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Mary’s lip curled in disgust. She slapped her again, even harder. “Not on purpose? Don’t tell me Lily forced you to sneak up behind her and shove her! Even that idiot Simon wouldn’t believe such garbage. Elsa, you are truly sickening!” The sight of Elsa’s swollen, pitiful face only fueled Mary’s fury. Thinking of that…

“James,” Zoey instructed softly, “her hands are sore. Roll a warm boiled egg over them when you’re home, or put some ointment on? “I will,” James answered, already planning to. Zoey sighed, stroking Lily’s hand with pity. “What a grievance you’ve suffered tonight. All Simon’s fault- dragging every stray cat and dog into this house,…

Simon found himself staring, entranced, forgetting even to pull her away from Elsa. “Simon… it hurts… save me…” Elsa’s agonized cries shattered his daze. Reality slammed back into him. Shame scorched through him. How could he, even for a moment, find her beautiful while she brutalized his cherished Elsa? Fury overtook him. He charged forward,…

The three Ginger brothers bore bruises of their own, their faces marred by the fight. She lifted her swollen, blotched face toward them, sobbing breathlessly. “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have offended Lily. But if she hadn’t stolen my place, my life, I wouldn’t have suffered so much. She ruined me, and I just lashed…

He knew Lily had few friends, and he was happy she had someone. But the gaze Adeline gave her-what kind of woman looked at another woman with such tender longing? The more he thought about it, the heavier the ache in his heart grew. He longed to seize Lily and kiss her senseless. But he…

Dennis had already been fuming when his foolish grandson dragged that pretentious slut Elsa into the house. But when Simon went so far as to spout nonsense about James impregnating another woman-deliberately stirring trouble between James and Lily-it was the last straw. He shot Simon a glare sharp enough to cut. “James is a good…

When no one invited her to dinner, Elsa’s eyes darkened. She noticed the two priceless bracelets on Lily’s wrist. Before, Mary had treated her decently. She had once accidentally seen that red jade bracelet in Mary’s jewelry box. It was said Jamie had spent a fortune to win it at auction. If Mary had given…

There was only one truth. They had trusted Mathilda and wrongly condemned Lily. Memories stabbed into their hearts like knives-when they had led others to isolate her, when they had pushed her into the freezing river, when they had abandoned her in the stormy forest, knowing she feared thunder most. The agony was unbearable, tearing…

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…

Taylor still stood/in place, numb and silent. Once, he had been as blind as Bodger and Mergan, convinced Lily was the cruel one and Mathilda the victim. But with everything that had happened lately, the truth was clearer every day: the one who was selfish, venomous, and treacherous was not Lily. It was Mathilda. And…