Chapter 48 The Pill


    Lilian was startled. She choked on thest sip of water and started to cough violently. Her face turned


    rosy.


    Sebastian walked over and patted on her back, asking, "What''s the rush?"


    Lilian nced at him impatiently. When she caught up with her breath, she asked, "Why are you here?"


    "I''m here to pick you up," Sebastian answered as if it was natural.


    Seeing that she being so confused, he added, "I''ll pick you up and we''ll have dinner at home."


    Lilian then realized that they were going back to the old house. Sebastian had never picked her up in


    the radio station before. She wondered what he was here for today.


    "Are you sick? What did you take just now?" Sebastian squinted his eyes and looked at her.


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    "I... I''m fine. Let''s go back home. I don''t want Mom and Dad to wait for us," Lilian chuckled and


    somehow felt nervous. She wondered since when Sebastian cared about her so much?


    "I''ll ask the pharmacy if you don''t tell me," he said as he walked to the salesperson, trying to ask him


    what Lilian had bought.


    Lilian stopped him and said, "It''s for dysmenorrhea. You would be ashamed to ask."


    Sebastian raised his eyebrows. "You''re my wife, why would I be ashamed?" He then stopped walking


    to the pharmacy because he thought this was her confession.


    Lilian found those words sounded so weird whening out of his mouth. She gave up talking to him,


    letting him drag her to his car.


    On the side of the road, Archibald was sitting in the car. He saw Lilian was pushed into the car by


    Sebastian, and then the Maserati drove into the main road.


    He lowered down the car window and supported his elbow there. His one hand was squeezed into a


    fist near his lips and the other hand''s slender fingers were pping on the steering wheel. His long and


    charming eyes suddenly focused. He started his car as soon as the Maserati disappeared from his


    sight. The domineering Spyker C8 galloped away with great momentum.


    During the dinner, Eleanor acted out of her usual behavior. She didn''t find fault about her. She treated


    Lilian coldly, maybe because she had finally lost hope in this good-for-nothing daughter-inw.


    After dinner, Lilian and Dous watched TV in the living room.


    Eleanor boiled Chinese medicine for Dous, and Sebastian was in the study doing his own things.


    "Lilian, I heard about the banquetst time. Joanna was such a shameless woman. Sebastian had


    already given her enough resources to make her popr. How dare she try to get into our family! That


    woman is too calcting. We would never ept her!" Dous looked so disgusted when he


    mentioned that name.


    "Lilian, I know it has been hard for you since you married Sevastian. Your mother-inw sounds mean,


    but she is not an evil woman. Sebastian still needs time to find your good. You should be more patient


    with him. Marriage always starts hard at the beginning. You''ll together be through ups and downs, and


    then you''ll find he is the only one that was always there for you," Dous said and looked very


    sentimental.


    Lilian listened to him quietly. Dous still didn''t know what was between Sebastian and Joanna, or he


    would never be so calm. He would''ve been furious and taught Sebastian a lesson if he had known that.


    Lilian didn''t want to tell him about that. Now that she and Sebastian had made a deal to live separate


    lives in the future, they would never get into each other''s life. She didn''t feel any needs to tell Dous


    about it.


    "I see, thank you," she answered politely. Then she lowered her eyelids. She had given enough


    patience for Sebastian. No other woman would let her husband hug his mistress in front of her.


    Lilian must be the only woman in the world.


    It was because she didn''t mind, or she was too weak to argue, it was because she had given up hope


    in herself. She knew she would spend the rest of her life alone unless there was a miracle.


    She returned to the sofa in the bedroom after a shower. She had a phone call with Zoe and then


    decided to sleep. Suddenly, Archibald''s name in her contacts caught her eyes. He input his number in


    her phone by himself. He typed his name, Archi.


    When she first saw it, she just sneered disdainfully, thinking that the arrogant man was trying to cotton


    up. Now her mind hadpletely changed. "Archi" sounded too intimate for her, she wanted to change


    it, but she wasn''t sure what would be better.


    It was really abnormal that she was actually trying hard to figure out a small issue like this. She couldn''t


    help thinking what her nickname would be on his phone.


    She had already fallen asleep when Sebastian came in. He picked up her phone and frowned slightly.


    He picked up her phone and saw the name "Archi".


    Sebastian frowned deeper when he saw the intimate address. He gripped the phone firmly and looked


    at the sleeping woman with cold eyes.


    Lilian told him that there was nothing between her and Archibald, but she was calling him "Archi" now.


    In the bustling and crowded chamber of a bar, everybody was having so much fun that no one noticed


    Kieran when he came in.


    Kieran walked to Archibald who was sitting next to a girl. She was in her early twenties and looked


    bright and beautiful. She didn''t wear any make-up and was even a bit shy. Everyone could tell that she


    didn''t belong here.


    The other party she would negotiate with today, Mr. Li is from S City and he had quite a rich and


    powerful background. He brought his daughter here this time because he wanted her to see the


    manner of the century-old schrly family in Millpond.


    The girl sitting next to Archibald was his daughter, Li Shan. Her father wanted to push his daughter into


    that old rich family.


    Kieran leaned forward and whispered to Archibald. Everybody was looking at them.


    As soon as Kieran finished, Archibald stood up and apologized to Mr. Li, "I''m sorry, I''m afraid I have to


    go now. We should discuss it tomorrow in mypany. Tonight is just a reception for you. It''s all on


    me."


    Upon hearing him leaving, Mr. Li frowned and said, "You said you would hold a grand weing party


    for me when I came to Millpond. Why are you leave halfway through?" He said as he nced at his


    daughter. He didn''t want Archibald to go because his daughter hadn''t talked to him yet.


    Kieran the man wouldn''t let Archibald go easily, so he said, "Mr. Li, Mrs. Howkins isn''t feeling very well


    now. She needs to see Mr. Howkins right now."


    "Mrs. Hawkins?" Mr. Li was stunned as soon as he heard that. He thought Archibald was single. So he


    asked, "When did Mr. Hawkins get married?"


    Archibald had a proud smile on his face. Then he said, "I''m not married. She''s just my girl friend.


    Kieran was joking," he then added, "I really need to go now."


    After he was out of the chamber, Mr. Li could help ask other people next to him, "Who''s his girlfriend?"


    “The famous hostess, Lilian. We thought it was just rumors, but it looks like it is true."


    "But there were also rumors saying that Lilian was the third party between Sebastian Palmer and


    Joanna. Why would Archibald love a woman like that?"


    "Who knows? The woman was like a siren. She had charmed the two best men in this town."


    They gossiped andughed in the charmer, meanwhile Mr. Li''s frowned eyebrows stretched when he


    heard those words. The young man still weren''t married, which meant that his daughter still stood a


    chance. He put his arms around his daughter and patted her shoulder, whisoering, "Don''t be so upset,


    honey. You still have the chance."