Chapter 184 Had She Been Set Up All Along?


    Deborah felt ufortable, so she only greeted the wife of Director Zachary, Diana, who she had a


    good rtionship with. Diane reluctantly said a few words to her and then made an excuse to leave.


    Usually when Diane saw her, she would be talking with her non-stop. What was going on? Deborah


    realized that something had gone awry, and so did Steven. On the way back, he asked her, "Aren''t you


    quite close to Mrs. Zachary? Why is she ignoring you? "


    Deborah didn''t know, "I don''t know why either. Maybe she''s going through menopause."


    Steven just snorted, "What menopause? You must have offended her. Didn''t I tell you that you should


    pay as much attention as possible when you''re dealing with these people? Director Zachary will be


    promoted soon. We can''t afford to offend him."


    Deborah felt upset after being nagged by Steven, but she did not dare to refute him. She returned


    home in a fit of anger, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn''t figure out the reason


    everyone had ignored her.


    Over the next few days, the more Margaret thought about her situation at home, the more unsettled


    she felt. In the past few years, had she been living in a bed of lies? To be honest, she did not have a


    good impression of Lily in the beginning. It was her good friend, Marie who had repeatedly praised Lily


    and said that she was beautiful and gentle. As a result, she began to like Lily.


    Although she liked Lily, she had not nned on matchmaking her with her son, not until Edric met


    Irene.


    The ideal daughter-inw in Margaret''s eyes not only needed to be beautiful, but she had toe from


    a good background as well. Irene did note from a good background, so she instinctively disliked


    her. However, her son did not listen to her and treated Irene like she was his entire world.


    She had been unhappy so she had gone to talk to Marie. Naturally, Marie had agreed with her and told


    her that Irene wasn''t even worthy of being Lily''s maid. She told Margaret that rather than marrying


    someone with no background or identity, Edric would be better off marrying a politician''s daughter. That


    would be better for his career too.


    Margaret thought about it and agreed. She could tell that Lily''s feelings for her son were sincere. So, in


    order to make Irene back down, Margaret chose to stick closely to Lily.


    As they got close to each other, she started to feel that Lily really was a good person. Lily knew her


    preferences well and everything she said made her happy. With such an understanding daughter-inw


    by her side, her life would definitely be well.


    After Edric and Irene got married, she still felt ufortable in her heart, and still could not bring


    herself to like Irene. No matter how nicely Irene treated her, she felt the same. Meanwhile, Lily clearly


    knew that Edric was married but she still came to see her every now and then. She imed she was


    visiting to keep herpany and make her happy.


    She used to believe Lily firmly, but now, after hearing all this bad news about Lily, she suddenly felt like


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    she had been cheated. Had Lily been ying tricks on her all these years?


    Lily must have been trying to gain something from this. Thinking about how Deborah had shamelessly


    seduced her best friend''s husband to gain such a position, Margaret began to suspect that Lily had


    been nning something from the start just like her mother.


    This idea made Margaret very ufortable. When she thought about how brazen Lily had been


    about wanting to get pregnant with Edric''s child, Margaret became more and more suspicious, and


    thought, "Had it been a plot all along?"


    Being set up by someone was no simple matter. Margaret felt extremely unsettled, so she called Marie


    to discuss about it. When they met, she asked, "Marie, have you heard of any gossip about Lily


    recently?"


    It was an odd question to ask, and Marie could tell something was wrong. However, she couldn''t read


    Margaret''s thoughts, so she asked with a smile, "Why would you ask this all of a sudden? What


    happened?"


    "Recently, I''ve heard some negativements about her. So I wanted to ask you about them,"


    Margaret told Marie about what Amanda said about Lily, "I don''t feel good about it. My leg has been


    bad, so I haven''t been out. I don''t know what''s going on outside, so I called you here to ask you."


    "I didn''t hear anything of the sort," Marie was surprised when she heard that. She tried to persuade her,


    "Isn''t Amanda rivals with Deborah? Maybe she deliberately ndered Lily because she hates Deborah.


    I don''t think her words are trustworthy."


    "Amanda and Deborah have been rivals for a long time. If she was doing this out of resentment, why


    didn''t she nder Lily earlier on? Why did she have to wait until now to talk about this?" Margaret had


    no clue of course that the woman in front of her whom she regarded as a friend had actually yed a


    role in the matter. She also thought that Marie had been deceived by Lily like herself, so she showed


    the video to Marie, "Before Amanda told me all of this, I had also received this. Take a look."


    Marie was shocked to see the video. Who on earth wanted to mess with Lily? She was surprised, but


    she didn''t show it on her face. She just tried her best to persuade Margaret to dispel her doubts.


    "Wasn''t Lily in a bad mood because of Irene? The doctor said that she seemed to have been


    traumatised. Deborah also said that Lily has not been her usual selftely. She seemed to be a little


    manic and often lost her temper. When she was questioned after returning to normal, her answers were


    a little delusional. It was probably because she doesn''t have control over her hallucinations."


    "Hallucinations and panic? Aren''t those symptoms of mental illness?" Margaret was anxious, "Is Lily


    mentally ill? If that''s the case, will her children be abnormal as well?"


    "She is not mentally ill," Marieforted, "She only reacts like so when she is triggered. Think about it,


    she has been spoiled since she was a child. Her parents have treated her like a princess. How could


    she ept the reality of being beaten by Irene? She will be fine after a while."


    Speaking of Lily, Margaret thought of Irene. If it weren''t for Deborah''s shameless interference, Irene


    would be the apple of Steven''s eyes. If Irene truly was Steven''s only daughter, she herself would not


    object to Irene dating Edric, and none of this would have happened.


    Thinking of this, she snorted, "What princess? The thought of it angers me. Before this, I only knew that


    Deborah was a mistress, but I didn''t know that what she had done was even more disgusting than


    that."


    "What do you mean?" Marie had a bad feeling. What did Amanda say to Margaret?


    "Let me tell you, Deborah is not only a mistress, she''s a thousand times worse. She snatched her best


    friend''s husband away. If I had known that Deborah was such a disgusting person, I would never have


    let Lily have anything to do with Edric," Margaret was angry.


    "You can''t judge a book by its cover. People can change. What''s more, Lily is Lily, and Deborah is


    Deborah. They are different people," Marie was starting to get a little anxious, but she had to try her


    best to persuade her with a smile.


    "It''s not like that. I used to have no impression of Lily until I heard you say that she''s a good person, so


    I also started to think she was good. Now thinking about it carefully, it''s so odd. She knew that Edric


    was married, yet she came everyday to please me. Do you think she wants to be a mistress like her


    shameless mother?"


    "No! You''re thinking too much."


    "I also hope that I''m overthinking, but now I can''t help but think that way," Margaret had been keeping


    all of this in her heart for so long. She naturally regarded Marie as her best friend, so she told her all


    her worries, "At that time, she clearly knew that Irene was her sister, but she pretended to not know her


    when she came to my house and deliberately found a chance to get close to Edric. It''s clear that her


    motives aren''t as simple as they seem."


    "Was she not doing all that for Irene''s good? You''re really thinking too much. Think about it. With


    Steven''s status, Lily has no need to be a mistress. Many rich families are dying to marry her into


    the family."


    "What you said makes sense, but I still feel that something is off. I invited you out here today not just to


    tell you all this, I was also hoping you''d help me take note of this and see if these rumors were true."


    After Marie left the Myers family''s home, she immediately called Deborah and told her everything


    Margaret had said. Deborah was very surprised to hear all of this, "Didn''t we do all of those things in


    secret? How did word get out?"


    "I don''t know. Think about it carefully, where did we go wrong? We have to find a way to remedy it.


    Margaret has begun to suspect, but her legs are in bad shape so she can''t go out to confirm the


    suspicions personally. Once her legs have recovered, we''re doomed."


    "I got it," After hanging up on the call, Deborah''s face suddenly darkened. Lily, who was beside her,


    saw that her mother''s expression was not looking too good so she asked, "Mom, what happened?"


    "Margaret heard some rumours about us from Amanda. She asked Marie to verify them," Deborah


    briefly told her the whole story.


    Lily didn''t know that she had be the object of everyone''s criticisms. She was pregnant now and


    did not have the energy to go to those parties. Every day, she just stayed at home and dreamed about


    her life with her twins.


    Hearing her mother''s words, she was dumbfounded, "What should I do? If even Margaret hates me,


    how do I stand a chance anymore?"


    "You''re pregnant, aren''t you?" Deborahforted her, "Right now we have to focus on finding out who


    had hurt us behind our backs."


    Deborah frowned, "Back then, only a few of us had teamed together to plot against Irene, and only a


    few people knew about you. Marie won''t tell anyone, so that leaves Freya. Could it be her?"


    Hearing her mother''s words, Lily also remembered that Freya had paid her a visit only to be rejected,


    "Mom, it must be that b*tch Freya. She came to mest time but I ignored her. She must be taking


    revenge because she harbors hatred towards me."


    "Why didn''t you tell me about this?" Deborah couldn''t help butin, "If you had told me earlier, we


    wouldn''t have reached this point."


    "At that time, I was afraid that her presence would upset Edric. I had cut her off after that incident with


    Irene. If I had rekindled the rtionship with her then, Edric would definitely have gotten suspicious. So


    I rejected her when she came to me."


    "You''re too soft. Like they say, if you don''t train your dog well, it''ll turn into a wolf. Even if you don''t want


    to have anything to do with her, you have to take control over her," Deborahined.


    "Mom, now is not the time to be ming me. Make that b*tch disappear as soon as possible, or she will


    stop at nothing to hurt me."


    "I know. Let me think about how to send this b*tch away."