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“Mathilda, you’ve been using lines like this for years, haven’t you? If you really wanted to leave.. why are you still in the Ginger family all these years later?”
Mathilda’s face went pale as paper.
She’d thought falling into the water, soaked throughs and shivering like a delicate flower, would move him.
She never imagined he would embarrass her like this.
She trembled harder, tears falling like broken pearls,
Watching her cry like that, James stayed indifferent. But Jonah and Sean were heartbroken.
They rushed to scold James.
“What’s that supposed to mean? Mathilda is our real sister. We lost her for so many years. She’s suffered so much. How could we let her leave? Lily has hurt our sister again and again and still won’t admit it. She has to pay!”
James didn’t like wasting words on people who couldn’t see the truth.
He preferred letting the evidence speak for itself.
He didn’t even look at the furious Ginger brothers, nor at Mathilda, who cried like the whole world had wronged her. Instead, he turned to Ashton, who had just parked the car, and gave a crisp order.
“Pull up the surveillance footage near the fountain.”
I want to know exactly how Mathilda ended up in the water.”
Mathilda’s expression changed instantly.
The Ginger family trusted her blindly. They always believed whatever she said. Tonight, when she accused Lily of pushing her into the fountain, she’d been certain they wouldn’t even think to check the footage.
But now James wanted to look at the footage…
If Ashton really got the video, all her lies would be exposed.
Then what would her brothers think? What would James think of her?
She couldn’t let them te it. Tears streaming down her face, she looked at James pitifully. James… you don’t believe me? I don’t even know how to swim-I almost drowned just now. I’m still so cold… so cold..1 don’t want to make my sister upset. I won’t hold Lily accountable. But she really did push me into the fountain. She…”
James cut her off coldly, showing no mercy. “Are we that close? Why should I believe you? You’re still breathing, still playing the victim-looks like you didn’t drown after all. So what exactly are you upset about?”
“…”
Mathilda trembled so hard she looked like a leaf in a storm. For a long time, she couldn’t even form a sentence.
Jonah and Sean couldn’t stand hearing Mathilda humiliated like thats
Their fists clenched so tightly their knuckles cracked. It looked like they were one second away from tearing Jaines apart.
“James, what the hell are you saying? How could you accuse Mathilda of faking it? You treat our sister like this-are you trying to cut ties with us?”
Back in their student days, James used to go out to eat with the Ginger brothers all the time.
Back then, they shared similar interests.
But now…
He realized that their values no longer aligned.
So even if they did cut ties-it wouldn’t matter.
“Lily, apologize to Mathilda!”
DUX
Sean barked sharply, his voice like a whip. “You’ve hurt my sister again and again. You deserve to die. Apologize! Admit what you did!”
Sean’s voice was too harsh, too piercing to ignore.
Once, Lily had cared deeply for him.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have begged on her knees for his safety.
But that heartbreak was long over.
Now, hearing him coldly accuse her again, she no longer felt gutted or torn apart.
She only felt that this world… was absurd and cruel.
Those who were selfish and false were treated like treasures and trusted without question.
Those who gave their hearts were insulted, hated, doubted, and betrayed.
Lily, no longer have any brothers.
James ignored Sean’s anger. When he saw him charging forward to force Lily to apologize, James silently stepped in front of her, shielding her.
This villa district belonged to the Luke family.
And Ashton was efficient. Getting the surveillance footage was easy.
Just as Sean was about to lunge at Lily again. Ashton quickly handed the phone to James.
“Here’s the video.”
“Mm”
James tapped the screen calmly, then turned the phone to show it to the Ginger brothers.
On-screen, it was clear: Mathilda said something to Lily. Lily didn’t even bother replying. Then, suddenly. Mathilda turned and threw herself into the fountain.
It was all there-plain as day. Lily never touched her.
It was obviously a setup-Mathilda had framed her.
Jonah and Sean’s expressions shifted drastically.
In their minds, Lily was a lying, ungrateful, poisonous woman.
The Ginger family had raised her. And after they found their biological daughter, Lily had supposedly beaten her, bullied her, humiliated her-unforgivable.
They believed Mathilda was the purest, kindest girl in the world.
She was their innocent little sister-too good to lie, too good to hurt anyone.
They had been rertain Lily had hurt her again tonight.
Who would’ve thought-according to the video-the Lily they despised was actually innocent?
And the sister they worshipped… had twisted the truth into a lie.
“Don’t look anymore! Please-stop watching!”
Mathilda, pale as a ghost, stumbled backward. Her legs shook like twigs in a storm. She could barely stand.
She had tried so hard to stop James from checking the surveillance.
She had hoped there weren’t any cameras near the fountain.
But Ashton had gotten the footage so fast-and dumped all the blame right on her.
There was no changing that now.
All Mathilda could hope for now was that her brothers hadn’t seen the footage.
But it was useless.
James, cold to her helpless pleas, had already played the video in front of her brothers.
“James, let me use Ashton’s phone.”
“Mm.”
Hearing Lily’s voice, James gave a quiet response and handed her the phone.
She gripped it tightly, reopened the video, and stepped directly in front of Jonah and Sean.
“Jonah. Sean. Do you still want to say I’m malicious and pushed Mathilda into the fountain? Are you still going to force me to apologize to her?”
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