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Regret surged through him like a flood, making him wish he could kill the man he had been.
Once, he had wanted to compensate Mathilda. Since she liked James, he had even wished James would give up Lily and marry her.
But now, he wanted Lily to find happiness.
And here stood the man she loved, the father of her child -betraying her, showing up for Mathilda instead.
His fists clenched until his knuckles cracked. “Say something! What the hell are you doing here?”
Mathilda went pale, stumbling back a step.
He had always called her tenderly, never coldly by her full name.
But now his voice was sharp, distant-like a stranger’s.
Her eyes filled with grievance and sorrow. She darted forward, wanting to throw herself into James’s arms for comfort.
But James hadn’t come here for her. He had come to defend Lily. He would never touch this vile parasite.
He sidestepped neatly, letting her stumble past. She would have landed face-first on the ground if Bodger hadn’t caught her.
Straightening, she looked at James with trembling eyes, her voice pitiful. “James, you seem upset. Did my sister upset you? I know I’m not as clever or lovable as she is, but I-“
“You’re right-you’re not lovable. You spew nothing but filth.”
James cut her off coldly, his face like, stone. “Ashton, wash her mouth out for her.”
The Moore family had handed Ashton the videos, and he had gone through them carefully before showing James. He knew very well how cruelly Mathilda and the others had bullied Lily.
As James’s loyal right hand, Ashton adored Lily as well. He couldn’t stand seeing her insulted so viciously.
Breaking his usual rule against striking women, he stepped forward and slapped Mathilda across the face. again and again.
“Ashton, are you insane?!”
Mathilda staggered under the blows. Taylor stood frozen, numb, but Bodger and Morgan surged forward in outrage, ready to beat Ashton down and defend their precious sister.
This time James hadn’t come alone-he had brought many bodyguards with him.
When Bodger and Mergan tried to rush forward, the guards blocked them immediately. Mathilda’s face stung again as Ashton’s hand cracked across her cheek, blow after blow.
The two brothers, helpless for the moment, roared in fury, their faces dark with rage. “You’re a grown man beating on a little girl-have you no shame?”
“Little girl?”
Ashton gave a cold laugh. “In my eyes, Mathilda is nothing but an animal. And I see no problem with beating an animal.”
“Ashton!”
Even though his fists couldn’t land past the wall of guards, Bodger still swung them furiously. “You’re courting death!”
Mergan’s eyes glinted with malice. “Lay another finger on Mathilda, and I’ll kill you!”
But Taylor, left unrestrained, stood frozen like stone, making no move to shield Mathilda.
The other two shouted at him urgently. “Taylor, stop him!”
“Taylor, protect Mathilda!”
Taylor only gave a bitter smile.
He had already regretted standing up for Mathilda before.
James wasn’t an unreasonable man. If he had come here in person, demanding Mathilda be punished, then she must have done something vile again. How could he protect a creature like her?
“Taylor…”
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Mathilda hadn’t expected Ashton to strike her so mercilessly. The fear was real now.
Her eyes welled with tears, her voice weak and pitiful. “That day I ran away because I was terrified-I panicked. I didn’t mean I didn’t want to save you… Taylor, it hurts so much…”
“A few slaps and you call it pain?”
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Before Taylor could answer, James’s voice cut in, cold as ice. “Over four years ago, when you and Quincy and the others bullied Lily, how much pain do you think she felt?”
“What you did to her, I’ll make sure you pay back double today!”
“I didn’t!”
Mathilda’s voice cracked into a rasp, tears spilling down her cheeks.
Her chest twisted with hatred and humiliation.
She had thought James’s visit meant he finally cared for her, that he had softened toward her. Instead, he had come for Lily, to punish her for Lily’s sake. How could she not hate Lily for this?
Her lashes trembled as she put on her innocent, pitiful mask. “James, I really don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve always treated Lily as family-why would I bully her? Did she tell you lies again? I care about her so much. I don’t understand why she slanders me, why she wants to hurt me,/she-“
“Ashton. Continue.”
James had no interest in her excuses. His face stayed expressionless as he gave the order.
Ashton’s palms already throbbed from the force he had used, but hearing his master’s command, he didn’t hesitate. He struck harder, splitting Mathilda’s lip, blood streaking down her chin.
“Ashton, stop!”
“James, make him stop!”
Seeing Mathilda’s mouth bloodied, unable even to form words, Bodger and Mergan were driven to madness, veins bulging at their temples.
In their eyes, it had always been Lily who bullied Mathilda. Fragile, delicate Mathilda could never have bullied anyone-that was what they believed.
Their voices thundered with rage. “Mathilda never bullied Lily! It’s Lily who’s ungrateful. The Ginger family raised her, and after we finally brought Mathilda back, she couldn’t even accept her!”
“What lies did Lily feed you?”
“She stole her place, she’s selfish and vicious! She’s no good at all, yet you believe her? James, are you brainless?!”
Hearing their blind defense reignited Mathilda’s courage.
Through labored breaths, she whimpered, “I never bullied Lily… I haven’t done anything to her lately, I don’t know why she’s harming me…”
“You hear that, James?” Bodger and Mergan’s eyes blazed with fury. “Mathilda said she never bullied Lily! If you dare hurt her again because of Lily’s nonsense, I’ll kill you!”
Bang!
James stepped forward, his iron fist slamming into Bodger’s face without hesitation.
Before Mergan could react, another fist crashed into his jaw.
Mathilda deserved her punishment.
And the Ginger family, who defended her lies and cruelty, deserved theirs too.
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