Chapter 49 - Borrowed Knife

"Tell me...Mrs. Ahmed, what would you do if you were in my place?"

Lisa rose from her sitting position...her breathing was hurried and her eyes were red. It was clear that she was trying to suppress her anger.

Mrs. Ahmed was startled to see her sudden outburst. She felt guilty on behalf of her son. At the same time the truth alarmed her.

"Who else knows about this?" she narrowed her eyes. "Did your parents know?"

"What do you think?" Lisa gritted her teeth.

"My parents would never let me marry a monster like Ruhan if they really knew the truth."

Mrs. Ahmed sighed of relief. The Akters valued family more than anything else. If they knew about Ruhan's blackmail, they would probably disregard their reputation and go all out to punish Ruhan. It was a good thing that they didn't know about the truth.

However, just because Lisa didn't say anything until now didn't mean that she wouldn't open her mouth in the future. She had to convince Lisa to keep her mouth shut. At this moment Lisa was unstable. It would not be wise to agitate her. But she didn't have any other choice. She had to act fast before the matter blew out of proportion.

"You are right...what Ruhan did was unforgivable. He should be punished for this." Mrs. Ahmed sighed.

Lisa frowned. Mrs. Ahmed seemed to be too calm. Something about her reaction did not seem right.

"However, if people knew about this, they would still blame you for tricking Ruhan into marrying you like this. You should know that my husband is suspicious by nature. He would never allow a girl who is calculative and scheming become close to our family. " Mrs. Ahmed continued to speak.

She wanted to scare Lisa so that she would keep her mouth shut.

"So I think it would be better for your reputation as well as ours to if you keep your mouth shut.

Lisa's face became darker. How could easily feel that her mother-in-law was threatening her. If it had been a weak, conservative girl, she might have really felt threatened. But unfortunately Mrs. Ahmed's opponent was Lisa. She would never let herself be wronged just because of her reputation. And she would never keep her mouth shut just because the person threatening her was her mother in law.

Lisa smirked, "Do you think that I care what happens to my reputation?

We are already a fallen family.

Even if one day people come to know about Ruhan's blackmail and my deception,

they will focus more on the fact that Ruhan abused his power to bully a weak girl.

Your competitors will use this occasion to discredit your charitable organization. The reputation that Mr. Ahmed painstakingly built, will sink into oblivion in no time."

Mrs. Ahmed's face became angry.

"You....you are shameless. How dare you threaten me like this!

Don't forget that you are also an Ahmed now. You will also be affected if our family faces any trouble."

"You are mistaken aunty. I am not threatening you. I am merely stating the truth.

I am a nobody. So no one would bother about tarnishing my reputation. But the mighty Ahmed family... It is the subject of envy of hundreds of people!

If the evidences of Ruhan's corruption came into light, do you really think that others will not utilize this opportunity to bring you down?"

"What evidences?" Mrs. Ahmed became scared. She didn't care about the accusations Lisa made about Ruhan's blackmail...because such cases were not enough to harm Ruhan. With little alteration to the story, public opinions could easily be turned against Lisa.

But if Lisa did have evidences of Ruhan's corruption and other crimes, the situation would become trickier.

Even if Ruhan did not go to prison, such scandal would provide Mr. Ahmed enough excuse to disown him.

Lisa did not have any plan to reply to her. She would not show Mrs. Ahmed all her cards. She had to keep some tricks up her sleeves.

She yawned. "I am really sleepy mother in law. Can we talk tomorrow? And...I don't want to sleep in the same room with Ruhan. Can you please make other arrangements?"

"You...you answer me first. What evidences do you have? " Mrs. Ahmed became angry to see Lisa's attitude. She was teasing her on purpose.

Her son was right. This girl really knew how to piss others off.

"Relax, dear aunty. As long as your son doesn't cross his boundary. The evidence would never come into light. You don't have to worry about it." Lisa gave an amiable smile as if the heated conversation between them a while ago hadn't taken place at all!

"And Ruhan's father...you can not let him know about it too." Mrs. Ahmed decided that it was not wise to push Lisa any further.

"I shall obey my mother in law."

Of course Lisa would not tell anything to Mr. Ahmed. She was not stupid. She was too inexperienced to deal with someone like Mr. Ahmed. She could not see through at all!! She did not intent to show her dark side to Mr. Ahmed...yet.

The only reason she decided to disclose everything to Mrs. Ahmed was because Lisa knew that she would also hide everything from Mr. Ahmed.

Mrs. Ahmed sighed as she approached the door. She decided to talk to Lisa alone to exercise her right as a mother in law to give her a piece of her mind.

She wanted to groom Lisa so that she would be a good wife and do everything she can to make Ruhan a better person.

Who knew that her plan would backfire!!!

Now she had no choice but to follow Lisa's wishes and help her to keep distance from Ruhan.

However, Mrs. Ahmed still didn't realize that from now on, she had already become Lisa's borrowed knife.

That her attempt to protect her son would harm him even more.