Meanwhile, in Cosgrove Mansion, Lilac sat absentmindedly, twirling her hair, her brows furrowed in thought.
Ever since Amelia left the Cosgrove Mansion, she could feel her control slipping away from her fingers. Everyone had begun liking Amelia, and even Ray had defended her at the charity banquet—something he had never done before. This bothered Lilac. She wanted to take everything from Amelia, everything she loved. She wanted to make her helpless and hopeless. Somehow, seeing her so wretched, watching everyone turn against her, gave Lilac a twisted sense of joy and amusement in her otherwise bleak and boring life.
