Lilliana and Sherlyn were both shocked by their arrival. They looked at Cedric and Beatrice in confusion.
Even though Anya was not shocked, she felt like her world was shattering. She looked at them both feebly.
“Grandpa, Grandma, I… I don’t know them, and… I have no idea what they were talking about! Corinne must’ve
paid them off to frame me like this…”
Corinne walked into the living room, too. “Miss Anya, the proof is right here. There’s no use trying to get your way
out of this,” she said with a chuckle.
Anya glared at her with hatred, but she was unable to offer up a retort.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtPhoebe walked into the living room to defend her daughter. “Anya is right, you know! One of these women is your
stepmother, and the other is your sister. It’s only natural they’d do anything to help you!”
Corinne glanced at Phoebe before turning to Lilliana and Sherlyn. Then, she snorted as though she had heard a cold
joke. “Miss Phoebe, do they look like they’d help me? Didn’t you hear what they said?”
Phoebe knew this, but she was trying everything she could to save Anya. “You must’ve told them to say that in
advance. You were the one who asked them to come here, so you must’ve told them what to say! Why, Corinne,
you leave nothing up to chance when it comes to framing my daughter, huh?”
Corinne did not want to waste her breath arguing with a person who could not see reason, so she turned to the two
elderly people and their grandson. “Grandpa Cedric, Grandma Beatrice, Mister Lucas, you all heard what my
stepmother and sister said to Miss Anya, right? It is up to you who to believe. Though, I’m pretty sure you’ve got a
clear answer in your heart.”
Lilliana and Sherlyn knew they were in deep sh*t as soon as Corinne appeared in the living room. They started to
panic while trying to think of a way to salvage the hole they had dug for themselves and Anya.
“Uh… Sorry, but we’ve gotten the wrong person! We don’t know Miss Anya at all. Corinne was the one who told us
to come here,” said Lilliana quickly.
Sherlyn nodded rapidly. “Yes! Corinne was the one who told us to come here to frame Miss Anya.”
Everyone—Anya, Phoebe, Cedric, Beatrice, and Lucas—in the room was speechless. ‘Oh my god, just how stupid
can these two women be?’ they thought.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmPhoebe’s argument might have worked if Lilliana and Sherlyn did not change their tune under pressure, but at this
rate, it just looked comical.
The air inside the living room thickened with tension.
Frowning deeply, Cedric and Beatrice looked at the unrepentant Phoebe and Anya. They could not help but think
how unlucky they were to have such a disgrace in their family.
After a while, Beatrice walked up to Corinne and held her hand. “You have my deepest apologies, Corinne. It’s our
fault for not raising Anya properly. You wouldn’t have to suffer like this if we had taught her how to be a decent
human being.”
Corinne shook her head. “Please don’t apologize to me, Grandma Beatrice. This isn’t your fault.”