CHAPTER 237: I AM FRAMED BY JULIAN

Margaret put her hands on her ears and knelt on the ground.

No matter what, she had to apologize.

She was the daughter of the Anderson family, so she was still given a chance to correct her mistakes.

In fact, she was wronged this time, but she knew that her explanation would be useless.

"Margaret, you were bold enough to go to the same hotel room with a man."

"Mom, I didn’t do that."

"You slept in the room last night."

Orlenna’s glare scared Margaret who was kneeling on the ground. Margaret trembled and defended herself in a low voice. "We didn’t sleep in the same room. He booked a suite."

"How could you go to the hotel with a young man? Do you think your mother is a fool? Do you think Julian is incompetent? You’re a young and beautiful girl. How could he tolerate his desire when you slept in the same room?"

Orlenna stared at Margaret with obvious suspicion.

Margaret lowered her head slightly, looking obedient.

Hearing Orlenna’s reprimand, Margaret whispered, "How would I know what he was thinking?"

"What did you say?"

"Mom, I am really innocent. Even if he wanted to do something, I was not willing."

Margaret rolled her eyes. The next second, Orlenna said, "Did he say that he would be responsible for you? When will he propose to you?"

Margaret widened her eyes in horror and thought, "Is my mother mad?"

"Mom, what are you talking about? I didn’t ask him to be responsible. I didn’t ask him to propose to me."

What did she have to do with Julian? Why should she marry him?

"What? You and he were sleeping together. But he didn’t want to marry you. Margaret, it’s okay if you are stupid, but he is unwilling to marry you. You, you are really..."

Orlenna picked up the badminton racket next to her and was about to hit Margaret.

Margaret was quick to react. She immediately jumped up from the ground and ran upstairs.

As she ran, she did not forget to shout, "Even if he is willing to marry me, I am not willing to marry him. Even if I die, I will not marry him."

"If you don’t want to marry him, why did you go to the hotel with him? I have regretted having such a stupid daughter like you!"

Orlenna was so angry that she chased Margaret up the stairs, but the door was shut. She immediately slapped the door in anger. "Margaret, come out!"

"No, I’m not a child anymore. I know you want to beat me up. I won’t go out! I am not so stupid to be tricked to open the door."

Orlenna thought that her daughter was not smart enough.

"Alright, let’s see how long you can stay inside."

Hilla followed Bruce out, but she was still worried. "Does Mother know about Margaret and Julian’s affair?"

"Yes." the man responded indifferently and calmly. It seemed that he had almost forgotten what happened this morning.

Hilla glanced at the man beside her and felt that Bruce had told Orlenna about the incident related to Margaret and Julian in the hotel before he went home.

She was just a little curious about what Bruce had told Orlenna. When she went out just now, she saw that Orlenna’s expression was still normal.

Margaret should be fine, right?

...

After a series of rapid knocks, Horton opened the door and saw Margaret, whose face was deathly pale, squeezing into his house without a word.

Horton opened his mouth and was about to speak when he saw the luggage behind Margaret.

"I want to go to the countryside. You can send me to the countryside now. I will live with Halle there."

Margaret said with a sullen face and then sat down on the sofa.

The next second, she frowned in pain and secretly moved her butt.

Margaret seemed to know what Horton was going to say. She just raised her hand and said coldly, "Don’t ask me why and don’t ask me what happened. I only need a driver."

All the credit cards and documents Margaret had now had been taken away by Orlenna. If Margaret wanted to live, she could only go to the countryside.

However, the countryside was too far. She was penniless now and could not even afford to take a bus. After thinking for a long time, she could only ask Horton to be her free driver.

"Alright, wait a moment!"

Horton did not hesitate. Margaret nodded. The next second, she saw the woman coming out of the room.

Margaret was stunned for a long time before she realized that this woman might be the girlfriend that the Hutts had introduced to Horton.

Sure enough, a rich man always had women around him.

Horton was very calm. He walked to the woman and said, "Sorry, I am not available today."

The woman looked at Margaret with obvious inquiry and hostility. "Is it because of her that you reject the marriage and don’t want to get engaged to me?"

Margaret thought to herself, I am just a passerby. What does it have to do with me?

This young lady is really disgusting. How can she regard me as a third wheel without any evidence? I always hate the women who are home wreckers.

When the woman questioned Horton, Horton only said expressionlessly, "It has nothing to do with her!"

Margaret said inwardly, "I don’t have any affairs with him, okay?"

The woman sneered. "You defended her so much and even said that you had nothing to do with each other."

Margaret thought, That’s the fact, okay? Is there something wrong with this woman’s brain?

Why can’t she listen to Horton’s explanation?

At the sight of this unreasonable woman, Margaret could not help but think of Orlenna, who just beat her.

"Horton, remember that it’s not you but I who want to break up."

After the woman finished speaking, she carried her bag and left in a huff.

Margaret stared at the woman’s back in surprise and said, "Why is she so shameless?"

Horton took his coat and picked up the car keys. He turned to look at Margaret. "Let’s go. It’s too late. The road to the countryside is rough."

After that, Horton pulled up the suitcase that Margaret had left at the door and took the lead to walk out.

Margaret quickly stood up from the sofa and chased after him.

Now she only had Horton, a free driver, to rely on.

Halle did not expect that the person who had just gone back to River City a few days ago would soon come back again.

When Halle saw Margaret, who was standing at the door with a suitcase, and Horton behind Margaret, Halle could not help but feel a little headache.

What was going on?

"Halle!"

At the first sight of Halle, Margaret immediately threw the suitcase in her hand and rushed over. Then, she began to shed tears.

"What’s wrong? Weren’t you good when you went back? Did something happen?"

Halle was a little annoyed at the beginning, but when she saw Margaret’s sad look, she felt sorry for Margaret.

On the way to Halle’s home, Horton had listened to Margaret’s story, so he told Halle, "She went to the hotel with a man. Bruce and Hilla saw the scene. There was some misunderstanding. She was just beaten by her mother."

Horton simply told the whole story.

"What? Why did you go to the hotel with a man?"

Halle was also frightened by this news. Based on her understanding of the Anderson family from Hilla, it was possible that Margaret would be beaten to death!

...

Margaret looked at Halle who had a confused expression on her face and suddenly felt even more aggrieved.

Margaret hugged Halle and buried herself in Halle’s arms, crying out of breath. "I was framed by Julian."

Margaret thought that if Julian hadn’t come out of the room behind her, Bruce and Hilla wouldn’t have found out that she shared a room with a man in the hotel.

Now that she thought about it, she felt that it was Julian’s scheme, and one more thing was that she was unlucky.

There were so many rooms in the hotel and so many floors. Why did Julian insist on staying on that floor and choosing that room?

If these accidents had not happened, she would not have been beaten up by Orlenna.

Now, she could only run to the countryside to save herself.

"Framed? Who dares to frame you?"

Halle looked confused, but she patted Margaret on the shoulder and comforted her. "Alright, you stay here for now. We can talk about it later."

Halle was very clear that if one did not want to tell, asking would not result in a result.

Just like how she was at that time.

"Halle, I know that you are the only one in this world who is nicest to me."

Hilla who had once said that she wanted to protect Margaret was so easily dragged out by Bruce to have breakfast. Margaret felt sad because Hilla didn’t care about her.

"Silly girl, your family members are also good to you, right? There will be more people who will be good to you. You are just too sad now. You will be fine in a while."

Halle knew that Margaret was childish. Although Margaret was sad now, she would soon forget about it.

Halle was jealous of this kind of Margaret who was childish and adorable. The Andersons indeed protected Margaret well and also taught her well.

"My mother almost beat me to death. My butt still hurts."

Margaret pointed at his butt with a sullen face. The next second, she turned to Horton behind her and snapped, "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a woman’s butt?"

Horton frowned slightly and looked away. He wondered why Margaret didn’t feel embarrassed to speak that bluntly.

Even if he was interested in a woman’s butt, he wouldn’t be interested in hers.

Halle stood between the two and suddenly felt that this conversation topic was very embarrassing.

Margaret looked indifferent. Anyway, she and Horton had grown up together. When they were kids, they both took a shower together and she was not embarrassed. Moreover, she had seen Horton’s dick when he was a child.

Margaret could not help but look down to Horton’s thighs. Horton was nervous. The next second, he was frightened. He quickly took a step back, stared at Margaret, and said, "Calm down, we are buddies."

"Buddies?" Margaret rolled her eyes and thought, "Who is your buddy?"

However, she also knew that her gaze just now was offensive. After all, they were no longer children. It was not good to look at him like that.

"Halle, you won’t kick me out, will you?"

Halle shook her head. Although Margaret couldn’t help much here, she could always make the studio more lively.

Halle agreed. Margaret quickly pulled up her suitcase and strode upstairs to the room, ignoring Horton, who was behind her.

Immediately, only Halle and Horton were left downstairs.

Horton was obviously more nervous when he looked at Halle who was facing him. Before he could speak, Halle had ordered him to leave. "Margaret stays here, and I will take good care of her. It’s getting late. You should have something important tomorrow. I won’t keep you for dinner."

After that, Halle closed the door of the studio and drove Horton away.

It was obvious that he was not welcome here.

Horton looked at the closed door of the studio and turned to leave after a moment.

Perhaps he had disturbed Halle and the others’ lives, so she hated him.

Margaret found a protector and soon settled down in the countryside.

In the River City.

After the opening ceremony banquet, the news of the banquet was leaked the next day.

To Hilla’s surprise, almost all the media in River City thought highly of the opening ceremony of this fashion competition, and a little episode between her and Julie was also mentioned.

The content of this episode was different from what she thought.

The report revealed not only that scene in which Hilla pushed Julie down at the banquet and made a fool of herself but also some scenes of Margaret and Julie in the

back garden.

Hilla looked at the news in disbelief. How could Margaret have a dispute with Julie? The two were not very familiar with each other, and there was no conflict.

Hilla wondered if Margaret and Julie quarreled because of her.

The title of the news was "Embarrassed by a nameless lady, Mrs. Anderson left with grievances".

This title amused Hilla, but she didn’t mind being a vulnerable woman this time.

Indeed, she had left with grievances, according to Bruce.

Hilla skimmed at the news reports, and soon her gaze fell on another headline.

"The heiress of the Anderson Group comforted the scheming woman but was pulled into the pool. Kindness cannot be rewarded. What a sorrow!"

"The heiress of the Anderson Group?" Hilla thought that it must refer to Margaret.

After Hilla left the banquet that day, did anything happen to Margaret in the banquet?

That was why Margaret was with Julian that night!

As expected, Hilla saw some photos in the news. Margaret stood in the pool, looking a little embarrassed. There was a figure sitting under Margaret, and Hilla could recognize the woman at a glance. It was Julie!

In the photo, Margaret stretched out her hand to Julie, as if to pull Julie in the pool up.

However, Hilla found that Margaret’s clothes were also wet.

Therefore, Margaret got Julian’s help because her clothes were wet, and they appeared in the same hotel room.

After combing through the whole story, Hilla picked up her phone and hurried downstairs.

She felt that she should help Margaret explain to Orlenna.

Hilla knew that Margaret was not an easy girl.

Margaret was often careless, but Hilla had not seen that Margaret had a boyfriend or there was a frivolous boy beside her for so many years.

"Mom, maybe we really misunderstood Margaret.

"She probably did that because of me that night."

Hilla told Orlenna about the banquet that night. Of course, Queeney was also mentioned.

However, Hilla didn’t tell Orlenna the news reports but some facts at the banquet.

Of course, Hilla told Orlenna the fact that she had hit Julie and Bruce took her away.

Hilla didn’t see the incidents that happened to Margaret, but she still couldn’t help but say to Orlenna, "Margaret might want to help me take revenge, so she wanted to deal with that woman and wetted her clothes. It just so happened that Julian helped her. I think that the incident on that morning should be a misunderstanding."

Orlenna thought, "I don’t hope it is a misunderstanding."