Chapter 94: The Reality

Immediately, James stepped out of the pharmacy. He felt even more enraged and couldn't even hold in his anger as he hurried to his car. As he sat down in his seat, he couldn't help but contemplate what exactly he wanted to do. Should he just go back to the mansion and yell at them? Pour out his anger? Or what exactly should he do? He thought to himself. He did not know what exactly to pick. But he was so frustrated he continuously slammed his hand on the wheel, trying his best to hold in his anger. 

But instead, he got even more enraged as flashbacks of Isabella's words came back to his head. Listening to her say all those things, he couldn't help but be amazed. So this explained it all. Alex was the one who was feeding her words now. He knew that he did not just fall in love with someone who would ditch him like it was nothing. He knew how much Isabella cared for him. He knew how much Isabella loved him. Even though sometimes he always thought it was just lust. But he was more than sure that she had even a little ounce of feelings for him. 

That was why those words made no sense to him. And now he slowly understood everything. He understood why it happened like that and why he felt like that. “Alex, how could you do something like this? How could you try to erase her memory of me? How could you even try to keep this a secret from everybody?” James continued to say to himself angrily in the car. 

Even passersby who were walking by were surprised to see someone actually yelling that much. That was how angry James was. But noticing that people were already seeing him as a maniac, he quickly calmed himself down and placed his head on the wheel, thinking of a way to end all this. Thinking of a way to confront her and quit. Quit this act so that he could finally get Isabella out of Alex's chains. 

But just as he was about to start his engine and speed off to Alex's house, he began to understand what was going on. Alex could not just erase her memory so easily. And if he did something like that, he would be at a loss more than even James. 

And all this happened after Lily was presumed to have poisoned Isabella. It was now making perfect sense to him. All these things were all Lily's fault. Lily actually went as far as flushing away all of Isabella's memories so Isabella would not have a reason to come back to him. It made James even more furious than he was with Alex. Yes, he hated Alex. But he hated a liar and a dubious person even more than Alex. 

He started the engine and set his destination for Lily's place. Meanwhile, Lily was laying on her bed, staring at the ceiling, feeling so frustrated as the herbs were on her desk, and Beatrice was already fast asleep. Same with Rachel as she tried her best to calm her nerves and breathe in, breathe out as she placed both hands on her belly. She was continuously thinking about the fact that Isabella would actually come back to school and everything would go back to normal. 

She turned to the side immediately and screamed into the pillow that was at her side. “You can't come back!” she yelled and sat up on the bed as Rachel and Beatrice immediately jolted up, staring at her in shock. 

“What is the problem?” they questioned as she looked at them with a deep frown. 

“I did not call your name. Get back to your sleep, you dummies. All these things would be happening if you guys had actually done it better,” Lily said to Beatrice and Rachel as Rachel was confused. 

Even though Rachel was still keeping up an act and actually wanted to tell everybody the truth and expose Lily, she still could not take Lily's character and commanding tone anymore. “Yes, we are asking you because we are concerned. You don't have to yell at us and tell us to shut up or command us. Okay? You are just as much a human being as you are,” Rachel said. 

“Really?” Lily felt so surprised that she immediately sat up even more, all her attention fixed on Rachel as her frown deepened. “What did you just say?” she questioned Rachel as Rachel rolled her eyes. 

“Yes, okay, we want to help you. We also want to get rid of Isabella so badly. I don't even like Isabella for anything. But that doesn't mean you can command us and make it seem as if you are doing us a favor by getting rid of her. I can get rid of her just as much as you are doing it. There is nothing actually special about whatever you are doing. Just don't let this get into your head too much. You will get cut,” Rachel said, trying her best to calm her tone down, but she was still pissed. 

Lily could not even hold in her anger and instead twisted it into laughter. “You are just so funny. I can't stop laughing at your stupidity. What do you mean by I shouldn't let it get into my head? If you could have gotten rid of Isabella the simple way, then all this would not be happening!” 

Lily yelled at Rachel as Rachel stood up. “What? What do you mean by getting rid of Isabella? You plan on killing a person just because you love your professor? If you love him, then go and tell him straight to the point. If he doesn't want you, then that's your own cup of tea. You don't have to force yourself on him and try to get rid of an innocent girl's life just because of this,” Rachel said angrily. 

At that moment, even though Lily was so angry, she felt like Rachel was slowly turning into a good leaf. But she decided to wave it off because she knew that Richard was a very bad person. “I don't even want to argue about this with you. I don't plan on arguing about this with you because it would actually be fruitless. So I'm just going to watch you act like the fool that you are. And no matter what you do, do not forget you can never go back on me. You are in this with me. The minute you step out, you are dead.” 

Lily threatened instantly.