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Over four years of waiting. Over four years of longing. It had driven Sean to the edge of madness. So this time, even if he had to tie her up and drag her home, he was never letting her go again.
Lily thought Sean had truly lost his mind.
She could admit-James didn’t like her.
But the Ginger family? That wasn’t her home.
It was hell.
Just as she was about to speak, Ivan stepped forward and kicked Sean straight in the shin. “Sean, when people say you’re sick in the head, they’re not kidding! Your whole family treated Lily like trash, and you still expect her to apologize? Do yourself a favor and read the news for once-actually, never mind. I’ll just show you the video.”
Ivan knew that even if he told Sean to go look it up online, the guy probably wouldn’t bother. So he pulled out the same video he’d shown Simon and the others yesterday and played it for them on the spot.
Sean and the other two finally saw it clearly-it wasn’t Lily who had driven drunk and hurt someone. It was Wendy who had maliciously attacked her and tried to frame her.
Only now did Sean notice the bandage on Lily’s arm.
Realizing she’d barely survived the crash, was still on an IV drip, and he’d come storming in without knowing the full story-his heart twisted until it felt like it had been crushed into ash.
He took a step closer, eyes red. “Lily, I was wrong. I didn’t know you were the victim. From now on, I’ll take care of you, protect you. When you’re discharged, come home with me, okay?”
He had been the one to meet her first.
If she were to marry anyone, it should have been him-Sean-not James.
He’d spent years denying it, convincing himself it was wrong to feel that way about his adopted sister. But desire had bloomed into obsession, eating at him like poison. No matter how hard he tried to look away, to forget her-he couldn’t.
Eventually, he’d had no choice but to surrender to his heart.
To admit that he wanted her.
Madly, desperately wanted her.
So he had to trap her by his side, bind her to him, until she had no room left in her heart or eyes for anyone else.
Bodger and Taylor had also finished watching the video. Seeing the truth and the inju made their pupils contract and their chests tighten with guilt.
Lily’s arm
Both of them rushed to speak.
“Lily, we didn’t know it was Wendy who set you up. We were wrong. We shouldn’t have blamed you without knowing the facts. We’ll stay here and take care of you until you’re healed, and when you’re better -we’ll all go home together.”
“I was wrong too. Everyone’s right-once you’re better, come home with us. You and James are getting divorced anyway. Let’s set things right. Mathilda belongs with him. You never loved james, and Mathilda really cares about him. I hope you’ll step aside for her. You owe her that much”
Owe Mathilda…?
Lily thought the Ginger family really had a talent for telling jokes.
She laughed so hard tears sprang from her eyes.
When the laughter finally faded, she stared coldly at the three Ginger brothers, then at Mathilda-who was still putting on her pitiful act, gazing longingly at James.
“Mathilda going missing all those years ago? That had something to do with Jerome, Luna and the three of you. You didn’t take care of her, you let a child wander off, and instead of taking responsibility for it, all you ever say is that I owe her? How shameless can you get? And now you want to ‘set things right’ so she can end up with James? Do you think we’ve all forgotten how she cried and screamed about not wanting to marry him? It was only because she refused to marry a vegetable that Luna went looking for me to take her place. She wouldn’t face hardship with him, but the moment he woke up, she started coveting the Luke family’s wealth? The sheer hypocrisy of you people is disgusting.”
“I didn’t-“
Mathilda rushed to deny it, tears already streaming down her face. “I love James! I would’ve married him even if he stayed a vegetable. I only gave him up because you insisted on marrying him, and I didn’t want to fight you. I-“
“Stop. Just stop.”
Ivan had heard enough. “Mathilda, do you think the Luke family is full of idiots like your three dumbass brothers? How do you even have the nerve to say that crap? You said it yourself-you didn’t want to ruin your life by marrying a vegetable. And now you’re trying to cling to my brother the moment he wakes up? What, you think he’s trash you can just pick up again whenever you feel like it? You want him and Lily to get divorced so you can swoop in? Dream on. My brother and Lily are a perfect match. They’re never getting divorced.”
Mathilda’s face turned stark white.
Ivan’s words had been brutal.
He had basically called her garbage-and turned around to exalt Lily like some kind of goddess. Lily, that no-class fake heiress. A total imposter. And she was supposed to be better than Mathilda?
The bitterness in Mathilda’s heart twisted and burned.
But she was good at controlling her expression. She knew that a soft, weepy act did hysterical fit ever could.
So, with tears sparkling on her lashes, she turned toward James. “James… I never didn’t want to marry you.
I never once minded that you were in a coma. I-“
“Whether you want to marry me or not doesn’t matter. What matters is-I don’t want to marry your
James’ dark eyes were full of irritation.
He was done being entangled with Mathilda and her fake sweetness. His tone remained cold as he continued, “I don’t like selfish, two-faced, manipulative women. So from now on, keep your pretentious nonsense to yourself.”
He didn’t harbor romantic feelings for Lily. That much was true.
But he was immensely grateful that it had been Lily who married into the Luke family-not Mathilda.
Mathilda was like a leech in a sewage drain-once she latched on, she wouldn’t let go.
If it had been her who married into the family, she’d have thrown tantrums and made his life hell the moment he woke up and wanted a divorce.
Lily, on the other hand, was a thousand times more straightforward.
He knew full well that the Ginger family had never been kind to her. Given how readily she’d agreed to the divorce, the least he could do was make sure those people didn’t drag her back just to mistreat her again.
After a moment of silence, he added, “Lily’s not going back to the Ginger family. Since you all already kicked her out, don’t come crawling back to meddle in her life. Get out.”
“James!”
Lily understood that he wasn’t saying this out of care for her. He simply hated Mathilda more. She didn’t harbor any illusions.
But Sean took his words the wrong way. He thought James didn’t want to divorce Lily at all. Furious and flustered, he couldn’t hold back his angry roar.
Unlike Bodger and Taylor, who only wanted Mathilda to marry into the Luke family to fulfill her wish, Sean had a different motive.
He wanted Mathilda to marry James-so Lily would be severed from him for good.
Only then would Lily belong to him. Entirely. Only to him.
“Get out,” James repeated, not bothering to waste breath. He issued the order again, even colder than before.
“Bodger, take your siblings and leave,” Nancy finally spoke up, her voice equally firm. “I’ve already accepted Lily as my daughter-in-law. I won’t allow some absurd claim about Mathilda wanting to marry James to dissolve their marriage/I hope none of you continue this senseless behavior or keep saying things that defy reason. Act wisely from now on.”
The three Ginger brothers and Mathilda clearly hadn’t achieved what they’d come for, and none of them were eager to leave.
They were just about to say more-when Wendy, Elsa, Luna, John, and Simon all entered the room.
Lily closed her eyes in disgust.
Could this day get any worse? Barely into the morning, she’d already been swarmed by this circus of lunatics. Her mood was in the gutter.
“Lily, I heard you were hurt. Are you doing better? Is the wound still painful?”
Luna rushed to her bedside as soon as she came in.
She was here on Wendy’s behalf.
Though Luna, Wendy, and Nancy had once all been classmates, her values no longer aligned with Nancy’s, and they’d grown apart. In contrast, she and Wendy had become closer and closer over the years-like kindred spirits.
That morning, Wendy had even gifted her the luxury diamond bag she’d been eyeing for years-over three million in price. Naturally, Luna was more than willing to return the favor.
The Luke family had already posted the video online exposing Wendy’s attempt to frame Lily, and the narrative had completely flipped. Wendy’s reputation was in ruins.
There was no saving her image now.
Their only hope was to convince Lily to forgive her-so she could at least avoid prison time.
Luna adopted her gentlest, most maternal expression, warmly gripping Lily’s hand with affection. “As soon as I heard you were hurt, I rushed over. You’ve always hated pain, and the thought of you suffering… it just breaks my heart…”
Looking into Luna’s eyes, brimming with tenderness and concern, Lily’s heart wavered for a moment. She had spent over a decade in the Ginger household. Years of living together naturally built deep bonds.
She had once sincerely respected Luna as a mother.
Before Mathilda returned, Luna had treated her with overwhelming care-as if she were the most precious thing in the world.
Seeing her like this now, Lily was momentarily transported back to those days. Her eyes stung with the heat of emotion.
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