The hidden billionaire heiress (Lyra Melvin)

Chapter 562 Some people deserve it, and some should not be involved

Malcolm, being unaware of what she had done back at the Lloyd Manor yesterday, started the engine

and headed for Anning Hill while inquiring, "Why do you suddenly want to go back to Anning Hill?"

After all, now Keith didn't live there and Micah went to Frayton. At the Anning Hill, apart from the side

siblings, only Collin and Kathleen lived there.

Lyra turned her head to look out of the car window and explained calmly, "Yesterday I took Anne to stay

at Anning Hill, but also resumed Collin's chanting scriptures. Now he should not have finished. Anyway,

I am unable to sleep, so I want to go and see."

They had been together for so long. With her simple explanation, Malcolm instantly understood her

intentions.

"It's good to see. Some things have to be clarified so that you can completely be at ease."

Lyra stopped talking and focused on the various streetlights out the car window in a trance.

Malcolm glanced at her and expressed his concern.

"Rara, if Anne Windsor is not Ethel , what are you going to do?"

Lyra's voice sounded cold, "Although I don't have conclusive evidences, she and Paul are estimated to

be the mastermind of the attack on our way to the airport in Atria. Since she is not Ethel and she came

to Crana, it is my territory and she won't leave here easily. "

Malcolm: "Anne Windsor's matter is easy to solve. If Paul comes with her, after all, he has the title of

noble Earl of Owhil and AN Group is powerful. Rara, take your time."

Lyra was naturally aware of it.

"First start from Anne Windsor. To answer my doubts, if she really is not Ethel, then solve the problem

based on the rules. If she is, it will have to be done according to my family's rules."

The more she spoke, the deeper her voice became. She was staring at the villa at the top of Anning Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Hill, which was still lit up.

"When she gets into Anning Hill, she'll never rely on Paul in her life."

Lyra came over quietly.

Not wanting to alarm the whole Lloyds, she chose to have Malcolm park the limo halfway up the hill.

The two went up on foot.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Lyra and Malcolm reached Reginald's villa and walked around

the back door towards the hall.

The closer they got, the clearer Collin's chanting sound became.

Because his voice was hoarse, Collin didn't read very well. It was rustling and straining a bit, but he

read slowly and seemed to be at peace inside.

Lyra quietly looked through the window to see what was going on in the hall.

Collin's knees were against the cold marble floor. There was no futon. He placed a file of scriptures in

front of him, held a book, and was reading in a regular manner.

His back was straight. His body was slightly shaky, and his voice was obviously hoarse.

From afternoon, he was kneeling in the hall and reading until now. She didn't know if he had water in

the middle. Such punishment was quite grinding.

But Collin seemed to handle it well, and again, it seemed that the self-abuse had gotten him used to

the experience.

Lyra looked at his back from afar, and couldn't tell how she felt. It was strange.

She was angry at Collin, whom thought she loved for more than 20 years and had been playing the role

of a strict mother, but kept her in the dark for so many years for an illegitimate daughter who had hurt

her.

He even allowed Ethel to run amok and turned a blind eye to the truth about their father being pushed

down the stairs in order to get the Lloyd family's inheritance.

Thinking about this, the complexity in Lyra's eyes gradually became firm and cold.

Malcolm noticed her expression and sighed silently.

He knew that Lyra loved Collin as a brother, but in her eyes, Collin's previous behavior was really

hurting the kinship and reverence for Collin in her heart.

She just can't get over it.

Malcolm didn't want to see her keep bothering because of this matter. For most of the year, Collin's

confessions and apologies were a bit radical, but he could see that Collin was genuinely repentant.

"Rara ..."

He was about to help persuade her, when Lyra abruptly covered his mouth, lightened her footsteps and

pulled him backwards.

"Shh, it looks like someone's coming. Don't make a sound." She whispered a warning in Malcolm's ear.

The two kept retreating to the shadows behind the hall.

Lyra leaned into Malcolm's ear and whispered again, "You keep an eye on the inside for me while I go

get Douglas."

Malcolm would not mess with her plans and nodded obediently.

At three o'clock at night, the Lloyd Manor at Anning Hill was silent except for the raspy and strained

chanting sound in the hall.

Lyra deliberately drove away the bodyguards left at the entrance of this villa, so that someone could

sneak in without scruple. A few minutes later, a figure approached the hall.

Malcolm narrowed his eyes, made himself invisible, hid in the darkness, and waited quietly.

He was in a position where he could just see the person's side.

Late at night, the street lights in the villa's garden were dim.

Looking from Malcolm's direction, the person was slim. It was a woman.

Was Anne really here?

If it was said she was innocent to come to see Collin, even ghosts won't believe it.

The figure stood by the door of the hall and quietly listened to the movement inside for a while.

After several minutes, she remained standing outside, seemingly with no intention of going in.

Malcolm, who was suspicious, quietly stepped out of the shadows and approached the slim figure who

was peeking into the hall.

When the distance was closer, he could see the person's face.

It was not Anne, but Kathleen.

She was still up at this hour, so she must be worried about Collin.

He sighed, lightened his steps and stepped back, re-hiding into the shadows.

Kathleen, who was outside the hall, stood for a long time and silently accompanied Collin for more than

half an hour.

Kathleen sniffled sadly, let out a long sigh and turned to leave the villa.

Shortly after she left, Lyra, who had finished her business, returned.

Lyra asked softly, "Well? Did anyone get in?"

Malcolm shook his head, "It was Kathleen just now. What did Douglas say over there?"

"Only Kathleen came to visit for a couple of times. Anne didn't show up."

Malcolm reassured, "Maybe you're really overly concerned. Anne Windsor and Ethel only look a little bit

alike, but their ages don't match up."

Lyra was very determined and was not swayed at all, "Her appearance can be surgically changed. Age

and identity can be faked. I only believe in the results after I personally check it."

Malcolm put his arm around her shoulders, found her shoulders a little cold, immediately took off his

suit jacket and put it on her.

"But what are you going to do tonight when Anne doesn't show up?"

"This is only the first day. It proves nothing. Maybe she wants to take her time. We should try another

days. If not, we will act more real and ruthless. On the basis of Collin's previous indulgence and love for

Ethel, I don't believe after the really Ethel see this situation, she can sit back and do nothing. Because

of her fault, Collin was punished. Although she is malicious, she cares about Collin as her brother."

Lyra still remembered, when the Lloyd family's scandals surfaced one by one, Ethel frankly admitted it

and took all the blame to leave Collin innocent.

It was truly a brother-sister bond.

There was a trace of mocking flashing in her eyes. Then she turned away and left.

She never looked back at Collin who was in the hall.

Malcolm followed her. Together they walked halfway down the mountain to take the limousine back to

the White Mansion.

On the way back, Lyra kept looking at her phone. Even though it was late at night, she was still

checking the Lloyd's Corp's recent financial statements.

Malcolm held back before he wanted to say the words to comfort her.

"So long after what happened before, you haven't punished Collin except to break off the relationship

with him. And you punish him this time because he deserves it to redeem himself.

But Rara, don't you think this is unfair to Kathleen?"

"Kathleen is completely in the dark. Because they're a couple, when Collin suffers, she's not feeling

good. Just now she came over to check Collin's condition. I heard very small cries. Apparently she was

heartbroken. Maybe she can not sleep and was worried about Collin before she ran over."

"She did nothing wrong. Collin was punished for kneeling and reading the scriptures. It was physical

pain but she was mentally suffering it as well."

Lyra raised her eyes, and the interface of the financial statements on her phone failed to flip a bit.

Malcolm's words touched her heart a little.