Chapter 79
Belinda laughed at that.
“Mrs. Martinez Senior, I may be old, but my memory still serves me well. I know for a fact that Lily was the one who paid for my hospital bills. That has nothing to do with the Martinez family.”
Julia paused for a moment. Turning to Susan, she asked, “What is she talking about?”
Susan trembled slightly. “We used the card Loid gave Lily, Mom.”
Susan still didn’t believe that Lily would have that much money. She thought that the card belonged to Loid, so she never mentioned it to the rest of the Martinez family.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Julia glared at Susan.
Susan lowered her head and kept quiet.
Julia ignored her and turned back to Belinda. “Since we’re being honest here, I’ll stop beating about the bush. We told Lily to marry Loid in Shannon’s place because we thought Shannon was too young for marriage. However, Shannon has matured a lot lately, so Lily doesn’t need to sacrifice herself anymore.”
She paused for a moment and continued, “As you know, Loud wanted to marry Shannon in the first place. Even though he has accepted Lily for now, it doesn’t mean that he likes her. You know how Lily is. He might think she’s interesting now, but what about the future?”
Belinda thought for a moment. “This is between the two of them. I don’t want to get involved.”
“I can see that you love Lily a lot. But if you really love her, you should think about her future. Loid is not meant for her. You know very well that your family background is far beneath his. She’s just going to humiliate herself by marrying him. Do you really want her to face all that scorn from the Laurier family?” Belinda pursed her lips without answering.
Julia smiled. “I’m doing this for the good of both our families, Belinda. And also so that Lily wouldn’t get hurt in the long run. What do you say?”
“Even if I agree, Lily wouldn’t,” Belinda said, wavering.
She had only met Loid once. She didn’t know him at all. She was also worried that Lily would get hurt.
“She’ll listen to you. She cares about you a lot,” Julia said.
Belinda hesitated, then nodded. “Alright, I’ll talk to her But not for your sake. I’m doing this for her. Also, you don’t need to come visit me anymore. We don’t need to see each other,” she said, politely indicating that they should leave.
Now that she had gotten what she wanted, Julia had no reason to stay any longer. She left with the rest of the Martinez family.
At the entrance of the hospital, Liam finally spoke up, Mom, why are you insisting on Shannon marrying Loid? Also, Lily may be a little bad–tempered, but she never did anything to us. Why can’t you just leave her be?”
Julia snorted. “What the hell do you know? Lily’s a brat. We can’t fix her. But she’s also very pretty, so if she stays by Loid’s side for any longer, he might fall in love with her. We need to get Shannon into Anmer Heights as soon as we can so that it doesn’t happen.”
“Don’t you care about Shannon’s future? What are people going to think about her when they find out that she’s seducing her sister’s fiancé?”
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Julia had always been the decision–maker for the Martinez family. She had full veto power over every decision. No one else could say anything against her.
Liam had always opposed the plan of letting Lily marry Loid in Shannon’s place, but his objections had gone unheard.
He just hadn’t expected Julia to go so far in her bid for a marriage alliance with the Laurier family. She was really willing to do just about anything to get what she wanted.