Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 149

Madeline grabbed a handful of her hair. Liliana screamed so loud she nearly passed out, just as Madeline delivered a brutal slap across her face.

The hit was incredibly forceful.

Liliana's cheek swelled up instantly.

Liliana was stunned. She couldn't believe how agonizing the pain was.

Terror seized her. "Madeline, I'm sorry... Please don't..."

Before she could finish, another vicious slap landed.

"Ah!" Liliana wailed in misery. "How could you..."

Madeline sneered.

"I'm hitting you because you deserve it!"

"I've put up with you for far too long!"

"Let me tell you exactly why I have the right to put you in your place. I am Madeline Monroe. I am Lucius's lawful wife and the matriarch of the Whitman family! Are those enough reasons for you? And what are you? You're nothing but a homewrecker, and you have the audacity to run your mouth in front of me? You must have a death wish!"

...

Trembling all over, Liliana wept uncontrollably from the pain.

One resounding slap after another left her face terribly swollen.

A full ten strikes landed as she screamed and wailed in agony.

She had never been punished like this in her life.

Finally, the barrage ended.

She was still shrieking, though her cries had dissolved into an unintelligible babble of Lucius's name. Her face was completely numb.

The overlapping, angry red handprints on her skin were shocking to look at.

Sobbing, she wondered where the hell Lucius was.

Liliana's mouth trembled in shock. "Lucius, are you really just going to let her bully me? Lucius, this isn't fair! Madeline broke my legs! I finally spent millions getting them fixed, and I genuinely wanted to apologize for Leo's actions. But she attacked me out of nowhere for no reason! Lucius, do you really not care about me anymore?"

After being apart for so long, Lucius had practically forgotten about Liliana. His every waking thought had been consumed by finding Madeline.

In that instant, he suddenly remembered he had promised to cover Liliana's medical bills—a promise he had entirely neglected.

However, he genuinely didn't want to get involved now. For one, a crowd was starting to gather outside the restroom. For another, he refused to hurt Madeline any further.

Lucius stared down at Liliana. Although Madeline's injury occurred three months ago, making it nearly impossible to uncover the absolute truth now.

He did recognize one undeniable fact: if Liliana hadn't caused a scene at Arthur's birthday banquet, Arthur would never have forced Madeline to sign away her parental rights to Leo. Without that sequence of events, none of this would have happened.

By that logic, Liliana bore a significant share of the blame for Madeline's paralysis.

Furthermore, Lucius recalled that Madeline had been utterly despondent at the time, focused solely on her surgery. She had no real motive to deliberately harm Liliana.

Therefore, running into Liliana now, it was highly likely that Liliana had provoked her, prompting Madeline's retaliation.