After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire
Chapter 922 Lillian'S Doubts

Chapter 922 Lillian's Doubts

Lillian felt a sudden flutter in her chest as she pondered over what Oscar meant. Her heart raced uncontrollably as she looked at him intently.

She didn't know if she had misunderstood something.

Did Oscar mean that he thought he was hurting her?

She didn't understand why he suddenly thought so.

Did he discover something? Or did he develop some feelings for her too?

Lilian bit down hard on her lip, afraid that she might be reading too much into it out of wishful thinking. She had given up on any romantic prospects with Oscar long ago. But the feeling of giving up came more from unwillingness than acceptance.

It could not be true that she had no feelings left for him anymore.

"I know you like me." Suddenly, without warning or hesitation, Oscar spoke his mind aloud,

Lilian's body jolted with surprise. She looked up at him with wide eyes but remained silent, biting down harder on her lip this time around.

"I'll try to like you back in the future." He continued speaking.

Tears welled up in her eyes as doubts clouded over her once again.

Was this all just another one of his lies?

However uncertain it might be though, his words still hit Lilian hard. She never imagined there would come a day when someone like Oscar would say such things about trying to like her. She had accepted the fact that Oscar could not be swayed in his love for Hannah, and all she could do was make him submit to her by depriving everything of him. Never did she expect to hear Oscar saying this.

She looked at Oscar, her voice choked with emotion as she asked, "Is what you said true?"

Oscar gave her a positive answer.

"But why didn't you leave me and Una for Hannah?" Lillian asked him.

"I can never let go of Una," Oscar emphasized each word.

Lillian had no doubts about that. If it came down to choosing between the two, Oscar would undoubtedly choose Una. It was his debt to Cian. But she still couldn't believe that Oscar would give up Hannah for Una.

Could he really do it?

"I may not have fallen for you as quickly as you did for me, but I'll adjust my feelings and try to forget Hannah soon." Oscar said, "Just give me some time."

"As long as you need!" Lillian exclaimed excitedly. She couldn't hold back anymore at this moment. Her emotions were too strong to hide any longer. If Oscar was willing to be with her, then they could make a good life together.

"I never thought about liking you before." Lillian continued after calming down a bit, "I always thought I liked Cian, well actually I still do like him, but every time I think of him now it just hurts my heart. That feeling can't be called love anymore; it's just regret over losing someone important." She paused before adding earnestly, "But seeing how attentive and caring you are towards Una has really touched me. It makes me start imagining having a real family with you and giving Una a real home."

"Mhm." nodded Oscar calmly as if he had already known what she was going to say all along.

"I feel so selfish sometimes. You should have been with Hannah from the beginning but now because of me..." Tears streamed down Lillian's face as she spoke emotionally again, "Oscar, after losing Cian, I'm so grateful that I met someone like you."

Oscar hadn't intended on using Lillian in any way, but there were things he needed to do for Una's safety that went against his conscience. But even if acting out this charade and deceiving Lillian, he didn't want to cause Hannah more bad feelings. He didn't want to be in a relationship with Hannah while letting Hannah suffer from his betrayal.

He walked over towards Lillian who looked up at him tearfully yet excitedly at the same time, then gently hugged her close into his arms.

Lillian's heart raced wildly in response. For the first time, Lillian felt Oscar so close to her, really by her side. Before, he always felt too far away.

"Go to bed early," Oscar said softly.

"You too."

Oscar let go of Lillian. He only wanted to comfort her and had no intention of taking things further with her. Of course, Lillian never thought that Oscar would be with her so soon. She was willing to give him time.

She watched as Oscar left slowly and returned to her room feeling like nothing was real. She was always worried about something. But when she thought about how kind Oscar had been towards her just now, she seemed less guarded again. It was true-she liked him too much. Whenever Oscar showed a little kindness towards her, she surrendered completely.

Suddenly the phone rang in Lillian's room. She picked up the phone next to her and looked at who it was calling; then a shadow fell over her face gradually as she answered, "Father,"

"Is Oscar there?" Rowan asked on the other end of the line.

"Yes." Replied Lillian

"Yes?" Rowan sounded a little taken aback

"He did leave the Capital today for a few hours, but he's already back now."

"Oscar isn't as easy as we thought he'd be!" Rowan exclaimed angrily. This man could make them powerless before they even realized what happened, Rowan reckoned.

"But it doesn't matter." Rowan continued, "In ten days I have arranged an overseas interview for him. He will have no choice but leave."

Lillian bit down on her lip tightly.

"Then we'll follow our plan," Rowan said viciously.

Lillian remained silent, seemingly absent-minded.

"Lillian?" asked Rowan, suspicious.

"Uh-huh?" she realized that she had been distracted and hastened to explain, "Are we confident to take him down? I don't think he was easy to deal with. Once we failed, all of us would be doomed to death." "Don't worry. I'm confident in my ability."

"But..."

"What's wrong with you tonight?" Rowan sensed his daughter's reluctance and wasn't pleased about it.

"It's nothing... I'm just afraid that something unexpected might happen."

"Don't worry, even if our plan fails, we still have an ace up our sleeve. Oscar will definitely fall into our hands!" Rowan was confident.

"Okay." Lillian agreed.

"Speaking of which, Lillian, do you have any concerns?" Rowan had developed to this point naturally because he was smarter than the average person. He could clearly see something in Lillian's few questions.

"No." Lillian quickly denied it.

"Don't let Oscar deceive you. You have to believe that only family will never betray or hurt you in this world. And someone like Oscar who is not on the same side as us, can never really be good to you!"

"Hmm." Lillian nodded.

At that moment, a hint of cruelty flashed through her eyes. Her father was right. She couldn't easily trust Oscar. She couldn't be swayed by him so easily.

Oscar might just be deceiving her.