Chapter 522 The Family’s Stand

    Chapter 522 The Family’s Stand

    James never doubted Lily.

    He had been with her intimately too many times not to know the truth. There was no way he could mistake the woman in the video for her.

    For instance—the woman in the video had a mole on her chest, the size of a soybean, and another in a hidden ce.

    Lily had no such marks.

    And that was only one difference…

    He didn’t waste time exining to Ivan. Rising quickly, he dialed Ashton’s number, issuing instructions even as he strode swiftly toward the stage.

    The memory of thest time Lily had nearly been shoved off a high tform at the theater still haunted. him. This time, he would not–could not–allow anyone the chance to hurt her again.

    “Lily is disgusting!”

    The video had shocked Lily’s fans. It hurt them, but most of them stayed calm.

    After all, so many times before, usations against her had turned out to be deliberate traps.

    Yes, the images carried a heavy impact. But they truly loved her, and they weren’t ready to condemn her without hearing what she had to say.

    The loudest curses and insults came not from real fans, but from the paid trolls Elsa had nted in the crowd.

    They all knew about Lily and James. They wouldn’t dare offend the Luke family directly.

    But in their minds, if Lily had really done something so shameless, the Luke family would surely discard her. James would throw her away like trash.

    So they let loose their filthiest words, thinking they were helping the Lukes vent their anger. Safe from retaliation, they hurled venom with abandon.

    “Lily must be disgusting! That sleazy man can’t be her only lover. She’s probably cheated on Mr. James plenty of times!”

    “Ugh, I’ve never seen a woman dirtier, cheaper, or trashier! Even if she worked the streets, the clients would turn her down!”

    “With how loose she is, she must be crawling with disease. Mr. James needs to kick this filth away before she infects him!”

    “Lily is a whore! Whores should die! Let her whole family die!”

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    Hearing the vitriol rain down, Elsa’s lips curved upward beneath her mask.

    She had suffered humiliation abroad, tormented mercilessly by Hudson.

    Just days ago, John had even witnessed her at her lowest.

    Why should she suffer, while Lily stayed untouched, pure?

    No–Lily must be dragged lower than her, dirtier, fouler, until the very thought of her stank.

    Today would be the day John, Simon, James–all of them–turned against Lily with revulsion.

    Marilyn and Elsa were seated two ces apart.

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    Their eyes met. Marilyn gave her a subtle nod and then made her way toward the front, where the Bale and Luke families sat.

    She knew families like the Lukes valued reputation above all.

    With such filthid bare, they would surely cast Lily out like trash.

    And Marilyn would make sure to fan the mes, until both families despised Lily enough to crush herpletely, leaving her ruined for life.

    Lily had dared call her a thief? Then no matter how miserable Lily’s end, she would deserve it.

    “Grandpa, Grandma, Grandfather, Grandmother…”

    Reaching the first row, Marilyn greeted each of them sweetly before turning the knife.

    “The woman in the video–it’s Lily! James treated her so well, how could she betray him like this? She’s gone too far… I can’t stop thinking about how happy James was, waiting for his child to be born, and yet the baby in her belly belongs to another man. It breaks my heart, I…”

    “Shut up!”

    Victor’s eyes were sharp as–ice. “Lily is not that kind of person!”

    Marilyn froze.

    What?

    The video was crystal clear. The evidencey in front of them. Shouldn’t the Luke family be condemning Lily, branding her shameless, filthy, and vile?

    Had Victor gone mad? Why would he defend her?

    “Marilyn, has your brain been eaten by a dog?”

    Before she could recover, Ivan’s voice cut through,eed with anger and disgust.

    “If the woman in that video were truly Lily, and if the one who released it really wanted to destroy her reputation, why not show her full face? Wouldn’t that make it more convincing? The fact that they only dared show a profile proves something–her real face doesn’t look enough like Lily! That’s the only

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    Chapter 522 The Family’s Stand

    exnation!”

    Marilyn’s eyes widened like a startled goldfish.

    Elsa’s father had indeed found several women recently.

    The woman in the video–Jennie–was the one who most resembled Lily.

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    And “resembled” was generous. From the side, maybe five or six points of simrity. From the front, no more than two or three.

    They had hired a makeup artist skilled in imitation, painted Jennie’s face, filmed her profile, and yed with lighting. Only then had they managed something that could pass at a nce.

    But she never imagined Ivan would piece that together so quickly.

    Was he some kind of worm living inside their stomachs, knowing everything they did?

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