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“Yes, it is,” Aunty Yasmine said with a smile.
“Alright, it’s good that she’s fine. Let’s disperse.” Old Madam Lyons rubbed her brows, feeling annoyed at the disturbance.
Joel did not want to stay any longer either. “We’ve caused a lot of trouble for everyone tonight. We’ll take our leave now.”
After the Yule family left, Valerie found it strange. She had clearly arranged for someone to push Cate into the hot spring, so why did Aunty Yasmine say that Cate fell into the pool?
Who told Aunty Yasmine to say that?
Who was helping Cate?
At that moment, Willie walked over to her with a smile. “Aunt Valerie, you should stay out of the Yule family’s business. If Grandpa or Grandma finds out that you colluded with outsiders to stir up trouble in the family, they might not let you come back.”
Valerie was shocked and stared at Willie. “Did you help her?”
Willie shrugged, neither admitting nor denying it. “What do you think would happen if I told my parents about tonight’s events?”
Valerie, “…”
If her brother and sister-in-law found out that she had schemed against their son, they would end up fighting and having a falling out.
Valerie shuddered and did not dare to think too deeply about it.
…
The car drove back to the Yule family villa.
In the car, Melanie was still complaining, “Please at least tell someone when you go out next time instead of sneaking around quietly. Didn’t you see that Old Madam Lyons and Old Master Lyons were very unhappy by the time we left?”
Cate did not say a single word until she reached the living room. She turned to Joel and said, “Dad, I was actually called away by a servant in the Lyons family earlier. She said that Old Madam Lyons wanted to see me, but she took me to the hot spring and pushed me in when I had my guard down. Willie Lyons was soaking in the pool then, but fortunately, we knew each other, so he didn’t do anything to me and helped me hide.”
“What?” Joel was shocked. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Melanie hurriedly covered her mouth. “Impossible! Willie Lyons helped you? He’s a famous philanderer and pounces on every woman he sees. Did he…”
Joel immediately became worried at her words. “Cate, you—”
“Dad, don’t worry. I was fine because not even a minute after I fell into the hot spring, Aunty Nicola coincidentally brought Valerie and Queenie over to look for me.” Cate gave a vague smile at Nicola. “After they couldn’t find me at the hot spring, they determined that I was missing and alerted the entire Lyons family to search for me everywhere.”
Joel was not a fool. Upon realizing what had happened, he glared at Nicola.
Nicola was shocked. “What do you mean, Cate? I heard with my own ears the Lyons family’s servant claim that you secretly went to the hot spring. I thought you were planning on seducing Willie. Given Willie’s wickedness, I was worried about you so I hurried there…”
“Yeah, you hurried there. If you had happened to see me in disheveled clothes and Willie pressed against me, my reputation would have been damaged. The Lyons family would surely consider me indecent, so how would they possibly agree to let Willie marry me?”
Cate sighed in a light-hearted manner. “Aunty Nicola, if you were really concerned about me, you would’ve gone to the hot spring alone in secret and not bring the whole family there. You should’ve felt more relieved that you couldn’t find me rather than expose it by kicking up a fuss.”
She expressed every sentence in a clear and orderly manner. Even if Joel was a fool, he would be under no illusions that it had something to do with Nicola.
“Nicola, you’re really wicked.” Joel trembled with anger. “Why are you holding a grudge against a young lady like her? Not only do you and Melanie always target her at home, but you also had the thought of ruining her in the Lyons household.”
Cate frowned. “Dad, couldn’t you tell that even the chef had purposely targeted me during dinner?”
“Oh right, I almost forgot about it.” When Joel recalled the incident, his resentment toward Nicola almost reached the peak. “I remember you telling me that you’re on friendly terms with Valerie, right? I saw both of you hanging out together all day today…”
“Dad, she’s trying to tear us apart. Don’t be tricked by her,” Melanie said anxiously.
“Shut your mouth,” Joel thundered, “Look at how your mom has raised you! You and your mom are both vicious women.”
Melanie was dazed, whereas Nicola flew into a rage. “Joel, you keep protecting her since she returned. I think you still have feelings for Sheryl, that b*tch—”
Before Nicola could finish her sentence, Joel slapped her in the face straight away. “Nicola, you don’t even show remorse for your mistakes. Marrying you is my biggest regret in life.”
“How dare you slap me, Joel?!” Nicola’s face expressed incredulity while she covered the part of her face that hurt. Tears rolled down her cheeks. “Come, Melanie. Let’s go to your granny’s house.”
Once Nicola finished speaking, she dragged Melanie and walked out.
“Dad, you’re biased. Ever since Cate came, you don’t care about us anymore.” Melanie wept while leaving with Nicola.
Joel sat on the couch with a deathly pale face. Cate then whispered, “Sorry, Dad. I actually didn’t want to tell you, but tonight they—”
“It’s not your fault. I’m useless. I failed to protect you.” Joel seemed to recall something. With a painful look, he made a decision. “I’ll find a way to divorce her.”
Cate was momentarily stunned, but she kept quiet. There had been a bitter conflict in business between the Yule family and the Wicks family. She reckoned that no one in the Yule family would approve of this idea.
…
Sobbing, Nicola went back to the Wicks household with Melanie.
Her biological brother, Fergus Wicks, lost his temper as soon as he noticed the wound on Nicola’s face. “Sister, I’ll deal with Cate. I’ve been harboring a grudge against her because of the land anyway.”
Upon hearing his words, Nicola was relieved. Her brother had always been a ruthless character. He had connections with quite a lot of ruthless people.
It would be all too easy for him to deal with Cate.
…
Two days after Nicola and Melanie left, Cate started leading a comfortable life.
After finishing her breakfast, she drove to the office. When the car was traveling on a meandering mountain road, she suddenly encountered a sharp turn. She tried to hit the brakes, only to discover that the brakes were not working.
The car had been tampered with!
Upon coming to her senses, Cate rapidly turned the steering wheel. The car traveled down the meandering road at a higher speed due to brake failure.
A Bentley appeared at the front all of a sudden.
She promptly decided to cut in on the car from the side of the narrow road.
The driver of the Bentley got a shock. “Is that person out of her mind, Second Young Master? She’s actually driving at a speed of 150 to 160 miles per hour, treating this as a race.”
Liam lifted his head and saw the white sports car traveling like the wind on the mountain road. It looked like the driver was not hitting the brakes at all even when passing several turns.
Even he did not have the nerve to drive a sports car like that.
“Something is wrong with the car. Go after it.”
The driver went all out to catch up. To the driver and Liam’s shock, the white sports car was now traveling on the mountain road at a great speed of almost 200 miles per hour. When the car was ultimately about to turn over, Cate immediately drove to a muddy path that was being constructed. A loud bang sounded when the right side of the car crashed into a big tree.
Liam swiftly got out and opened the door of that car. The airbag had deployed, and a slender woman was being cushioned inside. She had lost her consciousness, but there were no signs of injuries on her.
“Cate…”
Liam was astonished after taking a good look at the beautiful, pale face. He quickly carried her out of the car with the driver and sent her to a nearby hospital afterward.
Soon, Joel arrived at the hospital with an anxious look. Liam comforted, “Don’t worry, Uncle Joel. Your daughter is intelligent and courageous. I noticed that her car had been out of control for a while, yet she stayed composed while handling the car on the meandering road. Later, she drove to a muddy path that was being constructed in order to reduce the speed of the car. When the car crashed, nobody was seated on the right side of the car. Although she lost consciousness, there aren’t any physical injuries on her. She probably fainted due to a concussion.”
“Thank God.” Joel finally let out a sigh of relief. He said to Liam gratefully, “Thank you so much, Second Young Master. I’ll remember your kindness.”