Lily's POV:
I had been waiting for Scarlett at the gate of the TV station for quite a while now. I wanted to win her over.
It was not long before I saw her.
While I was walking towards her, I heard footsteps coming behind me. The next second, I screamed in pain as someone yanked my hair.
"Come here! I caught the bitch!" a man, whom I had never met before, said to his accomplice.
"Let go of me! Do you know who I am? Fuck you!" I fired back. I put on a brave face as I struggled to get out of the man's grasp when the truth was, I was terrified.
"You're Lily, right? You're our target!" another man shouted. He then kicked me to the ground. There was nothing else I could do but curl up on the ground and shield my body from his kicks.
"Come on! Beat her!" Three strong men surrounded me. Then, they punched and kicked me while I lay helpless on the ground.
"Help!" I cried out at the top of my lungs, but nobody seemed to hear me.
A few moments later, the men finally stopped beating me and fled the scene.
My body was sore and aching from being beaten to a pulp. I curled up on the ground, unable to move. Just as I abandoned hope, I saw Scarlett making her way towards me.
"Scarlett, help me..." I implored.
Thankfully, her female bodyguard helped me up. "Scarlett, please help me. Rita is against me. She's our common enemy. We should work together to bring her down." I was like a frog in the mud, humbly begging for the attention of a swan.
However, Scarlett heartlessly rejected my proposal. "Lily, the conflict between you and Rita has nothing to do with me. I'm not interested in your private affairs," she coldly replied.
"What? Are you serious? Rita has been scheming against you. Wouldn't it be great if we cooperate and bring her down together?"
Scarlett reacted as if she had not heard my words. "Have you called anyone? If not, I'll call an ambulance for you."
Since she did not want to cooperate with me, the least I could do was not act like a coward in front of her.
"I'm alright. My driver is waiting for me in the car." I gathered my strength and pushed her bodyguard away. As if nothing had happened, I started walking towards the parking lot.
I did not want to give up, but my body was in excruciating pain. My bruises and wounds felt like they were screaming at me, saying that I had to go to the hospital as soon as possible.
My driver sent me to the nearest hospital.
I lay weakly on the bed after the doctor finished treating my wounds.
All of a sudden, the door opened. My eyes fluttered open as a familiar voice rang in my ears.
"Lily."
Rita walked towards me with a look of contempt in her eyes. "It seems that you haven't learned your lesson. You even went to Scarlett to ask her to join hands to go against me. Come to think of it. Why would she help you?"
"It was you, who sent someone to beat me, wasn't it?" I asked, my voice trembling in anger. "Isn't it obvious? It's your fault. You're a slut. You use men to get what you want. Sorry to say, but you barked up the wrong tree. You may have fooled my father, but you can't fool me. If I don't teach you a lesson, how can you know your place?" Rita asked with a disdainful smile.
"So, you forged the paternity test report? You did it because you want Nate to leave me, didn't you?"
Rita chuckled. Slowly, she bent over and slapped me on the cheek provocatively. "Wow. I didn't know you were smart enough to figure that out. You know what I really want? I wanted to kill your child. The Lively family only needs one heir. And I, Rita Lively, am the only one."
Tears welled up in my eyes.
This crazy woman!
While Rita was having a monologue, a man strode over and slapped her across the face so hard that she fell to the floor.
Rita screamed in pain.
"Why do I have such a vicious daughter as you? You make me sick!" Nate shouted angrily.
Unable to take it any longer, I burst into tears. "Nate, she killed our child!"
Nate rushed to my aid and held me in his arms.
"I'm sorry, Lily. Rita deceived me. I had never expected she would do such a thing!"
I buried my head in his arms. I might look weak, but I was not stupid. I had known all along that Rita was evil, and so was Nate.
The Lively family were devils in disguise.
I suppressed my hatred and looked up at Nate with pitiful eyes. "Nate, why do I feel that we're not destined to be together in this life? Don't worry. In the afterlife, I'll beg God to let me give birth to your child."
Nate touched my face lovingly and then turned to look at Rita. "Rita, since you can't accept a new member of the family, from now on, the Lively family no longer has a place for you. I'll hold a press conference and announce that I have cut all ties with you!"
Rita grabbed a chair to support herself. Her face was red and swollen, and her lips were stained with blood.
Nate was ruthless to her, just like what he did to me the other day.
How ironic. I could not help but scoff at his hypocrisy.
"Dad, are you out of your mind? Have you gone crazy?!" Rita shouted in astonishment.
"No. It's you who are out of your mind. How dare you hurt Lily and our child?!"
Rita strode forward and held Nate's hand. "I'm the daughter you've raised for so many years! This woman is just one of your lovers. Are you sure you want to cut ties with me for her? She has lost the baby, and that is a fact. Besides, have you forgotten about the situation of the Lively Group? Only I can help you manage the company!" I could sense that Nate was getting a bit hesitant, so I held his hand and looked at him with the most pitiful eyes I could muster. "Nate, you don't have to do this for me. She's your daughter. I forgive her. I know that I'm not as important as she is in your life. But know that I love you. I'll try with all my best to give birth to your child in the future."
Of course, I was only putting on an act. I knew very well that a man could never refuse a weak and helpless woman who loved him wholeheartedly.
Sure enough, Nate held me in his arms again. "Lily, you're too kind. You don't deserve this."
All of a sudden, my throat felt itchy.
I coughed, and there was a taste of blood in my mouth. I looked down at my palm and found that I had coughed up blood.
My eyes widened in terror.
"Lily!"
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