Chapter 167



Darren furrowed his brows. He looked at her for a moment, his voice sharp with irritation. “That won’t be necessary. Just stay away from me.”

Tears welled up in Lillie’s eyes, spilling over as she sat there, looking pitiful and helpless.

Belinda rolled her eyes upon seeing this.

Belinda frowned. Did Lillie really have to put on a show and cry like that to gain sympathy? Anyone who didn’t know any better would think they had bullied her or something!

“What are you doing, Lillie? Darren didn’t even say anything harsh. Why are you crying like this now?” Belinda couldn’t hold back any longer and questioned Lillie right there and then.

“I… I just… I just feel so sorry. I made a mistake,” Lillie said in between sobs as she wiped away her tears.

Then, she turned to Darren and said, “I’m really sorry, Mr. Thomas. I cry easily, you see. You must think I am being ridiculous.”

“Enough. Go back to your seat,” Darren’s voice was laced with impatience, and he waved his hand dismissively at Lillie.

“Just head back here and sit down, Lillie,” Kylee chimed in, taking Lillie’s hand to guide her back to her seat. “Don’t worry, Mr. Thomas is a kind person. He won’t hold it against you.”

Meanwhile, Debra and Percy exchanged a look of disdain and disbelief at the dramatic performance Lillie was putting on. She was so obvious in what she was trying to do here; this was absurd.

Your imagination thrives at galnovels puntocom Belinda had been curious about Lillie’s intentions, but what the latter did next made her understand everything.

As it happened, it didn’t take long before Lillie got drunk. After getting drunk, Lillie started to act out.

She danced around the room, singing at the top of her lungs.

It would have been fine if she had kept to that, but then, she decided to approach Darren.

With flushed cheeks and a wide grin on her face, she approached Darren and said, “Hey, handsome. You look a bit familiar. Here, let me take a closer look at you.”

Without warning, she reached out to touch Darren’s face. But Darren slapped her hand away before she could even make contact.

Lillie withdrew her hand with a sullen expression. “Ouch! Hey, that hurts! You’re so mean! Now, you have to blow on my hand to make me feel better!”

With that, she extended her hand to Darren again.

“That is enough, Lillie!” Belinda snapped, clearly irritated.

At that point, only a fool would fail to recognize Lillie’s blatant interest in Darren.

The thing was, Belinda could vividly remember Madonna once saying that among their family, Lillie was the one who held her liquor the best.

Today, Lillie had hardly drunk anything before she appeared drunk. Clearly, she was pretending to be intoxicated to get closer to Darren.

Lillie ignored Belinda and pouted at Darren. “Why aren’t you saying anything? Am I too far away from you? I’ll come closer to you, then.”

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