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But he never imagined the day would come when she’d say he wasn’t even good enough to shine James’
For someone who’d always been certain Lily would return to him, this sudden flicker of doubt hit hard, shaking his confidence, gnawing at his pride. Could it be that she’s clinging to James not to spite me, but because she’s actually fallen for him?
The fear of losing her, of her loving someone else, burrowed deep into his chest, mixing with fury and desperation. In that moment, he completely forgot he was still holding Elsa in his arm
Right now, all he wanted was to drag Lily back with him-to keep her close, to make sure no other man could touch her. To keep her where she belonged-by his side.
“John”
Without warning, Elsa slipped from his arms and fell to the floor.
The ground was hard and cold; she felt like her bones were about to crack on impact.
Her prideful heart was instantly swallowed by a flood of humiliation. She couldn’t believe it-she had just coughed up blood, looked so fragile and beautiful-and he’d let her fall to the ground like this, in front of everyone, completely disgraced.
“It hurts it hurts so bad…”
The constant humiliation that night made her taste nothing but rust in her mouth. But Elsa was far too proud to throw a hit in front of everyone, to scream and cry and blame John. All she could do was furrow her brows and cry out in pain.
“Lizzy!”
Sumon hadn’t expected John is actually drop Elsa. When he saw her lying there, pale and trembling, he was both furious and heartbroken
He rushed forward, grabbed Johm by the collar, and punched him square in th
Coim your damn mind? Lizzy’s seriously ill, and you dare hurt her like this? She’s coughing up blood again, take her to the hospital now!”
Stunned by the punch, John finally seemed to realize what he’d just done.
Seeing Elsa curled up on the floor, coughing up blood in agony, he was overwhelmed with guilt.
He thought back to how Lily had stayed by his side for four years, risking her life again and again to save him. Love that deep didn’t just disappear. She must have been pushing him with James just to force him to abandon Elsa completely. Lily wouldn’t leave me, not really
Fearing something might truly happen to Elsa, he didn’t dare waste another second. He scooped her up into his arms and rushed downstairs Cradled tightly against his chest, Elsa still felt humiliated-but also quietly relieved.
As long as he was taking her away, the medical team James had summoned wouldn’t get the chance to examine her. She could keep using this supposed illness to keep both John and Simon wrapped around her finger.
She needed to get pregnant with John’s child as soon as possible
Once she was pregnant, she’d have the doctor tell him that her so-called terminal illness had just been a misdiagnosis.
By then, even if he had doubts, he wouldn’t be able to walk away. Not with her carrying his child. He’d have to take full responsibility,
That wretched Lily wouldn’t stand a chance of tearing their little family apart again.
Watching Elsa cough up blood at will-fall unconscious, then wake whenever convenient-James became increasingly convinced that her alleged cancer diagnosis was fake.
Still, he didn’t stop John from taking her away.
After all, there was more than one way to expose someone for faking an illness.
If she had managed to bribe the doctors at that private hospital into lying for her, then his people would just make those doctors talk. He’d gather the hard evidence soon enough.
But he wouldn’t release it right away. Because as long as Elsa kept clinging to John with this fake illness, John would have less time to bother Lily.
Lily had said that once she and his old classmate got married, they wanted to settle down in a peaceful, quiet town far from all this chaos. If James exposed Elsa now, John-who was clearly unhinged-would definitely go all out to destroy Lily’s future, maybe even hurt the man she loved. There would guard against that. be no way to
James wanted Lily to have a happy life with that classmate.
So he would wait until they were married, until they had left this mess behind and reached the peaceful life they wanted
Only then would he release the evidence that Elsa had faked her illness.
Soon enough, Nora came storming in like a whirlwind. She couldn’t tolerate even a grain of sand in her eye, there was no way she’d let Reese and Wendy off the hook. She ordered her people to beat the living daylights out of them, scaring the two so badly they nearly wet themselves.
The smell in the lounge grew so strong it felt like it was drilling straight into everyone’s skulls.
James winced from the stench and quickly led Lily downstairs to get some air.
“Lily, come home with me!”
Sean couldn’t stand the sight of Lily and James holding hands. That image stabbed at him.
He followed them out of the banquet hall and grabbed her wrist without warning. “I know James already filed for divorce.”
“He doesn’t want you. Once your divorce goes through, the Luke family will kick you out. If you apologize to Mathilda properly, the Ginger family will still be your home!”
Henry and Grace had heard about what happened tonight-at least some version of it.
Even though the woman in the lounge hadn’t been Lily, they were still worried that schemers like Wendy and Elsa might try to twist the truth and pin something on her. So they called their son and daughter-in- law to rush over and support her.
But the moment Blanc parked the car and they neared the banquet hall, they caught Sean’s voice-talking about James and Lily already filing for divorce.
Henry’s vision went dark for a second.
He knew his eldest grandson was out of line-forcing his wife to go on blind dates, not to mention his sideways obsession with men-but he hadn’t expected that even after pretending to be sick so many the boy would still push for divorce.
He had been holding out hope that his granddaughter-in-law could set the boy straight.
If they really got divorced, then that hope was completely gone.
Nancy’s expression turned equally grim when she heard the news.
Still, she wasn’t going to scold her son in front of outsiders. With a frosty look, she stepped forward and pulled Lily behind her, then sneered at Sean. “The affairs of the Luke family are none of your business.”
“If Lily is willing to accept James, she will always be our daughter-in-law. Even if she divorces James, she will always be my child. What does she need the Ginger family for, when they were the ones w she abandoned her?”
Sean’s expression clouded over instantly.
He had always known-Lily only became easier to control when no one else cared about her, when she had nowhere to go.
That was how he could break her wings, trap her in a cage, and keep her dependent on him for life.
He had assumed that once she divorced James, the Luke family would abandon her, and she’d have no choice but to turn to hins for support.
He never expected Nancy to stand by her this fiercely-that even if Lily and James separated, she’d still treat her like a daughter
There was no way he would let her stay with the Lukes forever. He said coldly, “Madam Nancy, the Ginger family never abandoned Lily,”
“She was the one who was grateful, always picking fights with Mathilda, hurting her. That’s why we scolded her. If she just sincerely apologizes to Mathilda and reflects on her mistakes, the Ginger family will always be her home”
Mathilda, who had followed Scan outside, naturally heard his speech.
Now that the woman in bed hadn’t turned out to be Lily, Mathilda was livid-and disappointed.
She couldn’t stand how her brothers still wanted to bring Lily back into the Ginger family.
But she was desperate to marry James, so she would rather see Lily out of the Luke family completely
Even if her brothers brought Lily back into their home, she had a thousand tricks to make everyone hate her more and more. For now, she was set on getting Lily out of the Lukes.
She stepped forward, her tone earnest and tender as she spoke to Nancy and the others. “My sister really did do a lot of things that hurt me in the past, but I don’t blame her. She doesn’t need to apologize to me. She’s my sister. The Ginger family is my home, so of course it’s hers too. I truly hope she’ll come home.”
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Nancy had grown more and more disgusted with the Ginger family-so much so, she didn’t even feel like playing polite anymore.
In fact, when she heard Mathilda speak, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
“You don’t blame Lily? You framed her, slandered her-how do you even have the nerve to say you’d forgive her? Mathilda, playing the innocent again! You’ve got being fake down to a science.”
“Madam Nancy!”
Sean had always respected Nancy and didn’t want to stir up trouble with the Luke or Bale families. Bur even he couldn’t stay silent as she cut down his little sister like that.
When he saw Mathilda’s eyes well up, he gently wiped her tears away, then continued, “Mathilda is pure and kind. Lily’s targeted her again and again, yet she still chooses to respond with grace, always thinking of Lily’s well-being. You shouldn’t talk about ber that way. She really does love James. She was supposed to be James’ fincer. Now that James clearly despises Lily, I want to set things right, bring Lily back to the Ginger family and let Mathilda move into the Lake family and marry James as soon as possible!”
Nancy actually let out a laugh.
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She still had a bone to pick with her foolish son, but she didn’t want to waste another minute on this Tidiculous brother-sister dun from the Ginger family. She cut straight to the point “Mathilda thinks of Lily by harming herself and then blaming Lily for it, just to get you all to punish her?”
Nancy went on. “This kind of self-sacrificing, considerate behavior-my Lily can’t afford it, and she doesn’t want it. Let me repeat myself, from the moment Luna accepted the Luke family’s bride price and. let Lily take her place at the altar, Lily had nothing more to do with the Ginger family. There is no returning to your Ginger family. As for Mathilda… even if James and Lily divorce one day; even if James marries a man, I would never allow a deceitful, selfish hypocrite to marry into the Luke family. That’s all I have to say-do with it what you will, but stop embarrassing yourselves!”
With that, she grabbed Lily’s hand and headed toward the main building.
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