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The banquet hall was too crowded-a terrible place to settle scores with James. The main building was quieter; perfect for teaching that foolish boy a lesson.
“James, you come with me too!”
She took a few steps forward, then turned and snapped coldly at James.
“Okay.
He had to divorce Lily. The family would find out eventually anyway. He answered quietly, then followed her.
“Lily!”
Watching Lily walk off with Nancy, the darkness clouding Sean’s face deepened.
He pressed hard against his chest, which felt unbearably tight, and shouted, “You’ve only known Madam Nancy and the others for what, a few days?”
“You’re really planning to stay with the Luke family after divorcing James? For a bunch of near strangers you’ve just met-you’d turn your back on your real family?”
Family Lily thought Sean ought to get his brain checked.
Once upon a time, she had genuinely considered the Ginger family her family. She’d wanted nothing more than to give them her heart and soul. But in return for that love and loyalty, what had I gotten?
They’d chosen to believe Mathilda without question, over and over again. They’d hurt her physically, trampled her dignity, and ultimately, caused her to lose the ability to have children.
And that’s supposed to be family?
She stopped walking and slowly turned around, looking Sean dead in the eye w anwavering seriousness.
When he saw her turn, Sean thought he’d convinced her-thought she was willing to come home with him.
To his shock, she said, “I severed ties with the Ginger family long ago. There’s no love or loyalty left.”
She clutched Nancy’s hand tighter “Grandpa, grandma, dad, mom, and Ivan-they’re my real family. To me, you’re nothing but strangers now. And if you ever try to hurt or betray me again, we’ll be enemies.”
She threw down those words and didn’t spare Sean another glance as she headed toward the main building
“Lily”
Lily didn’t look back.
Sean’s eyes turned pitch black with fury; his expression twisted and dark. His fists clenched so tightly, the bones cracked. For more than a decade, she’d called him “big brother” with such sweetness and warmth- now she dared to call him a stranger!
How could she be so heartless! So ungrateful Id make her see only I am her fra anchor. She would never belong to one else she could only rely on, only love me!
“You little brat! I already told you, Lily is the only granddaughter-in-law I’ll ever acknowledge. And you still went and pushed her into a divorce? What, are you trying to speed up my death just to skip out on my funeral? You’re calling Cny Hall first thing tomorrow and canceling that divorce application”
Soon enough, Lily, James, and the others arrived at the main building
James maternal grandparents-Dennis and Zoey-were also in the main hall
They liked Lily very much.
When they heard Henry say that the boy had forced Lily to get a divorce, both Dennis and Zoey looked at James with unmistakable disapproval in their eyes.
“This is ridiculous: Lily’s a good girl-how could you drive her to divorce you! If you keep this up, you’ll be burying both me and Henry I’m telling you right now, Lily is the only granddaughter-in-law 111 ever ??????
James didn’t want to send either of the old men to their graves.
But his heart belonged to Leila, and yet he’d crossed the line with Lily more than once
He figured he was no better than the pathetic excuse Lily had once described-he wasn’t worthy of either Lily or Leila Besides, Lily had already found someone she truly loved. There was no point in holding her back
He looked up and said calmly, coolly, “I won’t cancel the divorce application.”
“I don’s like women. I have to divorce Lily”
Dennis and Zoey didn’t yet know Jarnes was into men.
But hearing those words. Dennis felt a bad premonition swell in his chest. Clutching it, he asked. “You’re a grown man, already married-hd now you’re telling me you don’t like women? Then what do you like?
Ivan, hearing his grandfather (sose rise, immediately clamped a hand over his own mouth, afraid he’d blurt something staped bull, if his big brothe might kill the tw cold and blunt about wanting to marry a flamboyant man, the shock aded to ease them into it
“Not long ago… James went on a date with some flashy wench.
“Oh, Lord have mercy!” accept his
Dennis clutched his chest even harder. With a strong sense of morality and decency, he couldn’t grandson cheating; his first instinct was to scold his eldest grandson harshly and tell him to stop fooling around with women outside his marriage. Those shameless little hussies who worm their way into other people’s marriages-what kind of decent girls could they possibly be? Is my grandson blind?
But before he could get a word out, he heard his younger grandson add, “The one James went on a date with was some horrendously ugly little sissy.”
“What?”
Dennis liked watching short videos online, so he was pretty familiar with some of the slang trending among younger people.
Still, he hoped the “sissy” his grandson mentioned wasn’t the kind he was thinking of
Then came the words that crushed the last bit of hope in his heart.
“James likes men.”
“Oh my!”
Dennis collapsed onto the couch, clutching his chest. “My blood pressure’s spiking! Someone get me my medication!”
James’ uncle, Jamie, had also heard the commotion. When he realized that his brilliant and gifted nephew actually liked men, it felt like the sky was falling
He wasn’t prejudiced against certain groups, not really. But when it was his own family-it was just too much. He felt like he needed blood pressure meds too.
Unfortunately, both Dennis and Jamie were full of energy, had healthy appetites, and had never shown signs of hypertension. Naturally, the house didn’t have any medication on hand. Jamie had no choice but to call the butler and order him to buy some as fast as humanly possible.
“Lord have mercy, w what a curse, what a curse…”
Dennis lay sprawled on the plush leather couch, completely devastated.
He was growing more and more convinced that Elsa was no good. His grandson had been acting like he was under a spell, hovering around her all the time. In this state, there was no way that boy would ever find a proper partner.
Dennis had already given up on Simon getting married or having kids.
But his eldest grandson-he had been his last hope. Not only had he miraculously woken up from a vegetative state, but he’d also married a goud, decent girl. In a year or two, they might’ve even had a great- grandchild. Wouldn’t that have been perfect?
He and his wife had already prepared their gift for the baby’s first meeting. And now-like a bolt of lightning on a sunny day-it had all been shattered in an instant.
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Henry glanced over at Dennis with sympathy. He understood Dennis’ despair, truly, he did.
But with how far gone his grandson was-so firmly on the other side-there was nothing he could say to comfort Dennis. He couldn’t even comfort himself. All he could do was let out a heavy sigh
Zoey held her chest and took a long moment to steady herself before she finally spoke again.
“In both the Luke and Bale families, we don’t believe in divorce. James, you cut things off with that wild man outside. Lily is such a good girl, you can’t betray her like this!”
Lily quietly clenched the hem of her shirt
She felt a little guilty. Because that wild man was actually her.
“He’s not some wild he’s the p person I love.”
James was worried that the family might start digging into Leila’s identity, disrupting his peaceful life.
After a moment of hesitation, he added, “I won’t be seeing him anymore. But I still have to divorce Lily. Even if I’m not with him, I still can’t be with a woman.”
He knew that even if he eventually convinced the family to approve of the divorce, after the papers were signed, they’d immediately start trying to set him up with other women. But in this lifetime, wanted Leila. only
To prevent necessary trouble, he decided to be blunt and leave no room for any more negotiation.
After all, no one in this family would ever introduce him to a man.
“I only like men. There’s no need to waste Lily’s life on me. I hope you’ll all agree to let me divorce her.”
Henry and the other elders looked at one another, none of them speaking right away.
In that moment, a flood of thoughts raced through their minds.
They hoped Lily could somehow “fix” James, steer him straight, so he wouldn’t go all the way down this path. But their grandson had already cheated-and on top of that, He was gay. To let Lily spend the best years of her life on someone like that-it just wouldn’t be fair.
They couldn’t be selfish and ruin her life. And even if they did agree to the divorce, the one who would walk away hurt and humiliated was still Lily.
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