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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…

Lily was completely dazed by his kiss. He had kissed her so many times last night, and now, first thing in the morning, he was at it again? Did he have some kind of obsession with kissing? Wait-she hadn’t even brushed her teeth yet! “James, let me go, I haven’t brushed my teeth…” She instinctively…

His voice was hoarse and aching. “I don’t like Elsa. Lily, I only want you… I love you so much, I can’t live without you. I was outside all night, in the rain… Lily, I feel awful. Please, just look at me, just once more.” “John, do you think spending a night in the rain…

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…

He didn’t doubt her loyalty, but if their positions were reversed, and she had to listen to him pledge eternal love to another woman for ten straight minutes, she would be jealous too. She stopped resisting. Instead, she looped her arms around his neck, letting him deepen the kiss, letting his strong hands roam freely…