After his betrayal, I married his father

chapter 4

"I felt like something was off between the two of them, but I couldn't say anything without being sure." Chloe also spoke with indignation, "What do you plan to do next?"

Liliana said, "It's Victoria's birthday in a few days. I'm planning to give them an unforgettable gift. Also, there's one more thing I need your help with."

"What is it? Go ahead."

"I want to borrow your family's Villa to host a birthday party."

Chloe thought for a moment and understood her meaning. Then she said, "I understand. I'll get it ready for you."

"Lele..." Meng Yang looked ahead, his gaze very firm. "From now on, I will control my own brain. I will live according to my own thoughts!"

"...Was your brain controlled by someone else before?" Chloe was puzzled by her words.

Liliana closed her eyes, recalling everything that happened in her previous life. That version of her in the past was foolish and somewhat pitiful... After Liliana told Chloe the specific plan, the two of them went to eat together, and then Chloe sent her home.

Just as Lily was about to enter the house, Arthur's car drove in from outside the gate.

"Lily!" Victoria got out of the car and walked quickly toward her, asking, "Where did you go? Why didn't you answer the phone? We've been looking everywhere for you."

Lily adjusted his facial expression, then turned around and looked at Victoria with a smile. "I went to eat with Chloe. Have you two eaten yet?"

"We..." Victoria looked back at Arthur,who was walking over, and then said, "We've been looking for you everywhere and haven't had time for dinner yet."

Lily sneered in her heart. From the scent on Victoria, she could tell exactly what foods she had just eaten.

"I say, what exactly is wrong with you?" Arthur looked at Liliana angrily. "Do you think it's fun to make others worry about you or something? Do you have to exhaust everyone's concern for you? Will you only be happy when something really happens and no one is willing to care about you anymore?!"

"Forget it, Arthur..." She habitually grabbed his hand. Just as she was about to persuade him, she was suddenly startled by her own action and immediately let go. She quickly stole a glance at Liliana's expression and, finding it unchanged, deliberately pretended to take Liliana's side. "Can't you talk to her properly? You were clearly worried about her just now, and now you're deliberately putting on this angry act. Can't you be more honest?"

"I have something to tell you both. If you haven't eaten yet, I'll have the kitchen make a few dishes. Let's talk while you eat." Lily turned and walked inside. "Come on."

After they entered the house, Lily had the helper notify the chef to prepare some dishes that Victoria usually liked. Then she sat in the dining room with them, waiting for the food while telling them about the birthday party.

"When I went to eat with Chloe today, she knew I was going to hold a belated birthday party, so she said she would lend us her family's villa for the party."

"Really?" Victoria was a bit surprised, then said with a smile, "It seems she truly treats you as a friend, being willing to lend you the Villa for a birthday party."

"Our family has plenty of villas. In the mountains, by the sea, on islands, or in the city—take your pick. Or we could hold it at our family's Hotel. There's no need to host the birthday party at their Villa," Arthur said.

Victoria had been to Chloe family's Villa once with Liliana before. She liked it very much and had wanted to stay there for a few days to find inspiration several times, but Chloe had refused, saying that that villa in particular couldn't be lent out to others. In fact, the reason she didn't lend it was that she didn't like Victoria very much; she just hadn't said so because of Liliana

Having been rejected several times, Victoria was naturally disappointed and had mentioned it to Arthur. Arthur felt that Chloe was petty for being unwilling to lend a villa for a few days, so he also grew to dislike her.

As the saying goes, what you can't have is always the best. According to the progression of the previous life, because Victoria had never forgotten the Chloe Family's Villa, Arthur later used some means to acquire that villa and gave it to her.

But in this life, liliana would never let the same thing happen again.

"It's true that the birthday party can be held anywhere, but this is a birthday gift from Chloe, a gesture of his goodwill, so it's hard for me to refuse. Also, I thought vis liked that Villa very much, so I agreed." Lily looked at Victoria . "Since we're celebrating our birthdays together, wouldn't it be better to choose a place we both like? What do you think?"

Vic nodded in agreement. "You have a point. Since it's a gesture from Chloe it's indeed hard to refuse. Let's hold it at her family's Villa."

Seeing that Victoria wanted to hold the birthday party at the Jon family's Villa, Arthur said no more.

After all the dishes were served, Liliana immediately said, "You guys must be starving, eat quickly. I'm really sorry, I didn't notice my phone was dead, making you look for me for so long. Eat more."

She kept serving them food, telling them to eat more while discussing how to organize the birthday party. They had already eaten before coming back, but since they had to pretend they hadn't eaten while looking for Lily, they could only force themselves to keep eating.

After arthritis left, Vic also used the excuse of being tired to return to his room to rest. Her stomach was painfully full, and she needed to take some digestive medicine.

Lily looked at the table of nearly finished food, gave a cold sneer, and then got up and went back to her room to rest.

A few days later, on the day of Victoria's birthday, Lily had received a call from Chloe early in the morning, saying that everything was ready and they were just waiting for them to arrive.

This time, Lily and Vic were celebrating their birthdays together. Besides inviting some of their mutual friends, Arthur also invited some of his own friends over.

In the parking lot at the foot of the Jon family's mountain villa , many luxury cars had already begun to park one after another.

After Lily and the others entered the villa, Chloe took them to tour all the places that had been redecorated for the birthday party.

"Thank you so much for putting in all this effort, Chloe," Vic said with a smile, thanking her.

"You're welcome. Just consider it my birthday gift to you and Lily. Let me say this upfront though, I haven't prepared any other gifts," Chloe said jokingly.

"This is already better than any birthday gift," Vic said, looking very touched.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the rooms on the top floor."

After reaching the top floor, Chloe pushed open a room door, walked in, and said, "From this room, you can see at least half of the city. At night, whether you're taking a bath or lying in bed, you can look up and see the stars and the moon. Moreover, this glass allows those inside to see out, but those outside can't see in, so sleeping naked is no problem. However, there's only one room like this; who of you two will stay here tonight?"

Lily looked around the room and then deliberately used a tone of reluctant sacrifice to say to Vic , "Although we're celebrating our birthdays together today, your actual birthday is today, so why don't you take this room?"

"Really let me stay here?" Vic tried to suppress the joy in her heart and pretended to be modest, saying, "If you want to stay here, you don't have to give it up for me."

"It's just a room, is there any need to keep going back and forth?" Arthur leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, looking at Vic . "Since Lily is letting you stay, then stay. Why be so polite with him?"

Arthur could see that Victoria truly wanted to stay there, so he deliberately acted like he was on the same side as Lily, making the decision for her to let Vic stay. Although he couldn't see what was so great about this room—any villa in his family was countless times better than this place, and he certainly couldn't feel the 'artistic beauty' or 'natural beauty' Vic mentioned, let alone any inspiration—since Victoria wanted to stay, he would find a way to make it happen.

"Then I won't be polite with you guys." A light of joy that was hard to hide flickered in Vic's eyes, and then he turned to walk to the glass wall to look out.

Lily and Chloe quickly exchanged a glance.