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Lily felt utterly consumed by despair; she hated being slandered, hated being hurt. The baby in her belly was her only family.
She wanted to watch this child grow up safe and happy; she wanted to hear the child call her “Mom.”
She was terrified of losing the baby. And yet, she’d been pushed from the platform. She hadn’t protected her baby!
When Elsa saw Lily pushed from the stage, she nearly lost control of the joy and triumph in her eyes. She had to lower her gaze to keep up the appearance of cold arrogance and feigned fragility.
That filthy, disgusting mistress like Lily didn’t deserve John-or James, for that matter. Once Lily’s reputation was ruined and she’d lost the baby, none of them-John, James, or even Simon-wouhi wana disgraced, castoff woman like her.
Mathilda was practically giddy
James already wanted to divorce Lily; once she lost that bastard child in her belly, he’d never want a fraugh like her again. Then Mathilda could finally marry James.
“Lily…”
John, Simon, and the three young men of the Ginger family all looked pained when they t
They didn’t want her to get hurt, didn’t want her to suffer but at the same time, they all slemly spread agreed, Lily had done too much wrong. She deserved a little punishment.
Lily didn’t want to show any weakness or helplessness in front of those who had hurt and comment ver
But she didn’t have the strength to watch herself lose the baby either. In that split werned when the was pushed from the stage, her lashes trembled and she shut her eyes tight.
The pain she braced for never came. Instead, she landed in warm, steady arm wars of comforting heat, laced with the familiar scent of greenery, wrapped around her completely
It was like her broken, frozen soul had suddenly come back to life.
She didn’t need to open her eyes. That scent alone, the way it soothed her heart she knew it was james.
She knew she was drenched, knew someone had thrown filth on her. Being so close to him would dirty his clothes; he might resent her for it.
But even though it had been less than a day since they last saw each other, it felt like she’d missed him fos lifetimes. The unfairness, the longing-it all surged up in her chest. She couldn’t help it; she tightened her arms around him, pressing her face against his chest with reckless abandon.
A moment ago, she’d been surrounded, insulted, hurt by so many people-Lily had been termed
But now, with her cheek pressed tightly against his chest and his strong heartbeat pounding in her ear, ail that panic, shame, and confusion melted away in an instant.
All that remained was peace. She knew that with him here, no one would dare hurt her again.
“Lily!”
Jackson had definitely come to see Lily perform. He’d accidentally seen the news about Elsa’s miscarriage and had rushed over, terrified that Lily might be suffering because of it.
When he burst into the theater, the first thing he saw was Lily being shoved from the stage.
He sprinted forward at full speed like he was running a hundred-meter dash. But still-he was a step too late.
Seeing James holding Lily tightly in his arms while he stood there empty-handed, Jackson couldn’t help but laugh in frustration.
Still, what he felt more than anything was relief. Relief that someone had caught her-even if that someone was his rival.
Mathilda was livid.
She’d come rushing to the theater in the hope of witnessing Lily-the fake, home-wrecking tramp-being brutalized into a miscarriage. She had been so sure it would happen.
Who would’ve thought James would show up out of nowhere and catch her so steadily? Of coune the shit went James protecting Lily, She was desperate for him to see the fraud for what she truly was.
She walked quickly up to him, smoothed her bangs, and spoke with heartfelt sincerity.
“James, I didn’t mean to say anything bad about Lily. But this time, she really crossed a line. How could she push Elsa off such a high stage out of jealousy and cause her to miscarry? Elsa lost her baby and bled so much, she’s really, really pitiful…”
As Mathilda spoke, she even sniffled dramatically, as if her pure, kind heart truly ached for Elsa. She believed that if James saw how gentle and good she was, he’d naturally feel drawn to her.
And by comparison, with her own kindness so clearly on display, he’d only see Lily as vile, shameless, malicious, disgusting, he’d throw the imposter to the ground. But instead, he was still holding Lily tightly in his arms.
She really couldn’t understand his reaction.
Just as she was about to say something even more sincere, to make him realize how out of line Lily had been, his gaze sliced across her face like a blade of ice. The chill in his eyes struck so hard, Mathilda visibly shivered. I’m so beautiful and kind… shouldn’t he be looking at me with admiration and affection? Why was his gaze so cold, so indifferent, and worse, filled with a terrifying loathing?
Before she could make sense of it, his voice rang out, sharp and frigid enough to freeze water mid-air.
“You said Lily maliciously pushed Elsa off the stage. Did you see it happen?”
“I didn’t, but-“.
She didn’t even finish the sentence before he cut her off harshly.
“You didn’t even see what happened, and you still have the nerve to run your mouth? That’s slander. If all you’re going to do is spread lies, maybe think twice before you speak. Or do you just enjoy making a fool of yourself?”
“James…”
Mathilda was stunned.
She couldn’t believe James, who had always been friendly with Taylor and her third brother, who was even engaged to her would say something so humiliating in public. As a woman; how am I supposed to live after that?
“James, put Lily down!”
Mergan stood by, coldly waiting for Lily to miscarry-he hadn’t expected James to show up out of nowhere.
He couldn’t stand seeing another man touch Lily.
Watching her nestled in James’ arms, looking so trusting and reliant, made his fists clench with audible cracks.
“Apologize to Mathilda!”
“Heh.”
James curled his lips into a mocking smile. Clearly, he wasn’t going to apologize to a pest like Mathilda- nor would he ever let go of Lily.
When Bodger and Taylor saw Mathilda burst into tears from the insult, their faces turned grit. They began scolding James in unison.
“James, Mathilda likes you so much! How could you say she’s spewing filth? Are you even a man? Lily caused Elsa’s miscarriage; what she did was downright inhuman! Yet you’re still protecting her? You’d even hurt Mathilda over her? Are you blind?”
“No wonder you don’t mind the garbage coming out of Mathilda’s mouth.”
James’ lips still curved upward slightly.
But the smile never reached his eyes-making him appear all the colder, more dangerous, and completely unapproachable.
He scoffed softly and added, “Figures. Birds of a feather. Just like her, you’re all full of crap.”
“Who are you calling full of crap?! You-“
Taylor exploded with rage, swinging his fist as he charged at James, intent on teaching him a lesson.
“James was talking about you, Taylor. You don’t understand plain English, do you?”
Ivan had also seen the news online.
Their whole family had planned to come support their sister-in-law in her performance.
But halfway through the drive, while Taylor was behind the wheel, Ivan had been scrolling through short videos and had stumbled across a clip of Elsa accusing Lily of killing her baby.
Even worse, there were lunatics attacking Lily in public.
He immediately urged Taylor to floor it-they had to get there fast and back Lily up.
Seeing Taylor not only blind to the truth but ready to lay hands on his brother, Ivan couldn’t stand it. He kicked him without hesitation.
“Ivan, have you lost your damn mind?!”
Taylor hadn’t even touched James yet and had already been kicked by Ivan; his expression darkened with fury.
Clenching his fists tighter, he was about to retaliate-when he saw that not only had Ivan shown up, but Victor, Blanc, Henry, Grace, even Jamie, Mary, Dennis, and Zoey had arrived as well.
With the elders present, Taylor didn’t want to make a scene by brawling with Ivan.
And with so many people on Ivan’s side, the three brothers stood no chance in a fight. He pulled his fist back and waited for the Luke family to open their eyes to who Lily really was-for the elders to demand
James apologize to Mathilda.
Elsa hadn’t expected James to defend Lily either; her fingers trembled with rage.
She had hoped everyone would hate Lily-despise her.
But swallowing down her fury, she forced herself to speak again, soft and pitiful, “James… my stomach really hurts…”
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