Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 151

Liliana’s expression was indifferent as she looked directly at Edward. “Do you two know each other?”

Edward smiled. “We only met recently. Miss Rowe has been trying to secure a partnership with our company.”

“She offered a better price, and her sample designs were just as impressive as the ones your company presented. I’ve been quite torn.”

Edward calmly picked up his coffee cup. “So I decided to invite you both here to discuss it in person.”

Isabella smiled and sat down. “Miss Hart, feel free to explain, right here in front of Mr. Nightfall, what advantages your Phoenix has over the Cooper Group's Northlight Design Lab.”

Liliana’s mouth twitched into a smirk.

She wasn’t an idiot.

This was an ambush disguised as a meeting.

There was an eighty percent chance that Edward was an old acquaintance of Isabella’s. They were in it together.

A torrent of thoughts raced through Liliana’s mind in a split second.

Even if she managed to land the deal today, it was highly likely a trap set by Isabella and Edward, just waiting for her to step into it.

If something went wrong down the line, they would skin her alive together.

No.

Thinking about it now, this company’s initial contact about a contract was just bait to lure her into their trap!

She was already caught in their scheme!

Liliana reacted instantly.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she stood up, grabbed her bag, and prepared to leave. “I’m afraid, Mr. Nightfall, that this partnership isn’t a good fit for us.”

Liliana suddenly felt a flicker of curiosity. “I don’t believe I’ve ever done anything to you.”

“From the first day you came to the Cooper family as a child, I tried to be your friend. I used my allowance to buy you expensive dresses, designer jewelry, and dolls. I even baked you little cakes with my own hands.”

“There were so many things I couldn’t bear to use myself, but I gave them to you.”

Liliana looked at her calmly, a puzzled expression on her face. “But it seemed like you harbored a great deal of hostility towards me from the very first moment you saw me at the Cooper family’s home.”

“The clothes you gave me, you’d find them cut to shreds with scissors. The jewelry and dolls, I’d often see them in the trash the next day. And the little cakes I baked for you? You’d turn around, crush them under your foot, and feed them to the dogs.”

Liliana watched Isabella intently.

Isabella stared back, her gaze cold and cruel, as if looking at a mortal enemy.

Liliana was baffled. “I don’t understand. If you were targeting me because of Linton, that doesn’t quite add up either. I could clearly sense that you disliked me intensely from the moment you first saw me at the Cooper estate as a child.”