Julian Sterling stormed into the foyer, his dark suit jacket unbuttoned, his jaw clenched so hard the muscles jumped under his skin.
He bypassed Eleanor completely and dropped to one knee beside Lily, gently helping her sit upright.
Julian: Lily... are you hurt? Did she touch your stomach?
Lily looked up through a blur of tears, clutching his forearm with trembling hands.
Lily: Sir... she tried to poison your baby!
The entire grand foyer went dead quiet as the gathered guests gasped in absolute shock.
Julian's eyes darkened with lethal fury as he turned to face Eleanor, who had suddenly frozen in place.
Julian: What did you put in her morning tea, Eleanor?
Eleanor scrambled for words, waving her hands in frantic denial as a bead of sweat rolled down her neck.
Eleanor: Julian, she is lying! She fell on her own! She's trying to manipulate you to extort money from our marriage!
Julian slowly stood up to his full height, pulling his smartphone from his inner coat pocket.
He tapped the screen and held it inches from Eleanor's pale face.
On the screen played crystal-clear 4K surveillance footage of Eleanor slipping crushed pills into Lily's herbal drink inside the pantry twenty minutes earlier.
Julian: The toxicology lab downstairs flagged the sedative before Lily ever took a sip.
Eleanor's jaw unhinged in sheer terror, backing away until her spine hit the marble wall.
Eleanor: Julian... please! You wouldn't divorce your wife over a servant's child!
Julian: She isn't a servant's child. She is carrying my lawful heir. And you are going straight to federal prison!
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