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“Lily!”
The blood in John’s eyes surged again.
He had been so sure Lily could never leave him.
Ever since Elsa returned, it had always been Lily causing trouble. He had never once seriously suggested they part ways.
He’d thought if he finally put his foot down, she’d panic, maybe soften up.
He never expected her to say she was glad.
Lily let the smile fade and met his eyes directly.
That face of his-it was still just as handsome and flawless as the first time they met.
She had once loved him deeply. She had seen everything about him through rose-colored glasses.
But now, she was free of that illusion. No longer trapped by her own feelings.
And what she saw now… was a man who was selfish, cold, and completely blind to right and wrong.
A man who didn’t deserve her love. Not then. Not ever again.
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His anger, his regret, his pain, his hate-none of it mattered to her anymore.
She looked at h?m coldly for a moment, then said with total detachment, “John, Wendy wasn’t acting on impulse. She was ruthless. She tried to kill me, and I will make her pay.”
“I mean, you’re not dead, are you?” John replied, still glaring at her, clearly dissatisfied. “Since you’re fine, there’s no need to keep pushing this. Let it go already.”
Not dead…
Of course. That was how the man she had loved for four years saw it.
In his eyes, Elsa’s happiness had always mattered more than her own.
More than her life.
Eighteen-year-old Lily must have been truly blind.
“Yeah,” she said, her voice suddenly turning icy. “I’m alive right now. But John-not everyone in a car crash gets to live. When I was six, my parents died in a terrible accident. They never woke up. Wendy wanted to ruin me, destroy my reputation, make the world believe I drove drunk and injured someone-make them think I deserved to die. Maybe she didn’t mean to kill me. But what if? What if the impact of that crash had been just a little stronger? What if I had died? Or ended up disabled for life? If I had died, what would my ruined life have been worth? Who would’ve made it right?” If you kill someone, saying I’m sorry doesn’t bring them back from the grave. If you leave someone crippled, an apology doesn’t make them whole again. Hurting someone and tossing out a sorry like it fixes everything-what does that mean? Nothing. I don’t need Wendy’s fake apology. I don’t want it. I won’t accept it. All I want is justice. This belongs in the hands of the police. She should be punished by the law!”
Her voice rose as she spoke, trembling with intensity. Her eyes began to redden at the corners.
Her skin was too pale. Against it, the red in her eyes looked even more vivid-heart-wrenching, even. John’s chest twisted with guilt. It felt like a blade cutting deep.
She was the only woman he had ever wanted to spend his life with. Of course he didn’t want anything to happen to her.
The more he thought about how close she’d come in that crash, the deeper his frown became.
He didn’t want to imagine her disabled. Or worse-gone from this world forever.
But those were just hypotheticals. /
In reality, she hadn’t suffered any serious injuries. Just a few cuts and bruises. A mild concussion, with no lasting effects.
Elsa, on the other hand, had fainted out of stress and fear-afraid her mother might end up in prison.
Her body was so fragile. She couldn’t take much more. e, 22 Jul
He just wanted her to live a little longer. To pass peacefully, without regrets. Without being weighed down by guilt or fear.
So he had no choice but to stand on her side.
Suppressing the ache in his chest, he said coldly, “You didn’t die, and you weren’t crippled. Don’t use what might have happened as an excuse to punish Wendy so harshly. If you agree to stop pursuing her legally, I’ll sign over our old apartment to you.”
Seeing Elsa lying limp in his arms, blood at the corner of her mouth, Simon’s heart twisted with pain. He was just as desperate to end this.
When he heard John make an offer, he immediately chimed in.
“Lily, if you stop pushing this, I’ll give you a hundred million. If that’s not enough, I’ll add more. Or name your price-whatever you want, I’ll make it happen!”
“The apartment you slept in with Elsa?” Lily scoffed coldly. “No thanks.”
She turned her gaze from John to Simon, her lips curling into a sharp, frosty smile.
“Whatever I want, huh? Then die.Would you agree to that?”
“Lily, don’t go too far!”
Her laugh only grew colder, sharper. “See? There it is. You’re angry now. You want to live, you treasure your own life-but when I was almost killed, I was supposed to be magnanimous?”
“I’ll say it again. I will never make peace with Wendy. Now get out.”
“Didn’t you hear her?” Ivan snapped, after getting a sharp nudge from his grandfather. “She told you to leave. So get lost already.”
“Aunt Nancy…”
Simon didn’t want to leave. He hoped Nancy would help persuade Lily to reconsider.
Nancy looked like she wanted to pry Simon’s head open to see what on earth was going on inside.
There was no way she’d side with him.
With a glare of pure disgust, she finally said, “Simon, our Luke family doesn’t need your so-called hundred million in compensation. But Wendy deliberately ordered someone to crash into Lily. She will have to pay damages.”
“From now on, use your brain before you speak-or act. Don’t let people with bad intentions manipulate you.”
“You’ve been completely out of line lately,” Nancy snapped at Simon. “I’m going to talk to your parents- and your grandparents too. They need to keep a tighter leash on you!”
“I…”
Simon knew exactly what that meant. His grandparents had always favored girls over boys and doted on his aunt. His father was famous for spoiling his sister, and his mom had once been his aunt’s best friend. She treated her like her own little sister.
If his aunt went home and complained, his parents and grandparents would probably break his legs.
He still hoped Lily might back down and stop going after Wendy. But it was obvious now-she had no intention of forgiving anything, and the whole Luke family was firmly on her side. He couldn’t change Lily’s mind, and he definitely couldn’t change theirs.
And Elsa’s condition was looking worse by the minute. He didn’t dare delay any longer. He urged John to take her to her attending physician right away.
John also realized there was no persuading Lily tonight.
Worried about Elsa’s condition, he gave Lily one last irritated glance and rushed out of the room with Elsa in his arms.
Once the room was empty except for the Luke family, Henry clenched the cane he’d been using for show and lunged at James.
“You little punk! You pushed your own wife to go on blind dates with another man-are you even human? I’ll kill you!”
“Grandpa, don’t hit James!”
Lily quickly stepped between them. She knew this wasn’t James’ fault and couldn’t just stand there and watch him get beaten up.
James had been forced into a marriage he never wanted, with a woman he hated. That was punishment enough. Getting hit on top of that would be more tragic than some character from a Greek tragedy.
When Simon had grabbed her by the neck earlier, she’d knocked her injured leg on something and the pain was still sharp. But she gritted her teeth and got out of bed, planting herself firmly in front of James.
“Lily, move aside! I’m going to teach this brat a proper lesson today!”
Henry didn’t want to accidentally hit Lily, so when she blocked the way, he hesitated with the cane and urged her to step away.
“Lily, don’t protect him! The way he’s been acting-he deserves a good beating!”
“Grandpa, I have to divorce Lily.”
Just as Lily opened her mouth to speak on his behalf again, James cut in.
“The person I love is a man. I can’t be with Lily.”
“What did you just say?”
Henry thought maybe he’d misheard. His hearing had always been good, but this… this had to be a mistake.
He scratched at his ear, hoping whatever was messing with his hearing would go away.
But then James repeated himself, clearly and firmly. “The one I love is a man. I have to divorce Lily.”
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