She Made a Comeback as a Renowned Doctor

Chapter 749: Chapter 749: Why not let her go, and also let yourself go?

Lily Armstrong shook her head with a smile, "Aunt, you’re confused. Bringing it out in such a situation would just tell everyone that we set up Aria, wouldn’t it?"

Natalie Rogers suddenly realized and nodded, agreeing that Lily made sense.

That occasion was not suitable for revealing it.

Lily looked at her phone, "Moreover, the video here hasn’t been edited, nothing actually happened between them, so even if we show the video, the impact won’t be significant. But don’t worry, Aunt. A little editing will do the trick. Even if nothing happened, we can still make others mistakenly think something did. We’ll make them pay for this outrage, and when we hit back with this video, they won’t know what hit them."

Natalie chuckled with satisfaction, finally releasing some of the pent-up frustration. "You really think things through."

As the two of them exchanged sly smiles, Alexander Knox wheeled the visibly upset Old Lady Mrs. Knox into the room.

Natalie felt her heart skip a beat.

Why did the old lady come?

She glanced at Lily, who quickly hid her phone with practiced efficiency.

To avoid being obvious, Natalie stood up, shielding Lily, and approached the old lady, her eyes darting cunningly as she asked, "Mom, what brings you here?"

The old lady looked angrily at her, lifting her head, "If I hadn’t come, were you planning on causing chaos the entire night?"

Natalie’s face twitched, ignoring the redness and swelling on her face, she forced a smile, "Mom, what are you saying? We’ve been very well-behaved. How could we cause any trouble?"

"Well-behaved?" The old lady snorted, glaring at Natalie, her voice stern, "The most trouble-making one is you! Now tell me, how did you plan to frame Aria tonight?"

Natalie’s face turned a shade paler.

How did the old lady find out about this?

She felt a little panicked, but admitting to it was absolutely out of the question.

After all, there wasn’t any evidence to prove it was them.

Natalie spoke, "What plan to frame her? We didn’t do anything."

"Didn’t do anything? Then why did Miac Richardson call me, asking me to stand up for Aria? You plotted against their daughter, do you think they’d let it slide?"

Natalie was momentarily speechless, then quickly added, "Mom, we’ve been wronged. I invited her to dine at our home, invited her to attend the banquet. I was wholeheartedly trying to befriend her as my future daughter-in-law, how could I have plotted against her?

Moreover, just look, look at my face, and look at Lily’s face. It’s all because of her beating. You tell me, is there any justice in that?

Also, don’t be fooled by her. Let me tell you, she did something wrong on her own and came to complain here first."

Seeing that she still wouldn’t admit it, the old lady snorted with laughter twice, annoyed.

"Aria doesn’t have such devious thoughts, constantly scheming. Normally, I don’t say anything because you’re my daughter-in-law, and I give you face. But you really think this old woman doesn’t know anything, and just let you bluff your way?"

She knew Natalie’s character, and she knew Aria’s too; only Natalie could do such things.

Seeing the old lady’s disbelief, Natalie tried hard to distance herself, pulling Alexander over to explain, "Mom, you can’t say it like that. Alexander was there too, you can ask him."

The old lady’s eyebrows didn’t move, her voice was low, "Alexander, you tell me."

Alexander Knox hadn’t looked pleased since he came in.

He had figured out that the two women couldn’t escape blame. noveldrama

But deep down, he still couldn’t get over the thought of Aria and Wyatt being in the same room, feeling like something happened between them.

He was resentful towards Natalie and Lily for disregarding his reputation and plotting against Aria. But his anger about Aria betraying him to be with Wyatt was even greater.

Alexander spoke, "They couldn’t avoid being involved, but Aria and Wyatt are not exactly innocent either."

"This..." Natalie wanted to say something but closed her mouth when she met Alexander’s icy warning look.

"Aria is not that kind of person, don’t let your imagination run wild." After speaking to Alexander, the old lady looked at Natalie with calm eyes, "I can’t control Lily, but you need to go apologize to the Richardson Family for me."

Natalie’s eyes widened, "Why should I apologize to her? What about my injuries?"

Alexander also said, "Apologizing is unnecessary. They’ve already been punished, Grandma. I’ll go to the Richardson Family myself and explain."

They were in the wrong, but Aria wasn’t exactly blameless either. She couldn’t accept an apology.

Alexander was thinking, if not for considerations of face, that woman would probably seize this opportunity to call off the engagement altogether.

Alexander’s expression turned even darker.

The old lady raised her head, noticing Alexander’s cold expression, she slightly frowned.

After a sigh, the old lady said, "Alexander, if Aria truly doesn’t want to continue this relationship, why don’t you let her go? And let yourself go too."

Seeing the current situation between Alexander and Aria, the old lady was really worried.

"Yes, Alexander, your grandma is right. Quickly call off the engagement, and we can quickly get back the betrothal gift." Natalie wholeheartedly agreed with the old lady this time, hurriedly pulling Lily from behind her, "Look at Lily, she’s ten thousand times better than that woman."

Lily blinked her eyes bashfully and looked at Alexander with anticipation.

Who knew, before Alexander could speak, the old lady waved her hand, "Alright, alright, no more talking, Alexander, take me back."

The old lady thought privately, neither is any good, they’re birds of a feather.

Having her as a daughter-in-law was already unfortunate enough; if she had an even more scheming granddaughter-in-law, she wouldn’t want to live anymore!

The whole Knox Family would turn into a palace drama of intrigue and deceit.

Seeing the old lady wasn’t interested in talking about herself, Lily bit her lip tightly, looking at Natalie with grievance.

Natalie rolled her eyes twice behind the old lady, taking Lily’s hand, "Don’t worry, I only acknowledge you as my daughter-in-law."

Lily’s expression was full of grievance, and she nodded repeatedly.

Natalie looked at Lily and added, "But Lily, can you ensure everything is foolproof this time? I’ve burned all bridges, and now I’m counting on you."

Seeing Natalie’s serious face, Lily also nodded solemnly, "Don’t worry, Aunt. There’s no way we’ll fail this time. But it seems Alexander has figured out it was us; I’m afraid of his blame regarding the video."

"What are you afraid of? He can’t pin it on you. Just go ahead, I’ll protect you if anything goes wrong."

Lily clutched Natalie’s arm gratefully, her determination steeled even more.

After a tumultuous night, the guests gradually left. Although everyone gave face and didn’t mention it at the time, behind the scenes, it would be enough for people to gossip for a while.

The next day.

Away from the outside commotion, Hope Williams had been living comfortably and fulfillingly these past few days. In the morning, she studied traditional Chinese medicine with Old Ortiz, who practically wanted to impart all his knowledge to her. Hope had a strong ability to learn and had prior exposure, so she was progressing quickly.

At noon, Old Ortiz treated Hope, serving a daily bowl of an eye-wateringly bitter herbal concoction. Even seeing it, Hope resisted.

With Wyatt handling some of the work at the company, Waylon Lewis had a bit more free time. Worried that Hope would miss Luke, Willow, and the Baby too much, he made a point of bringing all three little ones over bright and early.