Leo refused to meet his eyes, shrinking further behind his mother. Before he even spoke, he burst into dramatic tears.
"Dad, I... I didn't call her that! She and her brother are lying! They're making it up!"
Luna's eyelashes were wet with tears as she pointed fiercely at him. "You did too! You called me an outcast, and you called my brother an ugly freak! That maid right there can prove it!"
Seeing everyone's eyes suddenly turn to her, Lily panicked, her face pale as she shrunk into herself and shuffled forward.
Jade quickly put on a warm smile and walked over, taking the maid's hand. Her voice was soft, laced with a heavy, unmistakable threat. "Lily, Leo didn't say any of those things, did he? He just wanted to join in and play with them, right?"
"Lily?"
Miles looked at the maid, his eyes practically frozen over.
Lily kept her head down, stammering her response. "Mr. York... I... I was standing on the other side. I couldn't really hear them clearly. I just knew the kids were arguing about something, and by the time I... I walked over, Mrs. York and her friend had already come outside."
Seeing the maid's terrified expression and her refusal to make eye contact, Yara instantly knew Jade had gotten to her.
"You're lying through your teeth! What did Jade bribe you with to make you cover for her brat?"
Quinn suddenly remembered the incident at the slide previously, when Leo had an allergic reaction. It was this exact maid, Lily, who had lied and claimed someone had poisoned the slide.
Her fingers curled into tight fists. She lifted her gaze to the man in front of her. "Miles, the villa has security cameras. Have Jack pull the footage. Let's see exactly who is lying here."
Yara clapped her hands together. "Exactly! Doesn't this place have cameras everywhere? Pull the tape and we'll see who the real liar is."
Miles pinched the bridge of his nose and gave the order. "Jack, pull the security footage."
Jack brought over a tablet and loaded the specific clip.
"Sir, the play castle was a temporary structure, and you requested it to be built higher. The structure blocks part of the camera's view, and we never had anyone readjust the angle. It didn't catch the beginning of the interaction."


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The readers' comments on the novel: She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On
I would have accepted the jerk husband ending up with the heroine if he’s only powerful, intelligent but he’s so powerless and so stupid....
Can you make Ethan be the endgame? That Miles is a total jerk....