Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 491

Leila smiled. "I understand. I was in exactly the same state when I first entered the sanitarium. It's all a process."

Only after that, every time Leila came for her check-ups, she would first go see Lydia.

Sometimes Leila would pretend to be visiting an acquaintance and then walk into the wrong room.

Seeing Leila holding a bouquet of roses, Lydia was triggered into screaming, "Don't come any closer, don't come any closer..."

With a smile, Leila walked closer and asked in a low voice, "What happened to your face? Didn't you love your face the most? Why are there so many fat worms wriggling on it? It's so ugly."

Lydia broke down, clutching her face and screaming, "Shut up, Leila, you lingering ghost of a bitch, shut your mouth!!!"

"Lydia, you're so ugly now, you've turned into an ugly freak that everyone fears. Tell me, do you think your husband still loves you?"

"Leila, I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of you. I can catch ghosts, I specifically learned how to catch ghosts! By the order of the heavens, disperse!"

Leila simply continued to watch her with a smile, her eyes filled with sorrow. "Lydia, you're truly so pitiful."

"By the order of the heavens, disperse, disperse, disperse!!!!!"

"Why won't you disperse, why? Why? Get the hell out—"

Leila set down the roses, turned, and left the ward.

Those words were the exact same things Lydia used to say to her. Now, she was returning them all in full.

At the sight of the roses, Lydia went crazy once again, throwing the flowers onto the floor and stomping them to pieces.

Roses were Leila's favorite flower, and Lydia's most hated flower.

Sometimes, Leila would find Lydia in the outdoor gardens, watching as Lydia pointed at the ants on the ground and cursed at them, calling them Bennett.

Other times, she would be in the special treatment room, watching Lydia strapped into the electroshock chair. A smile remained on Leila's face throughout.

Every single time, Lydia thought she was seeing a ghost. Her condition fluctuated, growing more severe with each passing day, until she completely descended into full-blown insanity.

Of course, all of that came later.

Back to the present—after Summer and Leila left the sanitarium, they picked up Leo Vance, as well as Leila's dog Lucky, and headed to Harrison Banks' house together.

Under Wesley's treatments and the meticulous care of Harrison's wife, Summer's mentor Harriet Banks, Maeve's health was improving day by day.

Now, she was finally able to come downstairs in her wheelchair.

Maeve, Leila, and Harriet chatted via video call for hours on end, talking about planting vegetables, growing flowers, and all the trivial yet interesting parts of their daily lives.

The three of them had long since become online friends, and today was finally the day they met in person.

Leila knew Harriet loved gardening, so she specifically picked out a potted Phalaenopsis orchid as a gift.

As for Maeve, Leila gifted her a string of Buddhist prayer beads.

It was something she had specifically sought out at a temple after returning to the country.

The three older women hit it off the moment they met. First, they took a stroll around the vegetable garden and picked some vegetables for dinner.

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