Chapter 787



Holley lowered her gaze, saying nothing.

Holley’s harsh words had cut deep, leaving Belinda wounded and unwilling to speak to her again.

The next day, Belinda skipped breakfast, her mood somber. After getting ready, she left her house and headed straight to the hospital, leaving Kenia and Holley to return to Vera Villas.

At the Adams family’s residence, in Ryan’s room, “Verena, where were you yesterday? Why didn’t you answer your phone all day?” Ryan’s voice was thick with concern as he stood by the doorway, his gaze fixed on Verena.

Verena sat slumped on the edge of her bed, her face pale. She had been crying nonstop since the night before.

Ryan frowned, his worry growing with every passing second. He couldn’t help but ask, “Verena, did you really drug Lucas that night?”

Verena didn’t speak, but the expression on her face told Ryan everything he needed to know.

“You… You’re really out of your mind!” Ryan’s voice was filled with helpless disbelief.

He genuinely had no idea about her plans; Verena hadn’t given a single hint about it. Had he known, he would have done everything he could to stop it and prevent things from escalating to this point.

Ryan’s shock soon turned into anger. “How could you think drugging Lucas was a good idea? Even if it worked, what would that have achieved? Did you honestly think that sleeping with him would make him choose you?”

But Verena remained stubborn. “Even if he doesn’t choose me, I would have at least made sure that there was no chance for him to get back together with Belinda! I know Belinda well enough. Once she finds out that Lucas had sex with me, she will never forgive him. She won’t take him back, even if he grovels at her feet! And as long as Belinda rejects Lucas, I will always have a chance to be with him!”

She had planned everything perfectly. She was going to wake up earlier than Lucas the following morning and pretend to have entered the wrong room. She would go to Belinda’s door and keep entering the wrong code until she woke Belinda up.

She had planned everything perfectly, but she had never expected her plan to fail.

“Ryan,” Verena cried out, her eyes red from unshed tears, “my plan was flawless! I even chose the right drug for it, one that would confuse Lucas and cloud his judgment. And he fell for it at first. He thought I was Belinda. But when he got closer to me, his expression changed. He lunged and grabbed my throat, asking who I was. How did it turn out that way?”

Ryan’s brows drew together into a deep scowl.

Truth be told, he, too, would have never guessed that Lucas would see through the drug’s effects.

Then something occurred to him. “It’s the scent! Lucas might have seen Belinda’s face in you, but your scent is different from hers. That’s why he knew you weren’t her.”

Verena couldn’t believe it—she had been undone by something as simple as the scent!

She looked up at Ryan, her face filled with anxiety. “Do you think… Do you think Lucas will come after me for this? What is he going to do with me?”

Ryan inhaled slowly and said nothing. All things considered, he didn’t see things ending well for Verena.

Their conversation was interrupted by the ringing of Verena’s phone. When Verena saw the caller ID on the screen, her eyes flickered. It took her a couple of seconds to finally answer the phone. “Hello?”

“Verena!” a desperate voice screamed through the line. “You’ve completely ruined my life!”

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