Chapter <b>135</b>


    <b>Chapter </b>135


    “I didn’t! I didn’t! Shannon roared.


    She’d just.. She’d just given Loid some aphrodisiacs. Lily, on the other <b>hand</b>, just got some hallucinogens.


    “<b>No</b>?” Lold stood <b>up </b>and approached her slowly. He looked down on her <b>haughtily</b>. “We found traces of poison in the water you served us at dinner earlier. Would you like to see the report?”


    Shannon stared at him in disbeliet “How can that be? 1 just gave you some hallucinogens. It wasn’t polson!”


    “So you admit that you did try to drug us.” Loid’s voice dropped a <b>few </b>decibels. At that moment, <b>his </b>anger made him look like the devil incarnated.


    Terrified, Shannon scrambled away from him until her raind caught up with her. She scrambled back again and tugged on Loid’s trouser leg.


    “I’m___ I’m sorry. I was wrong. I just love you so much, Loid. I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I wouldn’t ever hurt anyone! Please forgive me. I won’t do it again,”


    She now knew that it wasn’t Lily who had set her up. It was Loid! How could he be so cruel? He would give her away to another man just so that he wouldn’t have to sleep with h


    Was she that undesirable to the point that Loid wanted to ruin her reputation?


    Loid kicked her away expressionlessly. “You don’t deserve my forgiveness.”


    her!


    Susan couldn’t take it anymore. She fell to her knees before Lold. “Lold, <b>it’s </b><b>all </b>my fault. I should have taught her better. I’ll take her ce in any punishment you dole out to her. Please let her go.”


    She pulled Shannon into her arms, shielding her with her body, <b>and </b>continued hurriedly, “I promise I will watch her better from now on. I won’t let her do anything like this again.


    “Your promises mean nothing to me.” Loid had no desire to speak to her.


    He turned to the rest of the Martinez family. “Show’s over, Mrs. Goldberg. Take your granddaughter and leave Stop polluting the air in my house.”


    Julia did not dare to refute him. Utterly hundated, she left with Shannon and the rest of her family. The vi emptied instantly and silence returned.


    Even though Shannon was out of the house now, Lily still wasn’t happy. She nced at cold.


    “It’s time for your medicinal bath. I’ll give you acupuncture


    ton.<b>”</b>


    Then, she turned and went upstairs, Lold watched her leave. His heart ached for her.


    Lily always bottled up her emotions. Earlier, when Susan was defending Shannon, he had seen the change in her expression. She had felt sad.


    She’d never gotten any love from her parents in her childhood. Susan had given all her love to Shannon, leaving Lily with only disdain. How strong did one have to be to suppress all of that hurt?


    Lily was busy over the next few days.


    She had to give Jason his acupuncture treatment and deal with Loid’s poison all while bncing her schoolwork on top of that


    Lately, she’d put aside herziness and was addicted topleting worksheets, even though she’d done all of them several times over


    <b>ss </b>18’s victory in their mid–term exams gave them a boost of confidence Dering lessons, they paid attention closely. They could now understand their lessons better.


    No one fooled around during self–study sessions either. They were allmitted to studying. The stress <b>of </b>the final exams seemed to linger in the air.


    One day, after sses ended, Deniel came to pick Lily up from school to her surprise, However, she did not question Daniel.N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner.


    Even so, Daniel gave her Loid’s schedule unprompted. “Mr. Laurier had to go to Aeston for work. He should be home by 11:00 pm.


    Lily hummed in acknowledgment. “Make sure he doesn’t miss his treatments.”


    Budel nodded. “Mr. Laurier <b>said </b>he’ll be home before