THE BILLIONAIRE’S FIANCÉE CALLED THE MAID’S TODDLER DIRTY—BUT WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL WHISPERED THE TRUTH, HE DESTROYED THE WEDDING IN FRONT OF HIGH SOCIETY
Chapter 2: What Lily Heard
The penthouse felt strangely quiet.
Ethan gently lifted Lily into his arms.
"Can you tell me exactly what happened?"
The little girl nodded.
Her small fingers tightened around the rabbit.
"Miss Veronica came into Mommy's room."
Rosa immediately looked terrified.
"Mr. Mercer, please..."
Ethan raised a hand.
"Let her speak."
Lily continued.
"Mommy was cleaning. Miss Veronica said dirty people shouldn't live near important people."
The room went silent.
Even the kitchen staff stopped moving.
Then Lily added something that made Rosa gasp.
"She said when she marries you, Mommy and me will be gone."
Ethan's expression hardened.
Rosa looked down.
Because it was true.
Three nights earlier Veronica had cornered her in the laundry room.
She had smiled while saying it.
Smiled.
"As soon as the wedding is over, you'll be replaced."
Rosa never told Ethan.
She needed the job.
She needed the apartment.
She needed health insurance for Lily.
But now the truth sat in the middle of the room wearing a yellow dress and holding a broken rabbit.
Ethan stood.
Without a word, he walked toward the master bedroom.
The door opened.
Veronica was sitting up in bed.
Silk robe.
Perfect makeup.
Perfect smile.
Until she saw his face.
"What happened?"
Ethan's voice was calm.
Too calm.
"Did you call a three-year-old child dirty?"
Veronica laughed.
Actually laughed.
"Oh, Ethan. Is that what this is about?"
The answer told him everything.
Because decent people deny cruelty.
Cruel people justify it.
And Veronica was already preparing her defense.
"You know how these employees exaggerate."
Employees.
Not people.
Employees.
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For the first time since their engagement, Ethan wondered whether he truly knew the woman he was about to marry.
And that question refused to leave him.
