Chapter 1957 Insincere Smiles
Mabel’s hand froze in mid-air before she quickly withdrew it. “Y-You’re awake… No, you didn’t really faint anyway. How did you make your face look like that? You look like you’re genuinely sick. For a moment, I even thought that it was real.”
After a brief silence, Janice answered, “I took some medicine.” “Medicine? What kind of medicine?”
“It makes you look unwell as if you’ve just suffered from a serious illness. Why are you asking so many questions anyway? Do you want to try it too?” Janice asked sharply.
There’s a kind of medicine that can do that? This is the first time I’ve heard of it, Mabel thought. “W-Why would I want to take that? I was only asking.”
“It’s nothing you’d want. Since you’re not going to take it, don’t ask so many questions.” Mabel fumed inwardly.
How petty of her! It wouldn’t hurt to tell me, would it? Who knows? Maybe there’ll come a time when I need to use it too. Like, say, in an emergency, or if Rodney gets tired of me, or to set someone up… Anything!
The more Mabel thought about it, the more she felt that the medicine would come in useful. “Was it from the same doctor who helped to create your fake medical records?” she probed.
There was a cunning gleam in Janice’s eyes as she replied, “No. I got it elsewhere. If you need it, I can give you the contact number.”
“Great. I think I’d better get some just in case.” After pretending to think for a while, Janice gave Mabel her second phone number. “All right. I’ve written it down.”
Janice was secretly delighted to see the pleased look on Mabel’s face. This lie might be helpful in the future. Mabel put away her phone, then looked at Janice. “Maya is out buying some things, so hurry up and tell me what’s your plan.”
“Well, my initial plan was to create a misunderstanding between Maya and Wilbur so she’d decide to leave him. But I can see that won’t be easy because they’ve formed a deep bond. Let’s go with the flow and focus on sowing discord between them as the first step. If that doesn’t work, we’ll take things one step further and…”
Here, Janice leaned forward and whispered something in Mabel’s ear. Mabel’s brows drew together. She was frightened by what Janice just told her, and there was a shift in the way she looked at the latter.
Who would’ve thought that Janice would be even more vicious than me?
“Why are you looking at me like that? Are you in awe of my wonderful plan?”
“It’s true that you can’t judge a book by its cover. I thought that… Well, I didn’t think you could be so ruthless.”
Janice smirked. “How else could I be worthy of being your partner in crime? You’ve always been my role model when learning to be the ideal homewrecker, so I’ll get shy if you praise me. Both of us want Wilbur and Maya to split up. Since we have a common goal, we should work together. Am I right?”
“Of course. We need to work together to achieve our goal. But… I’m a little concerned about what will happen after we succeed in breaking up Wilbur and Maya. After you get together with Wilbur, we’ll become rivals. What will you do to Nic and me then?”
Janice paused briefly. “You’ve had years of experience under your belt, so I’m no match for you. All I’m interested in is getting Wilbur for myself. As long as we end up together, I don’t care what happens to the Simpson family. Just make sure we don’t get left out in the cold.”
Only a fool would believe you! Once you have Wilbur, you’ll surely do everything in your power to take over the Simpson’s family business. Do you think I don’t know your true colors?
Despite the innocent smile on Mabel’s lips, she was already plotting how to deal with Janice.
Meanwhile, Janice knew that Mabel would not fall for it. Of course, I don’t think that way. I want both Wilbur and the family business! Wielding power over others is better than relying on others, after all.
The two ladies continued to gaze at each other while scheming against each other, hiding their hidden motives behind their insincere smiles.
After some time, Janice said, “Maya is probably going to be back soon. I’d better lie down. It wouldn’t do if she saw me talking to you like this.”
With that, she lay back down on the hospital bed. Mabel even helped to pull the covers over her.
“Just lie there for now. When Maya returns, you can pretend to wake up. This time, you must make her serve you hand and foot to ‘repay’ your kindness.”
