?<strong>Chapter 523:</strong>


    He called it justice, but it seemed more like he was here to settle scores.


    At this, Baker’s face shifted in an instant.


    He turned to Kylee. “Kylee, what happened?” he asked.


    Kylee bit her lip.


    She didn’t want to admit it, but what choice did she have now?


    “Last… Last night, I…” she began hesitantly, recounting the events slowly.


    After hearing what had happened, Baker sighed deeply.


    He said, “Kylee, that was incredibly foolish of you!”


    Car’s expression grew even more somber.


    She hadn’t expected her daughter to have done something like that—it felt like a p across her face, leaving her utterly humiliated.


    Facing Lucas with a serious demeanor, Car said, “Clearly, Kylee is at fault. We can’t dispute that. Lucas, what do you want her to do?”


    Kylee looked at her mother in shock.


    She felt hurt that Car hadn’t even tried to defend her.


    For a moment, she was genuinely displeased with Car.


    Despite this, she harbored no regrets about her actions toward Belinda.


    Belinda’s mere presence annoyed her.


    And Belinda’s resemnce to her mother made her feel even more ufortable.


    Although she had secretly conducted a paternity test, the results hadn’t alleviated her doubts.


    Thus, she had plotted to tarnish Belinda’s reputation, hoping to turn her family against her.


    The n had seemed wless, and Lyle had given her his full trust.


    Yet, she hadn’t anticipated Belinda’s shrewdness in secretly recording everything, leaving her exposed.


    Lucas casually picked up the coffee cup in front of him, his movements smooth and deliberate, lending him an air of nonchnt authority.


    “It’s simple,” he said. “Tomorrow, let Kylee apologize to Belinda at their department’s morning meeting in front of all the doctors and nurses, and p herself twice. Then I will let the matter go.”


    Kylee’splexion turned ashen at Lucas’s words.


    “No way!” she eximed.


    The thought of pping herself and apologizing to Belinda in front of the entire department staff was too much to bear.


    That was too humiliating! Belinda was just an illegitimate daughter; she didn’t deserve her apology.


    And what would the doctors and nurses of her department think of her if she did that?


    Car’s brow furrowed. “It’s right for Kylee to apologize to Belinda for her actions.


    But to do so in such a public manner and to physically punish herself? That’s too much.”


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