Tessa Caldwell blinked twice, then clapped her hands cheerfully and said, "Really? Not important, anyway we're already married, and we tied the knot in China, so even if we divorce, I'd get a big half of his family fortune. Whether his family agrees or not is not the point."
Now it was Eleanor Whittaker's turn to be shocked: "What did you say? Family fortune."
Tessa Caldwell glanced over with a smile, and said earnestly, "That's right."
Since Eleanor Whittaker already described her as a bad woman, seemingly comparable to Jezebel, she thought she might as well play the bad woman who married Faye just for money, and see how Eleanor Whittaker would react.
Everyone can tell lies; it just depends on whether they are willing to.
