Chapter 835
Chapter 835
Callum gazed through the car window at the apartment where Lillian resided.
“What is she doing in there now? Is she ming me for putting her in such an ufortable
situation?” he wondered.
“Mr. White, are you not going to enter?” the driver asked, puzzled.
“No, just park here for a while,” Callum murmured. He remained seated, silently watching the
apartment floor where Lillian was staying through the car window.
“When tomorrowes, I’ll clear Lillian’s name!” hemented silently.
The next day, a news report revealed that Madeline had been involved with a mysterious man for
several years and was that person’s sugar mommy.
Part of the man’s identity was exposed, revealing that he used to work as a nightclub dancer but now
lived in a high-end mansion with a housekeeper to serve him due to his involvement with Madeline.
The reporter imed to have been following Madeline for several years and to have arge collection
of photos documenting her secret meetings with the man.
Naturally, some of them were made public on the inte.
Madeline was photographed with the man in intimate situations, including photos of them passionately
kissing each other.
Furthermore, the reporter also hinted at having even more shocking
content.
When Madeline finally left Callum’s mansion, she was surrounded by reporters and shown the photos.
She realized right away what Callum meant when he asked her to put on an act.
In reality, she was having an affair with that dancer. For those five years, just because she was
pursuing Callum did not mean she had remained ascetic.
She, too, had needs and enjoyed watching other men submit to her like subservient dogs.
Those photographs, however, were taken two to three years ago. Madeline could not believe that a
reporter with such shocking photos
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Most likely, Callum was the one who supplied the reporter with those photos.
In fact, Callum had been secretly plotting all along. Madeline could not help but be struck by his depth
and ruthlessness as she wondered how she had fallen for him in the first ce.
“Ms. Tall, do you have any exnation for these photos?” asked one of the reporters.
“You were intimately involved with this man while you were in a
rtionship with Mr. White. Could you please exin the nature of your rtionship with him? Are you
two-timing?” asked another one.
“Do you have any thoughts on your engagement to Mr. White?”
A series of questions bombarded Madeline, and she was now beginning to understand what Lillian had
gone through in the past.
“Could this be Callum’s way of punishing me for mistreating Lillian?” she wondered.
Nheless, Lillian had Callume to her rescue back then, and Madeline had no one to help her.
Worse, she was forced to put on a show.
Even more shocking news broke the following day. The White family and the Tall family had called off
the engagement.
The cancetion of the marriage of convenience was shocking, but not entirely unexpected. However,
people were surprised by how swiftly it had been finalized.
Later that day, Madeline held a press conference to rify the situation. She exined, “In reality, Mr.
Callum White and I broke up a long time ago. My boyfriend is the man who has been discovered by the
media. However, due to my parents’ objections, I had to approach Mr. White to discuss the possibility of
him pretending to be in a rtionship with me in front of my parents. Mr. White agreed to help me out
because he knew that my boyfriend and I were genuinely in love. I hoped that by keeping up
appearances for a while, my parents might eventually change their minds. All of this trouble has been
caused by my selfishness, which has caused problems for the White family. Without our knowledge, my
parents announced a marriage of convenience between the White family and the Tall family. Mr. White
and I had nned to announce the end of our engagement after some time, but we had no idea it
would lead to the
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current situation. I deeply regret the trouble and inconvenience I have caused Mr. White and Ms. Lillian
Quinn. I would like to rify that Mr. White and I were never engaged and had already broken up.”
Madeline recited her prepared lines in front of the reporters’ shlights and microphones, attempting to
portray herself as a pitiful woman in love.
At that time, the only thing she could do for herself was pretend to be a pitiful woman in love.
Otherwise, she would almost certainly bebeled as a despicable woman.
A reporter asked, “Ms. Tall, will you marry your boyfriend then? How will you deal with it if your parents
remain opposed to your rtionship?”
“O-Of course I am going to marry him. I believe my parents will eventually understand. Even if they
continue to oppose me,
I will not give up.” Madeline pretended to be a strong woman ready to fight for love while secretly
cursing the reporter for asking that question.
“But that man used to work as a nightclub dancer, and he’s been involved in some questionable
activities. Ms. Tall, are you sure you won’t have any reservations about him?” another reporter asked.
Madeline responded with a smile and said, “I love him for who he is, and his past is irrelevant.”
Inwardly, she was scolding, “How can his past be irrelevant? The Tall family’s reputation would be
ruined if I married someone like him. Furthermore, how could a nightclub dancer be a good match for
me? I will undoubtedly be aughingstock in the upper-ss cotérie. But for the time being, I
must say these words in order to escape my current situation.”
Subsequently, the reporters’ questions mainly revolved around Madeline and the nightclub dancer.
Lillian’s predicament appeared to have beenrgely forgotten.
When Lillian saw the press conference online, she was filled with shock and confusion.
She had not expected her exoneration to be delivered in that manner. “Madeline had another boyfriend,
and Callum and Madeline had never nned to marry from the beginning? She even mentioned that
they had broken up early in their rtionship. What on earth is going on?” she pondered.
Lillian felt that the recent events had unfolded in a series of rapidly changing scenes, almost like
watching a cliche TV series on television. Not long ago, there was a lot of talk on the inte about the
White family and the Tall family’s marriage of convenience. However, on this day, the two families
abruptly called off the engagement, and it was discovered that Madeline had another lover.
“Was this what Callum meant when he asked for time and promised to exin himself?” she thought.
Meanwhile, Stephen, Abigail, and Lillian had been following the events online as well.
The rtionship between the White family and the Tall family was what they were most concerned
about at the time. After all, it would determine whether Lillian could ever live a normal life again.
“Does this mean that Lillian is fine now and that people will stop
gossiping and criticizing her?” Abigail asked.