The Seventh Miserable Bride

Chapter 121

"Follow me."

Claudine took her son into the lecturer's office and pointed at Lily. "Can you please ask her if I can enter your office or not?"

Lily stood up with a stiff look on her face.

All the other lecturers' eyes were fixed on Lily. All of them felt a little confused about the situation. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Scott was stunned for a few seconds and suddenly understood what his mother was talking about. He smiled and said, "I thought something else happened. Yes, you can't blame Miss Adams, that's what I will ask her to do usually."

"Don't try to defend her. Do you usually ask her to tell your guests to get coffee from the coffee shop by themselves?"

"That's because you're the one who spoke rudely first."

Lily answered in a neutral tone.

"Since when was I rude to you? I just wanted to go to my son's office to wait for him. Was that too much?"

Lily's heart jolted for a bit. She was obviously shocked by her words. She couldn't help but scrutinize the noble woman who was standing in front of her. "She is Scott's mother?" She was extremely surprised and annoyed by the idea.

She shouldn't have gotten into an argument with Scott's mother. This was complete self-destruction.

Scott was already not interested in her, and now that she had offended his mother, he must detest her even more.

"You never mentioned that you are Principal Jules' mother."

"I didn't? I did ask you if you know who I am. But how did you answer me? You said that no matter who I am, you would treat every guest equally. Oh, I didn't know that our school had such a selfless teacher. Now I, as the chairman of this school, is asking you to pack up your things and leave immediately!"

At that instant, the air in the room seemed to freeze, and everyone held their breath. The major shareholder of this school was a mysterious person, so no one actually knew who it was. However, they had never thought that it would be the Principal's mother.

Lily's expression didn't look good at all. She stopped defending herself and waited for Scott to speak.

Scott sighed and said, "Mom, you are being a little unreasonable, aren't you? She was only doing her job, moreover, she didn't do anything wrong, so why do you have to chase her away?" He paused and said, "What's more, the lecturers of the school were hired because of their achievements. As long as they have not violated any of the regulations of the Ministry of Education, no one has the right to fire them. Even you, the major shareholder of this school, do not have the right to fire her."

"You..." Claudine was even more furious now. She had just been pissed off by Lily, and now even her own son was not on her side. She growled angrily, "If I said that I want to fire her it means that I will fire her. If you don't want to do it officially, I still have other ways to deal with it."

Claudine was no longer the same person from 20 years ago. Her power now was beyond anyone's imagination.

The school bell rang and Yasmine Taylor went back to the office after the class. She was surprised to see Claudine, so she went up to her and asked, "Madam Tucker, why are you here?"

Claudine's face which looked gloomy the minute before suddenly brightened up when she saw Yasmine.

"Yasmine, were you in class just now? I was looking for you but I didn't see you around. In the end, I was even ignored by an ignorant airhead for half of the time I was here."

Yasmine looked around and noticed that Lily's expression was a little unusual, so she could immediately sense that something had happened between Claudia and Lily. She smiled and said, "Maybe it's just a misunderstanding. Madam Tucker, don't take it to heart."

"She wants to fire Lily."

Scott hurriedly approached her and reminded her.

"How could it be just a misunderstanding! It's obvious that she has no courtesy. How can such an uncultured person be given the right to educate the children? She must be expelled today." "Madam Tucker, Miss Adams is a good friend of mine. You really might have misunderstood her. She didn't mean to neglect you, she was just doing her duty according to the rules. That's how every one of us here works."

"Your good friend?"

Claudine raised her eyebrows and asked, "How could you be friends with such a person?"

Yasmine's expression stiffened for a bit. Deep down, she was very unhappy with Claudine displaying her contempt for Lily. However, in order to trivialize the matter, she suppressed her anger and said, "It's really just a misunderstanding. Could you please forgive her for my sake?"

Claudine thought for a moment and said, "Well, since you have also pleaded on her behalf, I'll let her go this time, but on one condition, I want you to have dinner with me tonight."

"Dinner again..."

Yasmine didn't feel like going for the dinner, but for Lily's sake, she had no choice but to agree to Claudia's invitation. "Okay, no problem."

Knowing that Yasmine had agreed to her invitation, Claudine was very happy. She patted her hand and said, "That's settled then. We'll meet at the Magical Restaurant at seven o'clock in the evening."

"Okay. Got it."

Scott smiled at Yasmine and gave her a thumbs up. He then put his arm around his mother's shoulder and said "Shall we leave now, Madam Tucker?"

Claudine glared at her son, and then looked at Lily. "How could you be so different from Yasmine, seeing that both of you are also lecturers."

Anyone who heard those words would know that Claudia was demeaning her. Lily was very dejected because the person who said those words was the mother of the man who she had a crush on.

"Yasmine, I'm leaving now. Don't forget about our appointment."

Yasmine waved her hand and said, "I won't, I'll meet you there on time."

When the office had finally quieted down, Lily ran out of the office. Yasmine immediately followed after her, all the way to the forest behind the school.

"Lily, don't take Madam Tucker's words to heart. She might have misunderstood you but Scott won't. He is not like his mother."

"All this while, I could never figure out the reason why Scott likes you so much. My appearance is not any worse than yours and I'm as smart as you. But why does he only like you? It wasn't until this moment that I finally understood that this is all fated. Scott's mother is not someone who anyone can get along with, but even she likes you."

"It's not like that. It's just that I happened to pick up her purse that she had lost on the street the last time so that was how I met her. Both of you just happened to meet each other at the wrong timing, so it doesn't mean that it's impossible between you and Scott."

"Yes, that's why I said that it was fate. It was fate that led you to pick up her wallet and she was grateful to you for that. On the other hand, I was just doing my job according to the rules and somehow offended her. This just proves that there is no possibility between me and Scott. There is not even one favorable condition that can bring us together."

Yasmine was very distressed by her words. She grabbed Lily's hand and said, "Don't be so negative, it's not as bad as you think. It's mainly because you're not brave enough. If you're brave enough to confess to Scott, it will definitely be different."

"Forget about it. It wouldn't matter anymore since I'm going to leave anyway."

"Will you not regret it if you just leave like this?"

"A relationship which has nothing for me to look forward to will not make me feel any regret."

Yasmine didn't say anything else. However, she thought to herself that she would not let Lily leave just like that.

Before getting off work, she called Sebastian Simons to inform him about her appointment with Claudia. Once the call was connected, she said, "Hello? Do you have anything to do tonight?"

"No, what's the matter?"

"I might be going back home a little later tonight. Someone has asked me out for dinner."

"Who is it? Lily?"

"No, it's... Madam Tucker."

"Scott Jules's mother?"

"Yes."

Both of them fell silent. After a long pause, Sebastian finally spoke. He said, "What does Scott Jules' mother want from you? She is always asking you out for dinner."

"Today was exceptional. I'll tell you when I get home, okay?"

"Okay."

Sebastian was a little upset as he hung up the phone.

Yasmine arrived at the dinner place on time. When she arrived at the restaurant, she was surprised to find that the person sitting there was Scott.

"Where is your mother?"

She sat down in front of him and asked in confusion.

"My mother suddenly had an appointment that she must go to, so she asked me to come on her behalf."

"Your mother could have just given me a call then. It's not a must for us to have this meal anyway."

"Why, is it because of me?"

Yasmine was stunned for a moment and then said, "No, I was just worried that you were busy."

"I'm not busy at all. Not only that, but I also haven't had a meal with you in a while now, so I'm actually looking forward to tonight's dinner."

She sighed. There was really nothing that she could say to him.

"Let's order then. I treat this time." Yasmine said.

"That's fine since you are so rich now and no longer the poor girl who had just graduated from school. I won't show any mercy to you then."

Yasmine rolled her eyes. "Do you have to be so sarcastic?"

"I'm just telling the truth. If I was really being sarcastic then it was just to myself since I'm the one to be blamed for not being able to make you Mrs. Tucker."

Scott took a meaningful look at her and then lowered his head to look at the menu.

"What do you think of Lily Adams?"

Yasmine asked tentatively after a brief period of silence.

"She's not bad."

"Do you know if she has anyone that she likes?"

"I don't know. She's never told me before."

"Aren't you curious about who that person is?"

Scott shrugged his shoulders indifferently. "There's no need to be curious about other people's private affairs, right? Besides, it won't be me anyway."

"How can you be so certain that it isn't you?"

At that moment, Yasmine had the impulse to confess on Lily's behalf but she held it back. After all, as Scott said, it's her personal affairs. It would be too much to do it on her behalf without her consent. Even if she was a close friend, it was still a bit too much.

"She knows that I like you."

"If the person she likes is you, what does it have to do with you liking me?" Scott raised his head and asked seriously, "Would you like a man who likes another woman? And a man who keeps asking you about the woman who he likes?"

"Why not? Because I wouldn't be able to control my feelings."

"Don't tell me that she really likes me?"

Scott's expression suddenly became serious.

"Oh, no, that was just an analogy."

Yasmine shook her head awkwardly. At that moment, she had decided that she would just encourage Lily to confess her love to Scott rather than doing anything rashly now.

"How are you doing lately?"

Scott continued to flip through the menu and pretended to ask her this casually, but in fact, he was actually very concerned if she was doing well or not.