Lily looked around, taking in the circle of onlookers.
When she saw that everyone was watching with a look of anticipation for the drama, and not a single person intended to speak up for her, her heart sank.
Noticing Lily, the main party involved, looking at them, a hint of disdain flashed in the eyes of the surrounding crowd.
"What are you looking at us for, Miss Lily? Surely you don't want to kneel and apologize to Miss Harriet, do you? After all, it was you who proposed the bet. Tsk tsk, you can't afford to lose, right?"
"Losing isn’t an option for the lady of the Lynch family, is it? I think Miss Lily believes that Miss Harriet actually cheated and is still deluded into thinking she did nothing wrong. How shameless she is!"
Listening to the sarcastic comments from the crowd, Lily felt like crying.
She bit her lower lip tightly, her hands clenched into fists, looking pitiful enough to evoke sympathy.
But no one present felt any compassion for her.
Lily was about to make another excuse to clear her name.
But Delbert seemed to see right through Lily's thoughts.
His icy gaze, with a hint of threat, slowly shifted towards Lily.
When Delbert saw that Lily still hadn't knelt to apologize to Harriet, his cold voice came from not too far away.
"Kneel and apologize or die, Lily, you choose!"
Delbert's deep, beautiful eyes seemed to tell Lily that he wouldn’t show mercy because of her brother's past friendship with him if she didn’t apologize to Harriet.
Remembering her brother's mention of Delbert's ruthless reputation in the business world, Lily was scared out of her wits.
Delbert's overpowering presence kept assaulting her, almost suffocating her.
Unable to bear the pressure, Lily decisively knelt down and through gritted teeth eked out a few words.
"I'm sorry, Miss Harriet. I was wrong."
But even though she had knelt down to apologize, she was still very unwilling.
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Where is the first of the guardians children’s books I can’t find it. Is it not done yet? I’m so invested in the whole saga I’m loving it and am itching for more!...
We missed the chapter we've been waiting for for so long! Dang it! 😞...
144 is from another book and now we miss out on everything once they realized they were mates!...
110 was uploaded twice...
You said in other chapters Cara smells like vinallia and lavender and now are saying she smells like vinallia and honey. Didn't know of that was on purpose or a mistake....