Lila stopped Janet on her way out. She flipped her hair and glared daggers at Janet angrily. "Why did you rat on me?"
"I didn't want to meddle in your affairs, but you're a member of this family. What you do will go on to affect the whole family a great deal," Janet said indifferently. "Eric is a married man now. If the two of you get together, you'll only go on to disgrace the White family's name."
Lila glared at her and it was hard for her not to push her on the shoulder. "Don't act so lofty! You simply hate me because I had stolen what should've been yours for so many years. You still despise me for not telling you the parachute was broken. You simply wanted to get back at me!"
The more she spoke, the louder her voice got. Lila's face also reddened out of anger.
She kept right on pushing Janet back. Janet grabbed hold of Lila's wrist and sneered in utter disbelief. "Since you know you've owed me that much, you should feel guilty about it."
Janet shook off Lila's hand and was turning around to leave. However, she turned her head and reminded Lila in a cold voice again, "Eric won't divorce his wife. Mom and Dad said all those things for your very own good. I hope you will wake up soon. Even if you're not their biological daughter, you can marry a decent man because you're still a White. But if you keep right on doing this, everyone will think of you as a shameless home wrecker!"
Lila was being lectured by Janet right then. Lila became exasperated and said, "Who the hell do you think you are? You're really in no position to lecture me! I do what I want to do and there's nobody who can stop me!"
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