CHAPTER 184: CHAPTER 184: SETTING A TRAP FOR LEONA SHERIDAN

It felt like a brothel madam discussing a deal with a client.

Mr. Tate looked at Juliana Jacobs, almost drooling as he kept nodding and saying "good."

"Mrs. Langley, what is the meaning of this?" Juliana asked.

Leona Sheridan smiled faintly, "Isn’t it obvious? I’m introducing you to a marriage prospect."

She pointed to the man next to her, "Mr. Tate is a fine young man, successful in his career, and his wife just passed away, so he’s in need of a woman to warm his bed. Aren’t you always seeking to marry up and find a wealthy man? Look how suitable you both are."

Juliana’s gaze remained calm, even displaying a cooperative fake smile.

"Mrs. Langley, even to your own people, you’re two-faced. What does family mean to you? Benefits, status, anyway, nothing related to family affection."

Leona’s expression darkened, "These are the conditions if you want to live in the Langley home. If you don’t agree, then everything is off the table."

Juliana could tell that unless she agreed to marry Mr. Tate, Leona wouldn’t agree to her being with Jared Langley or entering the Langley family.

"Then... let me talk to Mr. Tate alone," Juliana said.

Seeing her consent, how could Mrs. Langley disagree?

She then gave a blatant look towards Mr. Tate, hinting, "This room is private; no one is allowed in without my permission. You two can ’connect’ your feelings well."

Picking up on Leona’s hint, as soon as the door was closed, Mr. Tate reached out to grab Juliana.

However, Juliana evaded him.

Mr. Tate smiled as he said, "Lady, don’t resist, it’s useless. You can’t deny what Mrs. Langley has decided. Accept your fate, be compliant, and don’t seek trouble."

Saying that, he lunged at Juliana.

Once again, Juliana artfully dodged, "Mr. Tate, even as anxious as you are, you have to let me finish talking."

Mr. Tate was indeed anxious, but seeing how beautiful she was, he held back his temper, saying, "Speak, speak, quickly."

Juliana lowered her eyelashes, appearing very troubled, "I don’t know if I should say this... Actually, giving me to you is just an excuse by Mrs. Langley, she... she..."

"She what?" Mr. Tate asked impatiently.

"She admires you greatly."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Tate laughed, "No one has ever tricked me before. Don’t stall for time, Mrs. Langley will reward us after we’re done."

Before he could finish, Juliana stepped forward and interrupted him, "You may not know, but on the surface, Mrs. Langley looks fine, yet she’s very troubled with her marital life. Despite Chairman Langley being in his prime, he’s all show and no go, unable to satisfy her. She desires a vigorous, renowned man like you."

Mr. Tate widened his eyes, looking at her.

Juliana continued, "When we entered earlier, I saw the way she looked at you, I knew she longed for you. But as you know, with her age and status, she needs someone to cover for her, so she called me here."

Mr. Tate was speechless, his mouth agape, but he began to somewhat believe Juliana’s words.

"If I were you, Mr. Tate, I’d think about how to satisfy her. After all, as long as she sweet-talks Chairman Langley, your business will flourish effortlessly."

"You..." Mr. Tate cleared his throat, "I’m not one to behave recklessly."

"I know, otherwise Mrs. Langley wouldn’t fancy you," Juliana said.

Mr. Tate’s lecherous gaze suddenly became much more normal.

Juliana added, "To see if I’m telling the truth, just let her in, I’ll leave the room for both of you, and you can try actively, then you’ll know."

Mr. Tate gave her a threatening look, "Fine! If what you say is true, you’ll be rewarded, but if you’re deceiving me, Mrs. Langley will give you to me in a package, and I enjoy playing the game of dripping candle wax on wounds."

Mr. Tate had never played with a rich woman like Mrs. Langley, unlike young, pretty women; to him, she was something fresh.

Juliana went next door to call Leona Sheridan over.

"Is it done?" Leona asked suspiciously.

Juliana gave a shy smile, "Yes, we’re done talking, now you two talk."

With that, she left the room, tactfully closing the door for them.

Soon after, she was sitting next door, enjoying the fruit tea that Leona had ordered, when suddenly there was a loud "bang" from outside.

The door of the next room was flung open, and immediately Leona’s terrified cries were heard.

"Husband, save me, please save me."

Her clothes were disheveled, and her hair was a mess, as she rushed into Victor Langley’s embrace.

Jared Langley walked in in a few steps and gave the man named Tate a good beating, then called in the bodyguards to tie him up tightly.

"It was Juliana! She set me up!"

Leona, snuggling in Victor’s arms, trembled and cried plaintively.

"This... couldn’t be..." Jared’s voice was full of doubt.

At this moment, Juliana, holding a fruit tea in one hand, casually played a recording on her phone with the other, and calmly walked to the doorway of the room.

From the phone, the conversation between Leona and Mr. Tate clearly came into Victor and Jared Langley’s ears.

Leona jerked her head up, looking at Juliana incredulously.

She had always thought that this woman was unusually calm, turns out she secretly brought her husband and son, and recorded them, digging a big pit for her to fall into.

So vicious!

But the recording stopped abruptly right after Leona left the room.

Jared’s gaze towards his mother gradually turned cold and distant.

"Mom, you say you approve of us being together, yet behind the scenes, you use such means to break us apart. What do you see me as?"

Leona, still shaken from what Mr. Tate had done, snuggled completely in her husband’s embrace and said aggrievedly to her son, "No, didn’t you hear it? She’s provoking our mother-son relationship!"

"Oh?" Juliana raised an eyebrow, "According to Mrs. Langley, was it I who called Mr. Tate here to humiliate you?"

"Leona, how could you do such a thing?... I’m so disappointed in you."

Victor Langley frowned, slowly pushing her away from his embrace.

Leona, realizing she had been outsmarted by Juliana, hurriedly clutched onto the last flaw, pointing at Juliana, questioning her, "Why didn’t you play the entire recording? How did you brainwash Mr. Tate in that room? You definitely don’t dare to play the later part!"

Juliana said indifferently, "At that time, my phone happened to run out of battery."

Leona nearly burst into tears from laughter, "Listen to her! She says her phone ran out of battery. But now it’s playing, she’s clearly lying! She’s trying to frame me!"

Juliana gently raised an eyebrow, "I just recharged it earlier."

The hallway fell into a brief silence.

"You... you’re simply..."

Leona was almost falling apart.

Everybody knew she was finding excuses to avoid releasing the full recording, yet her husband and son didn’t say a word in her defense.

Juliana shed her idle demeanor, a trace of sorrow flashing in her eyes.

"But I can briefly talk about what happened between me and Mr. Tate in that room. He grabbed my clothes and tried to kiss me..."

"Stop!"

Jared Langley’s chest heaved violently.

"Why not let me speak?" Juliana looked him straight in the eye, "It was you who invited me to live in the Langley home, not me trying to reach higher. Yet your mother assumed I had designs on you, even inviting someone to defile me. Jared, do you think there can still be..."