A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Where exactly does the scent of lilies come from?

Lyana approached Julie and looked down on her. She said calmly,

– Most people only spray a little perfume. They won’t spray as much.

Julie frowned slightly, tears still glistening on her face.

“The scent on you is jasmine, and the most obvious scent in the air now is the scent of lilies.

Lyana paused and glanced at the women present. She continued:

– Matriarch Royer uses the scent of peony flowers. Alexia should use the scent of gardenias. Muriel’s perfume is the perfume of plum blossoms. The scent I use is that of daffodils.

Julie’s frown deepened. She didn’t understand what Lyana meant by that.

Lyana smiled at Julie and asked:

“Who do you think used the lily scent?”

At Lyana’s words, the blood drained from Julie’s face. She lowered her gaze in fear, clutching the perfume tightly in her hand.

She felt Lyana approach her and took a step back.

“What are you trying to do?”

She eyed Lyana warily, the unease in her heart growing steadily.

“If someone really cares about their deceased mother’s business, why would they carelessly pour their mother’s perfume? Lyana asked coldly.

Julie’s heart skipped a beat. She gradually tightened her grip on the perfume bottle.

Lyana was like a dangerous monster, approaching her and biting her.

Lyana’s every word was like the teeth of a monster, viciously biting into her body.

Julie was in so much pain that it was hard for her to breathe. She lowered her head and pursed her lips. How could she not know what Lyana meant?

She meant the sulfuric acid was in her perfume bottle.

Julie did her best to stay calm. As long as she didn’t panic, Lyana couldn’t do anything to her.

“How can you say that?” You insult my mother.

She looked at Lyana with teary eyes, speaking pitifully.

Vincent glanced at Lyana, his gaze once again resting on the perfume in Julie’s hand.

A trace of impatience crept between Vincent’s eyebrows. He loosened his tie and said coldly:

– Give the perfume to Lyana. Let her look and she’ll know if it’s perfume or sulfuric acid.

“But this was left by my mother.

She looked at Vincent in despair. She didn’t expect him to be on Lyana’s side again.

What was so good about Lyana?

Why did everyone have to help Lyana?

In order to check if there was sulfuric acid in the perfume, Vincent asked her to open the things her mother had left behind.

Lyana took a silver needle out of her pocket and said calmly:

“Are you going to take the initiative to give me the bottle of perfume, or do I have to cripple your hand first and take the perfume back?”

When Julie heard Lyana’s words, she hugged the perfume bottle and hid it behind her. Tears rolled down her face like a tide.

His face grew increasingly pale. She said with pain,

“I don’t think you’re human anymore. Why do you suspect me and still want to touch my mother’s things?

“Are you just trying to find out where the sulfuric acid comes from?” Why do you all suspect me? For your own selfish reasons, you want to touch my mother’s business. Lyana, what’s wrong with your conscience?

She said hysterically. She crouched down on the floor, holding the bottle of perfume tightly in her hand.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Seeing Julie in this state, a trace of heartache appeared in Matriarch Royer’s eyes. She looked at Lyana again and saw that she looked very confident. For a moment, she didn’t know which side to take.

Lyana stood there expressionless, clutching the silver needle in her hand.

“I’m going to count to three. One. Two…

Before Lyana could say “three”, she saw Julie toss the perfume bottle into the bushes to the side.

Initially, Lyana wasn’t completely confident, but seeing Julie like this, she instantly understood.

Julie really poured all of her mother’s perfume, then put the sulfuric acid in the perfume bottle.

She looked at Julie coldly. Ever since she had married into the Sanchez family, she had never thought of targeting anyone.

However, Julie had done many things to her. She had caused it herself. It had nothing to do with anyone else.

A pitiful person must have something hateful about him.

Vincent looked at Julie as if he were looking at a dead person. There was no warmth in his eyes.

The people around them looked at Julie with complicated expressions.

She was an idiot. Even if she threw the perfume bottle into the bushes now, would she disappear from this world?

The answer was no.

Even if the perfume bottle was broken, if it was really filled with sulfuric acid, the corrosive soil would definitely leave traces.

Lyana glanced at Julie and walked over to the perfume bottle.

The ground in the garden was more loose, and the perfume bottle hadn’t broken after being thrown into it.

Lyana brought the perfume bottle. She asked someone to prepare a glass bowl and placed a small branch in it. Then she opened the perfume bottle and poured the liquid inside.

As soon as she opened the perfume bottle, everyone smelled the pungent smell and rushed to cover their mouths and noses.

When the liquid from the perfume bottle touched the branch, it instantly corroded.

Lyana didn’t need to say anything else. Everyone knew that Julie had doused the blessing bag with sulfuric acid, causing the urn of the eldest daughter of the Royer family to corrode.

Lyana looked at Julie, who had fallen to the ground. Her heart grew cold and she said:

“I think it’s not me who should apologize to your mother, but you.

Julie lowered her head, dazed. Now that the truth was in front of her and the evidence was complete, she couldn’t quibble anymore.

For what?

Why had she failed again this time?

It was the solution she had carefully thought of. She even took out her mother’s things, poured the perfume inside, and put the concentrated sulfuric acid.

She had done all this to slander Lyana without anyone knowing.

But why did it still fail?

Did God really not want to give him a chance?

Matriarch Royer looked at Julie in disbelief. She was extremely shocked, and her eyes were filled with disappointment and anger.

Before, Julie was smart. How did she become like this?

How could she be so ruthless as to do such a thing?

It was a gift left by his mother!

When Julie took out the perfume just now, she had no idea there was anything else in the perfume bottle.

After all, no one was willing to ruin his mother’s business.

However, she didn’t expect her to be ready to pour all the perfume.

The more Matriarch Royer thought about it, the angrier she got. She reprimanded angrily,

“How could you do that?” This is what your mother left for you. How dare you add sulfuric acid to it? Aren’t you afraid your mother will die with her eyes wide open?

Julie was already sobbing uncontrollably.

Mom.

She felt really sorry for her mother.

But she was still alive. She had to make a decision for her future life.

The only person she could count on was herself.

Julie slowly looked down and said with a pained expression:

“That’s why I didn’t want to do that either. I was forced…

Besides Matriarch Royer, Muriel was also the most shocked.

Muriel and Julie had a good relationship. They had grown up together and shared everything.

However, Muriel didn’t expect Julie to do such a heartless thing.

Muriel asked sadly:

“When did my sister offend you?” Why would she force you? Why did you do this to her?

– I am really sorry. I never thought of attacking the eldest daughter of the Royer family. If I did all that, it’s actually because of Lyana.

She pointed to Lyana and got up from the floor. His voice was also filled with excitement.

“Without her, Grandma and I wouldn’t have had a fight, and Grandma wouldn’t have kicked me out of the Sanchez family. I was still the eldest daughter of the Sanchez family, but now I am an orphan.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She couldn’t hide the hate in her eyes anymore.

‘She stole my grandmother and Brother Vincent. She stole everything from me…