Chapter 1169

Julian’s Stand-In Wife chapter 1169 Lillian’s career, something she had always been proud of and never given up on, even after the breakdown following that incident, came to a halt because of a single bout of vomiting during a company’s high-level meeting.

Thanks to some scheming individuals, the news of her pregnancy spread rapidly throughout the Stanley Enterprise’s headquarters.

Lionel was the one who stood up during this commotion. He held her hand in front of everyone and declared, Ms.

Collins, don’t worry. I will take responsibility for this child.”

The crowd erupted in shock.

On that day, Lillian also met the man in charge of Stanley Enterprise, Lionel’s father. He was the chairman of the company. That was when she learned that the seemingly ordinary man under her was actually the youngest son of the Stanley family.

She felt like she had stepped into a web of deception, and her anger grew.

“1’11 sue you!” she shouted in her office, on the verge of a breakdown. “I’ll sue you for sexual harassment!”

“Go ahead,” Lionel’s father responded, his expression bored, akin to watching a poorly acted play. “I’ve seen plenty of women like you. You probably knew my son’s true identity all along, but chose to keep it a secret. You were simply waiting to marry into our family after getting pregnant!”

With that, he handed her a dismissal letter that spelled the end of Lillian’s career. Even if she tried to work elsewhere, the letter would follow her, causing her to be regarded as unfit for any substantial role.

Her life was utterly ruined.

Meanwhile, Lionel, the mastermind behind it all, silently watched from the sidelines.

He didn’t dare to make a sound.

His claims of taking responsibility were nothing but a farce.

Lillian had finally seen his true colors-he was nothing more than a hypocrite!

After Lillian was fired, Lionel’s father arranged a lucrative marriage for Lionel. It was a marriage that would catapult his social status among the many sons of the Stanley family, and secure his position as an heir to the Stanley family.

He was set to marry the daughter of the city’s biggest jewelry magnate.

Nina was flabbergasted.

“People say others marry into riches, but it sounds like the Stanley family has a history of marrying off their sons for glory.”

Vans didn’t object.

He nodded. “That’s true. That’s how it worked. The daughter of the jewelry magnate back then was just like Lina is now.

She set her sights on me among the many descendants of the Stanley family.”

Back then, the young lady from the jewelry magnate had set her sights on Lionel.

As for Lillian…

“Where’s your mom?” Nina asked, feeling deeply empathetic for Lillian.

She was a woman who worked so hard, only to become the laughingstock of the entire company due to a ludicrous case of sexual harassment. Because of that, she lost everything in the process.

If this had happened to Nina, could she have endured it?

She asked that to herself, but before finding an answer, tears welled up in her eyes again.

“What happened to her after that?” Nina asked again.

“The Stanley family said they didn’t want her, but they didn’t say they didn’t want me,” Vans explained, his eyes now starting to turn red. They even bordered on a mad crimson that seemed like he wanted to tear the world apart.

Nina gently held his hand, and Vans gradually regained his composure. “They forced her to give birth to me.”

As an illegitimate child, Vans was forcibly taken away from Lillian shortly after Lionel’s marriage.

Lillian couldn’t bear it.

In just two years, she had gone from a confident career woman to becoming a deranged woman imprisoned underground by the Stanley family.

“But I don’t think she’s really insane,” Vans continued. “My mom is just… If she doesn’t pretend to be crazy, if she doesn’t brainwash herself, if she doesn’t convince herself that the person she loves most is that bastard Lionel, she might…”

She might not have not survived.

Nina couldn’t find words to respond after Vans finished.

Vans also remained in a daze for a while before he could continue.

“Since then, no matter what, she refused to leave the Stanley family,” he said.

Even before Vans came of age, Lillian had always lived in the basement of the Stanley family’s residence to appease Lionel’s wife, Jessica Taylor.

She never took a single step away from the place.