Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 338

"Wh-What exactly are you trying to do?"

"Don't rush. Take a good sniff of this aromatherapy. It's a special gift just for you. Since you're so desperate for men and refuse to leave Lucius alone, I've brought the most promiscuous wealthy heirs in the city to give you a damn good time tonight. Who knows? By morning, your maternal instincts might kick in again, and you'll want to have babies for every man in town."

"Liliana, you're sick!"

"Don't you own a mirror? Why don't you take a good look at yourself? What are you? Trash from the slums. How dare you seduce my husband and cling to Lucius? You're not just shameless, you're a slut. And tonight, I'm going to let you be as slutty as you want."

"I've already divorced him, and you're marrying him soon. Why won't you just let me go?"

"Because you look like a homewrecking whore, always trying to tempt him! I have to find a way to make him absolutely disgusted by you!"

Madeline's voice: "You manipulated Leo Whitman into paralyzing my legs. I only just recovered. Wasn't that enough? Why do you have to be so malicious?"

"So what if I manipulated him? Does Lucius believe you? He only believes me. I'll let you in on a little secret: my leg was injured by a mugger. But I told him you did it out of revenge, and Lucius believed every word. How does that feel? Being misunderstood must have felt hopeless, right? But trust me, it won't compare to the despair you're going to feel tonight. After tonight, you'll be nothing but filthy mud, a ride for anyone to mount, trampled by everyone."

...

The Digital Recorder instantly laid bare the ugly truth.

The only reason she had dared to bring the cops tonight was her absolute certainty that Madeline didn't have the digital recorder. Back when Grant Lansbury had cornered Madeline and was about to force acid down her throat, she would have surrendered the recording to save herself if she had it. Along the way, Madeline had claimed it was in a hospital locker. Although Sheri Yates had checked the locker and found nothing, Liliana assumed Madeline either never had it and was stalling, or had lost it.

That was why Liliana took the gamble.

She never anticipated that Quentin would protect Madeline so fiercely that he'd play the evidence for the whole world to hear.

Truthfully, Madeline hadn't expected it either. She had never mentioned the recording to Quentin. She had simply kept the digital recorder in her bag, which Quentin had quietly retrieved from the hospital and returned to her. She hadn't even brought it with her tonight, planning to talk her way out or subtly threaten Liliana into backing down. But Madeline hadn't realized how utterly depraved Liliana was. If Madeline had been arrested, Liliana would have used every dirty trick in the book to destroy her.