"You...you're talking nonsense!" Mason Scott shouted, cutting off Lily's words.
But when Lily looked up at him, he instinctively turned away, unable to bear direct eye contact with her pair of eyes, which were strikingly similar to his own.
His voice escalated, fierce on the outside but hollow inside, as he tried to cover up his own guilt.
"Larry Scott holds the prestigious position of a military commander, what grievances could he possibly have? In the Scott family, his rank is the highest. Who would have the audacity to aggrieve him? You, an outsider, understand nothing, and you come here in the dead of night only to meddle in the Scott family's internal affairs?"
"Let me tell you...it doesn't matter who you are. Whether you are someone Larry Scott keeps on the side or any other fling, the Scott family does not welcome you!"
