Julia's guts were telling her that there must be no good reason behind Lilia's sudden return. But Lilia was an elder after all, so she ought to meet her even just for the sake of courtesy. On the morning of the next day, she told Sherry to book a private room in a restaurant for her. Once the day's filming was over, she changed her clothes and went to the appointed place.

When she arrived, Eric and Lilia weren't yet there. Ushered by the waiter, she went to the private room first. About ten minutes later, Eric and Lilia finally arrived.

It'd been a long time since she last saw Lilia, so upon finding that time seemed to have left no trace on Lilia, she couldn't help but praise, "Aunt Lilia, long time no see. You haven't changed at all! You're still as young and as beautiful as before!"

"Really?" Lilia smiled, but there was nothing sincere about her smile. "You've

ways taken you as an elder I ought to respect."

"Really? Then let me say this clearly."

Lilia fixated her gaze on Julia and took a deep breath. "Eric is my only son. Although I'm not asking him to marry a rich woman, I hope that he can at least marry a woman from a family equal to ours in status. I'm not saying that you're not good. I just don't think you're suitable for Eric.

Let's say that what you said is true—everything is just a misunderstanding. However, had you kept a proper distance from him, such a misunderstanding wouldn't have happened at all. Don't you think? To avoid further misunderstanding, I’ll be very thankful if you can stay away from Eric from now on."

"Mom, aren’t you going too far?" Eric said with a frown.

Although she seemed to be speaking politely, her tone was really unpleasant to hear and her every word was filled with contempt.