Chapter 317
Lizetta pondered for a moment, then stepped out from behind the marble column and walked towards the
elevator.
Evelina spotted her immediately and hurried over, hands on her hips.
“Liz, I bet you’ve already seen your mom and uncles, right? They’ve been seriously hurt and can’t afford medical bills. You’re their flesh and blood, and yet you avoid them. That’s not cool, is it?”
Lizetta stopped in her tracks, looked at Evelina, and said with a smile, “Well, you’re here, aren’t you? Ms. Hawthorne, since you are such a good Samaritan, why not help them out a bit more? After all, they were your family for six years and raised you.”
Lizetta walked past Evelina, but Evelina grabbed her arm.
“Liz, don’t you think you’re being a bit cold–hearted? You’re now the lady of the Dashiell family, carrying the Dashiell heir. Are you really going to watch your mom and uncles struggle to borrow money for medical bills? That won’t look good on you, you know.”
Evelina was frustrated. Remington was hardly paying her any attention these days.
To make matters worse, he pulled the Hawthorne family’s funding, leaving them in a precarious situation.
And now, she was being hassled by Jolin and her gang, leeching off her like parasites.
Seeing a chance to exploit, they turned to Evelina for money instead of daring to bother Lizetta, seeing her as an easy target.
Evelina was tight on money herself and didn’t want to pay, but Jolin had something on her, forcing her
hand.
Damn it!
Lizetta saw Evelina’s anxious expression and nodded.
“My reputation’s already not the best; being called unfilial won’t change much. But you, you always care about your reputation. Since you’re so concerned about them, why not take care of them for life? I won’t mind spreading the word about your good deeds.”
“You!” Evelina clenched her fists in anger.
It was clear to Lizetta that Evelina wanted to offload Jolin and her troubles onto her.
So, Evelina wasn’t helping Jolin out of old times‘ sake but was being blackmailed?
What could Jolin have on Evelina?
Lizetta said, “Don’t feel too bad. Between us, it seems Jolin prefers you. Why is that?”
Evelina’s eyes flickered with panic for a moment, but she quickly covered it and said, “Because I respect her more. I’ve always seen her as the mother who raised me. You, on the other hand, have always acted like a spoiled brat in the Hawthorne family. You never saw her as your mother, so of course, she prefers me!”
Lizetta caught that moment of panic in Evelina’s eyes.
She lost interest in probing further and simply raised an eyebrow.
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Chapter 317
“Indeed, I don’t see her as a mother. I’d rather be motherless than have one who doesn’t care if I live or
die.”
When Lizetta was eight, she was nearly beaten to death by Hans. She saw Jolin come home and reached out for help, but Jolin, terrified, pretended nothing happened and left, even taking off her heels to avoid making noise.
Call her heartless or unfilial, but from that day, Lizetta stopped seeing Jolin as her mother.
Reaching the elevator, Lizetta, Evelina, and April found themselves together again.
Lizetta was slightly annoyed, thinking she’d have to ask the doctor how much longer Remington would be hospitalized.
She really didn’t want to keep bumping into Evelina like this.
“Eve, I was reading online that getting a small asteroid named isn’t just about having the money; it’s a whole complicated process. But having an asteroid named after you is such a grand, permanent honor, recognized internationally. Even decades or centuries later, that star remains uniquely yours, unchangeable. It’s so romantic! Oh, Eve, the asteroid Mr. Dashiell named after you, it’s called Evangeline, right? Sounds beautiful, don’t you think, Ms. Gardenia?”
April suddenly spoke up, eagerly bragging to Evelina.
Seeing Lizetta’s lack of reaction, she tried to cue her in.
