chapter564

Milana nodded right away, totally on board with Sandy's idea. She turned to Jenson, her eyes shining. "Jenson, Sandy's right. Since Lydia already left the Smith family, she should give back everything that belongs to us." The more Milana talked, the more excited she got. If they actually managed to get LYLX back from Lydia, they would skyrocket straight onto the list of the world's richest families. Just like that.

Jenson agreed and nodded, serious as ever. "You're both right. Lydia really does owe us everything that came from the Smith family."

Fueled by determination, Jenson and Milana went off to find Lydia, but by the time they got to the hall, the charity auction had already started. Everyone was settling into their seats, so they had no choice but to wait until the auction was over.

While all this was going on, Lucinda had been making her rounds at the event with Cameron and Kylie, greeting all the important guests. She had no idea what drama had just happened outside.

After a while, Kylie and Cameron came back to the main hall and started looking for Lydia. What they didn't expect was to see her sitting right next to Juna, chatting away. Kylie blinked in surprise. Honey, is that the friend Lydia mentioned? The Davis family's daughter?"

Lucinda saw Juna and Lydia sitting together in the very center of the front row, whispering and laughing. It stung. Lately, she'd bent over backwards trying to get close to Lydia, always polite and accommodating, but Lydia barely even noticed her. Pretending she didn't care would be a lie. She had tried to be genuine, but Lydia seemed completely indifferent.

And then there was Juna. Lucinda had tried to be friendly with her too, but Juna ignored her completely, like she didn't even exist. Now, watching t people who wanted nothing to do with her become friends, Lucinda just couldn't help but feel left out.

Cameron leaned over. "Yeah, probably. We didn't know Lydia was Miss L before, but with her status, it makes sense she'd be friends with the Davis family's daughter.

That only made Lucinda feel worse. So, she wasn't good enough to be friends with Juna because she didn't have the right status? She sat there in the front row, just a few seats away from Lydia, feeling more out of place than ever.

Next to Kylie sat Mrs. Trebel, someone she'd seen at plenty of these events. They exchanged greetings, and Mrs. Trebel leaned in with a smile. "Didn't see you and Mr. Norwood earlier. Where'd you two disappear to?"

Kylie smiled politely. "We were in the lounge for a bit.

Mrs. Trebel nodded, her eyes sparkling. "Well, you missed quite the show out here" She was always eager for a bit of gossip, and now she could barely contain herself. She loved sharing stories, and tonight was no different.

Kylie's curiosity got the better of her. Really? What happened?"

Mrs. Trebel pointed across the room. "See that girl with the Davis family's daughter?"

Kylie followed her gaze, and as soon as she spotted Lydia, she couldn't help but smile-her own precious daughter, right there in the spotlight. If Lydia hadn't begged her not tole reveal her identity tonight, she would have shouted it out to the world.

"Yes, I see her. She's beautiful," Kylie said, her voice soft with pride.

Mrs. Trebel nodded. "Not just beautiful. She's got real talent, too."

"Oh?" Kylie raised an eyebrow, playing along.

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Mrs. Trebel dove into the story, describing how the Lane family had dared to mess with Lydia, only to have Lydia reveal she was Miss Kylie's smile faded as she listened, anger rising inside her. Nothing bad had happened to Lydia, but the Lane family behavior was just disgusting She wished she'd bee there. If she had, she would have

made sure the Lane family regretted ever crossing her daughter.