chapter318

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Jenson and Milana were swamped with nonstop calls from reporters.

Every question was the same. What do you think about your daughter cheating on her finals? How do you usually discipline her? Did you know she was cheating?

Their phones just wouldn't stop ringing, one call after another, like some kind of virus had taken over. It was enough to drive anyone mad.

At first, they snapped back at the callers. Lydia isn't our daughter anymore... Lydia's gone back to her biological family, she has nothing to do with us... We had no idea about the cheating. But after a while, they were so fed up they just switched their phones off.

"I can't believe this! She's always been terrible at school, but when she decides to cheat, she goes for a perfect score? Is she actually stupid? Seriously?" Milana was livid. She tried to call Lydia, but the call wouldn't go through. It only made her angrier, with nowhere to let it out.

Jenson was just as frustrated. He'd spent the past few days trying to get a meeting with the head of LYLX, but he kept getting ignored. No one would answer his calls. When he went to their office, security wouldn't even let him in.

If things kept going like this, Smith Corporation would probably be bankrupt in less than a month.

He finally said, Can you stop yelling? We didn't know anything about her cheating. Even if the education board looks into it, it's not our problem."

"Maybe not, but the media will twist everything and drag us into this mess. Call your mother right now. Tell her we're not getting involved. Lydia can deal with her own problems."

Milana was worried Lydia wouldn't be able to handle it and would end up running to her grandmother for help. Then her mother-in-law would start pressuring them, especially since she was pretty close with the principal at Silverpine High.

Jenson, tired of Milana's nagging, gave in and called his mother. As soon as she answered, he said,

"Mom, Lydia got herself into this net

mess by cheating on her exams Now everyone knows and we're all embarrassed. You can't get

involved. This has nothing to do with us."

Mrs. Smith wasn't expecting anything nice from her ungrateful son. She let out a cold laugh. "Lyds got her

own

erfect score with hen abilities. She didn't cheat."

Jenson had her on speakerphone. Milana couldn't help herself. She grabbed the phone and said, her tone full of sarcasm, Mom, we know you always play favorites with Lydia, but you know her grades better than anyone. She's never even scored four hundred, and now she magically gets seven fifty? Does she think we're all idiots? She really thinks she can just walk away with top honors? That's just pathetic. Our phones have been blowing up because of her. Pass on the message, will you? We didn't know about her cheating, and now that she's been exposed, it's got nothing to do with us. She can forget about using our connections to clean up her mess."

Mrs. Smith snorted. "Don't worry. Lyds doesn't even want to be associated with you anymore. Don't flatter yourselves."

And with that, she hung up.

If anyone was truly foolish, it had to be her own son and daughter-in-law.

Milana was furious. She's completely lost it. If she cares so much about that outsider, then let Lydia take care of her. I don't care if she lives or dies."

She'd never liked the old woman anyway. If it wasn't for the shares she owned in the company, Milana wouldn't have bothered with her at all.

Jenson could only sigh. "Calm down. We still need her help with the company."

Milana clenched her teeth. Help? She's your mother. Helping you should be a given. If she doesn't hand over those shares, I'm gonna make things ugly.