Sweet Wife in Hidden Marriage novel Chapter 26

"It's nothing more than gossips," said Lilian with her eyes looking down. She sounded calm.

Sebastian sat next to her and looked furious. The report may be made-up, but Lillian still stayed close to Archibald after the gossip came out. Sebastian had the reason to believe that she was doing this on purpose.

Eleanor cast a sarcastic glance at Lilian and said, "I don't care if it is made-up. All I want to know is what it is between you and Archibald."

"I don't know him," Lilian answered honestly. She knew the answer would only make her mother-in-law more suspicious.

"You don't know him? They took a photo of you with him in the hospital! I'm sorry... do you really think you deserved more than being my son's wife, and you want to be with a higher-up?" Eleanor asked aggressively.

"Zoe is in the hospital now. I go there every day to look after her. You know that." Lilian felt so helpless.

Eleanor frowned. The name Zoe seemed to have rung no bell in her mind. Later, she laughed, "Zoe? The burden? Why do you have to take care of her? Where's the father? You're just her aunt, why do you care?"

Eleanor's words have irritated Lilian. She said with a severe face, "Zoe is not a burden! She's my sister's child, and I'll raise her like my own. Do you dare to call her a burden again!"

"Like your own? Listen to yourself! Why don't you just bear a child for this family of your own?" After all, Eleanor was still holding hatred for Lilian because she didn't have a child for this family. Eleanor tried hard to persuade Sebastian last time, but Lilian was too stupid to keep her husband with her.

"Enough! Don't push her that hard. It's not all her fault," said Douglas who found this scene too ugly to watch.

"She had no contribution for this family, and she's having an affair with another man!" Eleanor screamed. Insanity took over her mind.

"Don't worry. nobody knows I and one of this family," Lilian answered calmly, but Eleanor found the answer so sarcastic.

"Listen to yourself! You do think you deserve a higher-up, didn't you? If have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the ancestral hall, kneel down, and whisper it to those dead old men."

"Have you lost your mind? Telling her to go to the ancestral hall at this time of the night?" Douglas yelled.

"I just want her to reflect on herself in front of our ancestors." Eleanor turned back. She asked the housekeeper to take Lilian to the ancestral hall immediately.

Lilian glanced at Sebastian. He hadn't said a word and had been watching this coldly. Lilian then curled her lips and turned away, heading to the ancestral hall. She knew Eleanor would never give it up if she didn't give in.

Eleanor was always arrogant and domineering because she came from a rich family. Douglas had been in poor health over the past few years, so he had Eleanor help him deal with many family affairs. She had the final say in this family now.

Lilian knelt down in the hall for almost one night. Her leg went numb, and she felt the blood was clotting in there. It's getting dark outside again, she wondered if she had to kneel for another night.

She looked at those memorial tablets in front of her and thought of Mr. Palmer. The old man was severe to others, but he was always so gentle to her. Maybe it's because he had been saved by Lilian's grandmother. Old Mr. Palmer took her as his granddaughter-in-law as repaying. He was about to give Lilian a happy life, but the plan failed as soon as he died.

When Lilian's grandmother was dying, she held Lilian's hands and said gravely, "Lilian, you and your sister had been living a hard life with me for so long. Now I can finally leave with no regret because you'll have a husband to rely on."

At that time, Lilian thought she could rely on her husband. Her grandma told her to serve her in-laws and support her husband lovingly, and above all, never get divorced. A divorced woman would be joked at and bullied.

She had given her grandma her promise, but the only promise she could keep now was not to get divorced.

Lilian was drowned in thoughts. and she didn't notice someone had come in. Then the man said to her, "Get up."