are you getting this?”
Jonathan nodded. He had guessed the reason she had asked him to call the police quietly and not take any action.
He was now sure she had used this incident to sort between good and bad partners.
With that, he also realized that she was already aware that this was going to happen, but she let it anyway.
He wanted to ask a ton of questions but refrained from it.
His musings were interrupted by Lydia.
Lydia had been drawn in by the commotion. She had been staying away from the crowd as Lester and Rose had repeatedly told her to be discreet and not get on Jonathan’s bad side.Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.
But she could not let this opportunity pass, “You are such a bitch. Trying to act all high and mighty while retorting to such cheap tricks to seduce a rich man.”
Jessica, who had formed an acquaintance with Liliana during the Welcome banquet stepped in.
“Miss please mind your language, you can’t say anything at will without proof.” She had wanted to mind her own business since it was clear both Liliana and Jonathan were up to something.
But she could not remain quiet when Liliana was accused of seducing Jonathan Smith. As someone who had faced such criticisms throughout her career, she was quite sensitive to how even baseless rumors can affect a woman’s life.
Lydia looked at her and screamed, “You probably are a slut just like her.”
Jessica wanted to rebut her but she saw Liliana signaling her to be quiet. She just looked at Lydia coldly saying, “There is no use arguing with an uncultured person.”
Lydia just sneered at her and strode towards Liliana as she started screaming.
“You stole Miss Stone’s man, humiliated her publicly, and now you are trying to kill her. How can you be so vicious?” She started to yell looking at Vivian and trying to get to her and help her as a kind person.
Liliana kept mum.
Jonathan wanted to stop Lydia from spewing nonsense, but Liliana held his hand and gave him a wink.