A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Julie’s gaze finally landed on Lyana’s face. Seeing Lyana’s hypocritical expression, a strong shiver ran through her instantly.

If Lyana hadn’t been there, she wouldn’t have become like that.

Lyana was the culprit.

Suppressing the pain on her face, Julie enunciated each word clearly.

– Lyana, I have already prepared a unique gift for you. I put it in Muriel’s room. I’m sure you’ll like it a lot.

When Muriel heard Julie’s words, she blinked and frowned.

With that, she staggered out.

Muriel looked at Julie’s back as she backed away and felt a strong sense of fear. She couldn’t help but shiver and look at Daniel with fear. She was amazed.

According to Muriel, Third Brother had always had the best character and was the most approachable. She had never seen him lose his temper.

She was also very angry that Julie had destroyed the urn of the eldest daughter of the Royer family.

However, in his opinion, the urn was an inanimate object after all. Third Brother could simply beat or torture Julie. However, she didn’t expect Third Brother to destroy Julie’s face.

Muriel had a bad feeling. She had brought Julie home. Now that such a big thing had happened, she was also responsible.

As Muriel was thinking, she suddenly felt Third Brother’s gaze. She looked up and saw his displeased expression.

Muriel’s heart trembled even more. Without waiting for Daniel to speak, she apologized.

– I’m sorry. It’s entirely my fault.

Daniel looked at Muriel’s face with a complicated expression. After a while he said:

“You don’t know who to apologize to?”

When Muriel heard Daniel’s words, she nodded and walked towards the temple hall.

Everyone followed Muriel to the ancestral hall.

At this time, the smell of sulfuric acid was no longer present in the temple hall.

She walked over to the memorial tablet of the eldest daughter of the Royer family and knelt on the floor with a plop. She bowed solemnly before the eldest daughter of the Royer family.

This bow was very honest. Everyone could hear Muriel bow down.

After prostrating herself, she knelt down.

Muriel’s forehead had been broken, and blood was flowing. Her beautiful almond eyes were filled with guilt and apologies. Tears were streaming down her face, and it looked like she blamed herself.

Seeing Muriel in this state, Matriarch Royer’s heart hurt.

This time it was Julie’s fault. If Julie hadn’t deliberately tricked Lyana, she wouldn’t have placed the concentrated sulfuric acid on her eldest granddaughter’s urn.

Even though she was very angry with Julie, Julie was still Matriarch Sanchez’s granddaughter after all. The Sanchez family and the Royer family were very close. It was normal for Muriel to bring Julie home when she came to pick her up.

Suppressing her tears, Muriel stood up and picked up an incense stick. After lighting it, she again prostrated herself before the eldest daughter of the Royer family. There was a trace of tears in her voice.

“Sister, it’s my fault your urn was damaged. I hope my sister can forgive my mistake.

Daniel glanced at Muriel. He also knew that this case had nothing to do with her. Seeing that Muriel sincerely admitted her mistake, he couldn’t bear to blame her. He said :

“It has nothing to do with you. Get up. You have to be careful when making friends, especially with the people you bring home. You have to investigate them in several ways.

Muriel turned to look at Daniel.

“Yes, I understand, third brother.

She then made three more bows to the memorial tablet of the eldest daughter of the Royer family before standing up and inserting the incense in her hand into the incense burner.

Muriel lowered her head slightly and walked to the side with a sad expression.

Matriarch Royer approached Muriel and took her hand. She patted him gently on the back of his hand and said:

“Good child, I know you’re not to blame for that.

Muriel gently shakes her head and says:

“Finally, I was wrong. If I hadn’t brought Julie, none of this would have happened.

“You’re just ready to take responsibility for everything. You will suffer.

Matriarch Royer said softly to Muriel. She told herself that maybe it was because of Muriel’s personality that she couldn’t help feeling sorry for her.

Muriel stood to the side. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Lyam, who was standing nearby, his heart filled with confusion.

It’s strange.

Second Brother generally cared more about his sister’s business.

Why didn’t he react when his sister’s urn was damaged this time? Second Brother didn’t blame her or get angry with her.

She still remembers that when she was in the piano room of Second Brother, she had only touched the stool on which her sister had sat. Second Brother got angry.

In the past, he would have been furious before Third Brother could speak.

Second Brother would not only attack Julie, but also punish her.

Could it be because Second Brother had fallen in love with Lyana?

Second Brother wanted to appear softer in front of Lyana.

No, Second Brother had once said that the person he cared about the most was his sister.

What made Muriel even weirder was that her brother was also very abnormal today.

In the past, Big Brother would certainly have found someone to attack Julie.

Today, not only was he not angry, but he also didn’t attack Julie, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Today Big Brother and Second Brother watched Lyana.

It couldn’t be because they were both in love with Lyana!

If Big Brother and Second Brother both loved Lyana, the atmosphere between the two shouldn’t be so harmonious. After all, when love rivals meet, their eyes turn red.

What went wrong?

Muriel silently suppressed the doubts in her heart.

Daniel lit three sticks of incense and stood in front of the memorial tablet of the eldest daughter of the Royer family. He bowed solemnly three times before inserting the incense sticks into the incense burner.

Daniel’s heart ached when he saw his sister’s urn corroded by sulfuric acid.

He was really useless. He didn’t even take care of his sister’s urn.

If it wasn’t for the anniversary of his sister’s death, he could have asked Julie to apologize to her personally.

It was precisely because today was the anniversary of his sister’s death that he didn’t want to be ruthless in front of his sister. At the same time, he wanted to accumulate merits for his sister and wish her a happy reincarnation.

Lyana looked at Daniel’s sad back. She could feel his pain and sorrow.

At this moment, Daniel was completely different from the one she had seen before.

The first time she saw him, he was like a suave young master, catching everyone’s attention.

Every time Lyana thought of the sadness of the Royer family on the anniversary of his death, every year for twenty years, she experienced conflicting feelings.

Seeing that Daniel was about to wipe the urn with his hand, Lyana couldn’t help but say:

“Don’t wipe it with your hand.

When Daniel heard Lyana’s voice, he turned to look at her, his eyes cloudy and confused.

When Lyana met Daniel’s gaze, her heart sank slightly. Daniel’s energetic eyes had already lost their shine and were now dull.

In Daniel’s place, if she was him and something like this happened to his biological sister, she wouldn’t be in a good mood either.

Lyana’s lips parted slightly. She had thousands of things to say to Daniel, but she couldn’t say a word.

All eyes fell on Lyana’s face.

Vincent stood next to Lyana. He could clearly feel Lyana’s emotions, and he could tell what she felt in her eyes.

At that moment, she seemed to be held back by something. She wanted to say something, but didn’t dare to.

Vincent narrowed his eyes slightly.

Previously, he had already realized that something was wrong in Lyana’s relationship with William and Lyam. Besides, Lyana looked at Daniel the same way she looked at William and Lyam.

Vincent clearly understood that this look had nothing to do with love between men and women.

If he wasn’t mistaken, Lyana was looking at Daniel as if she were looking at her family.

Vincent glanced at William and Lyam. Seeing the two looking at Lyana nervously, he had already guessed what was going on.

Before, he couldn’t believe it, but now, he was completely sure.

At this moment, William and Lyam were also looking at Lyana nervously. Their hearts were beating faster and faster, as if they were going to jump out of their chests in a moment.

It was the first time that William had been so nervous. His palms were covered in sweat, and his throat was moving involuntarily. His eyebrows arched.