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    “I didn’t steal anything!”

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    Marilyn snapped the moment Lily used her in front of everyone, her voice shrill with panic.

    She screamed, “Lily, what have I ever done to you? Why must you target me and nder me? And yes, you hit me–you beat me like this! Instead of apologizing, you throw filth on my name. You’ve gone too far!”

    “I hit you because you deserved it.”

    Lily knew some people only admitted guilt when forced to the edge.

    Seeing Marilyn’s shamelessness, she wasted no more words. She unlocked her phone, pressed y, and a recording filled the air.

    The venomous voice was unmistakably Marilyn’s.

    “Lily, James already divorced youi, /iyet you still cling to him. Shameless! The only reason he keeps you is because of the child in your belly. You’re such a whore, willing to do anything disgusting, messing around with so many men, used up by all of them. You probably don’t even know who the father is! Carrying a bastard child, shoving it onto James, forcing him to marry you–shameless!”

    The recording cut off, but the damage was done. The Luke family’s expressions turned stone–cold.

    Grace sneered. “With a mouth that foul, no wonder you were pped.”

    Ivan’s face darkened. “Marilyn, you really don’t know shame. You call my sister–in-w shameless? A few days ago you deliberately threw yourself onto James, and now you cling to Victor. Tell me, who’s the shameless one here?”

    Marilyn’s face drained of color.

    She had done it–sat on James’sp when he was unguarded.

    But only James, Lily, and Zhao Shuo had known. How could Ivan know? And how could he dare rip away her cover in front of all the elders?

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    It had to be Lily–Lily must have told him! That venomous, conniving woman! She would never forgive her for this humiliation.

    “I didn’t…”

    Marilyn’s eyes brimmed with tears as she clung to Victor’s arm, voice soft and pitiful. “Victor, I saved your life, I gave you my purest self. Now they’re all bullying me–you have to protect me…”

    Victor’s brow furrowed. He yanked her hand off in disgust.

    Even now, he couldn’t stomach her touch.

    And to think, before all this, she had even tried to throw herself at his elder brother. The thought alone made his skin crawl.

    Last night, how had he lost control again and again for such a loathsome woman?

    It was shameful. Base.

    “Marilyn, this time you were wrong.”

    Her tear–streaked face only made his revulsion worse.

    He steadied his breath before speaking again. “Return everything you stole from Lily and apologize to her.”

    Marilyn staggered back, nearly copsing.

    He had already promised to take responsibility for her, to marry her. Yet here he was, forcing her to bow to that woman,

    No–she couldn’t ept it.

    She sniffled, her voice cracking. “I didn’t steal! Why are you all helping Lily smear me? I only took a few things from the house. What did I do wrong?”

    Only a few things…

    Grace and Nancy exchanged nces, both seeing the same disdain reflected in the other’s eyes.

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    They had both gifted Lily jewelry, clothing, handbags. But once given, even they wouldn’t dare touch them again.

    For Marilyn to sneak into Lily’s room, rummage through her belongings, and help herself–it was inexcusable.

    “You call it just a few things?”

    Lily’s eyes narrowed, her voice edged with steel. “Half my closet has been stripped, my jewelry cab nearly emptied. And you call that a few things?”

    Her voice cut like a whip. “Marilyn, I advise you to return everything you took. My jewelry room is under surveince. If you insist on iming what you stole, I won’t hesitate to call the police. Let them settle it.”

    In truth, Lily wanted to go straight to the authorities.

    But Marilyn was the woman Victor had chosen. For the family’s sake, Lily held back–for now.

    Still, she would keep every shred of evidence.