These words added an invisible pressure on Lyra Smith, and she could no longer hold back her emotions. "Uncle Morris... I'm sorry."
Morris Jackson looked sullen and remained silent.
Seeing this, Sophia Jackson hurriedly pulled Lyra to her side, trying to prevent her from losing her composure. She then cautiously addressed Morris, "Uncle Morris, we really just knocked on the wrong door. There's a mutual friend staying at the Moonlight Hotel, and we came to see her."
Upon hearing this, Morris showed a 'Do you think I'll believe that?' expression and asked, "Where's your friend then?"
Stammering, Sophia Jackson made up an answer, "My, my friend is in, in... "
Morris Jackson interrupted, "Sophia, your grandmother Chanel has been mentioning you lately. You've been hanging around outside for so long, have you lost your way home? Do you need me to take you back?"
"No need to trouble you, Uncle Morris." Sophia didn't want to return to the Jackson family home just yet. Hearing her grandmother's name, she softened, "I can find my way. I'll go back alone. It's not a bother, Uncle Morris."
Lyra Smith, standing nearby, felt relieved and was about to leave with Sophia when she heard Morris say, "Lyra, stay."
Lyra Smith: "…"
!!
It turns out she was hoping for a dreamy miracle. Morris Jackson definitely knew it was her last night!!!
Morris Jackson saw her face clearly last night, but... if he saw her face, why did he still go along with the mistake...
This messy situation… it's killing her!
"Uncle Morris, I have some other matters to attend to, so I'm afraid I can't stay long either." She expressed her desire to leave tactfully.
Morris Jackson's eyes turned dark, "You won't be held up for long. My secretary is on the way here. Go to the front desk downstairs and bring up my things. They're important."
This was the tone of an elder commanding a younger person.
It was a natural order.
The last three words 'very important' served as a warning not to pass the task to someone else.
Lyra complained inwardly. Morris Jackson still treated her as a servant as always. Was it because she looked very much like one?
In the past, Sophia told her that she looked very tempting in a maid's outfit, but Morris had never seen that...
As the younger one, Lyra dared not refuse. Even begrudgingly, she had to lower her head and accept, "Alright, Uncle Morris."
In front of absolute power, she could only submit.
Lyra and Sophia went downstairs together. Just as Sophia was about to leave, Lyra tearfully said, "Take me with you, please. If Uncle Morris gets angry, you'll bear the responsibility."
Sophia's lips twitched, "It's not just you who's afraid of Uncle Morris. I'm scared too, alright?! In all these years, who dares to say 'no' to him? Lyra, he was your bedmate, so you'll have to fend for yourself."
Lyra threw out a tempting offer, "Chanel's limited edition handbag?"
Resisting temptation, Sophia replied, "I can't afford it."
Lyra wept, "I fed my true feelings to the dogs."
Sophia said, "Just treat it as if you did."
Lyra: "…"
She was close to disowning their friendship on the spot!!
Before leaving, Sophia still found the time to pull Lyra aside and advise her, "Why not just go along with the error?"
Lyra Smith: "??? "
Providing a reasonable explanation, Sophia said, "Think about it. Maybe one day I'll have to bow down to you and call you Aunt Morris. Don't you want to experience that feeling of being above everyone else?"
Below one person, above everyone else...
That's like a bewitching emperor's wife in ancient times...
Sophia also added, "This must be a blessing given to you by the heavens."
With an indifferent expression, Lyra replied, "I don't need such a blessing."
Moreover, the person she liked was Erwin Jackson, but he never responded to her feelings under the pretext of his career…