After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire novel Chapter 499

Chapter 499 Mary Got Embarrassed

Oscar looked back at Hannah. And so did she. As they looked at each other, Oscar simply shrugged to reply. He could do nothing about it but sit by. Karen's annoying temper must be a consequence of unconditional pampering from her family, Hannah reckoned.
Upon hearing what Karen said, Mary got agitated. As a proud lady, she had never been wronged ever since she was born. So she hurried to explain, "No, that's not what happened. It was Karen who accidentally broke it. I was trying to catch it but it was too late. What she said didn't even happen. I didn't say that!"
"You mean I wronged you? I shouldn't have told them what you said. Sorry, I just… I am so sorry… I just wanna explain… I didn't mean that…" Karen stuttered while looking at Mary.
"Karen, you're lying! You just complained to me that Hannah was mean to you. And you said you even felt much better with me because I was nicer to you. How can you slander me?" with a blushed face filled with anger, Mary hurried to defend herself.
"What did you say?" Karen was surprised with her eyes wide open as if she had never expected Mary to say so.
"Hannah has been nice to me, just the same as my brother. My family loves Hannah. If not, my parents wouldn't have told me to move to live with her before they travelled abroad. Why are you telling everyone else that Hannah was mean to me?" Karen added.
Mary got choked. She was too furious to speak.
Soon, Lorie turned sulky. She seriously reproached Mary, "I thought you had corrected yourself and you had learned your lesson after witnessing what had happened to your father and siblings! I thought you had decided to start over and behave yourself. I never expect that you still love to sow discord! How vicious you are! Mary, you really disappoint me!"
"Grandma, that's not the case!" Mary hurried to grab Lorie's hand and continued, "I didn't do that. I didn't push it. Karen set me up! She fabricated that I spoke ill of Hannah. She's the culprit! I didn't make up the complaint! Grandma, trust me…"
"Get off me!" Lorie pushed her away. She didn't look like she was going to believe Mary's explanation. Perhaps it was because of the bad impression of Mary and little knowledge about Karen, Lorie considered Karen the true victim when noticing her pitiful look. Thus, Mary lost her trust this time.
Tears streamed down Mary's cheeks. But now regaining Lorie's trust was still her priority. She couldn't afford to lose Lorie's backup, with which she needed to climb up to the top.
Greatly panicked, she knelt on the ground to confess, "Grandma, I am so sorry. I swear I will never do it again!" She was left with no choice but to confess.
"Of course you did it! You're so shameless!" Lorie looked angrier. She felt like slapping Mary after her confession.
To bring her here, Lorie had been telling Miguel and Michelle that Mary had changed a lot. For the sake of the family, she would behave herself. However, never had she expected that Mary was still scheming just like before, which greatly disgraced her.
"Grandma, I swear I will never let it happen again. Grandma, please forgive me. I was just jealous when I saw Hannah being so nice to Karen. I want the same from her. I wanna live with all of you like a true family. I am so wrong…" begging and crying, Mary looked pitiful with tears covering her face.
While watching, Hannah didn't find it touching enough to arise her sympathy for Mary. However, never did she expect that Karen, the cunning girl, actually managed to lure Mary into the trap she set.
Meanwhile, as sympathetic as she had been, Michelle hurried to change the subject, "Alright, I think we should check if Karen was hurt. Miguel, call the doctor here."
After all, during these days, at least she had seen how Mary behaved herself.
"Okay." Not until then did Miguel take action.
What a dramatic scene!
Michelle helped to support Karen to walk forward, "Come on, let's go to the living room."
Karen nodded. She always behaved herself when there were outsiders. Of course, Oscar didn't intend to reveal the true side of Karen in front of others.
As they left, only Hannah and Mary were left alone.
Kneeling still on the ground, Mary felt like her eyes were filled with hatred. Lorie would never talk to her, she supposed. But perhaps an honest apology and a few sweet words could offer her another chance a few days later after Lorie got less angry. Whatever, Mary was greatly humiliated. She raised her head and happened to notice Hannah smiling wryly at her.
"I know you mean it! You made Karen set me up!" Mary huffed with madness.
"I am so flattered. I don't think I am capable enough to convince Karen to help me." Hannah replied mockingly.
"What do you mean?" Mary seemed alert.
"I mean don't try to mess up with the girl I couldn't afford to offend."
Mary gritted her teeth with her fists clenching. It was her very first time facing such a heavy blow.
"But well…someone deserves it because it was she who started her plot first. Mary, don't you think so?" Hannah smiled.
Humiliated, Mary struggled to compose herself with her body getting tight. She knew she couldn't afford to fight Hannah face to face. Now she still needed to rely on Hannah to live, let alone fight her.
"Mary, remember, mind your own business. If you listen to me, you still have chance to survive. But if not…you are gonna suffer something worse than death. And I mean it." Hannah suddenly turned serious. After that, she turned around to walk away. But then she suddenly stopped and looked back at Mary, "One more thing. Stay away from Oscar."
Her chilling voice somehow terrified Mary. However, her desire still outweighed the fear brought by Hannah's threat. She believed she had every right to win a man's love just like Hannah did. And she also believed she had every right to win the life just like Hannah had.
She wanted to take away everything from Hannah.