Chapter 8

Meanwhile, Lily put on a show of comforting me, all while steering me towards a bar to borrow money from Walden.

She was fishing for info on my savings, but at the same time, she was busy pulling surveillance footage to send to Leonard.

I guessed that Lily’s initial goal was similar to Mary’s—to get money out of me. The only difference was that Mary wanted to use the situation with George to force a divorce between Leonard and me.

I remembered the time when I suddenly had a miscarriage. I was depressed and withdrawn, and even when Leonard and I were intimate, I always took precautions.

I was too scared to become pregnant again.

Mary was always frustrated by this.

Later, Lily started coming over to take care of me, and Mary’s complaints gradually faded.

I think Mary’s plan was to use George to drive a wedge between me and Leonard and, in the process, make me hand over my personal savings.

But what I didn’t expect was how greedy Lily turned out to be—she wanted all my money, wh