Rachel stood silently nearby, but she couldn’t hold back her laughter. Gerald was shifting all the blame onto her. Usually, he didn’t even acknowledge her as part of the Lloyd family. To him, she wasn’t one of their own. She was just an outsider. But now that someone needed to take the fall for Yvette, he suddenly remembered Rachel was her older sister.
Seeing the change in circumstances, Yvette quickly chipped in. “Yeah, this really has nothing to do with me. It was Rachel who told me to wait there. She said you were hard to deal with, Mr. Hunt, so I just came up with this idea.”
Rachel honestly didn’t even know what to say about this family anymore. Her entire existence boiled down to being a scapegoat for the Lloyds. She didn’t defend herself. Just like Gerald said, perhaps this could be her way of repaying them for raising her all these years.
Tyler’s dark, icy gaze reflexively shifted to Rachel. Her right cheek was still red and slightly swollen. She kept her eyes down. Her expression was unreadable. She looked very thin and frail.
Tyler narrowed his eyes and glanced at her. His voice was laced with cold disdain. “Ms. Lloyd, aren’t you going to explain yourself?”
Rachel merely smiled nonchalantly. “It was my fault. I was the one who suggested Yvette meet you. I handed that glass to you myself. If you want someone to be held accountable, that should be me.”
Rachel thought that by doing this, Tyler might let the Lloyd family off the hook.
But Tyler let out a sudden chuckle and slammed his palm on the table. The force of it echoed like a crashing wave. “Do you people think I’m an idiot? Or do you want me to pull up the security footage and see who actually drugged the glass?”
Yvette’s face turned ashen. Her legs nearly gave out from fear.
Rachel stepped forward. She seemed composed on the surface, but her tightly clenched fists gave her away. She looked at Tyler and said, “Mr. Hunt, even if this was Yvette’s doing, I take full responsibility.”
Yvette nodded frantically and seized the opportunity. “Yes, yes! It was her fault! Mr. Hunt, she’s just trying to use you to get further in life and dumped everything on me. She wanted me to drug you so she could take advantage of you while you were out of it. William’s first love came back into the picture, and now she’s looking for a new target. Unfortunately, you’re the unlucky one she picked, Mr. Hunt.”
Rachel frowned. She had intended to use this opportunity to repay the Lloyd family, and then never see them again. She didn’t care about anything else after that. She hadn’t expected Yvette to turn around and completely sabotage her. Did Yvette think Tyler wouldn’t be able to see who was actually behind all of this?
Yvette noticed Tyler’s increasingly unreadable expression and grew smug. In her mind, Rachel was just digging her own grave. She figured Rachel thought she was being clever by taking all the blame, but she clearly had no idea what it meant to be too clever for her own good.
Rachel simply opened her palms and looked at Yvette with an expression that said, ‘I tried, but you’re beyond saving.’
Chapter 119 +25 BONUS
“Yvette, if you’re dead set on self-destruction, I won’t stop you,” Rachel said. “Go ahead and tell Mr. Hunt the truth. It was you who drugged the drink. You were hoping to become his wife.”
Yvette was stunned. She never expected Rachel to expose her like that right in front of Tyler.
All eyes were on Tyler, waiting to see how he would react.