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Seeing Mathilda’s teeth grinding violently, crimson welling at the corners of her lips, Elsa’s eyes filled with concern. Her voice softened. “What’s wrong?” word
“I hate her, Elsa. I hate that bitch Lily so much!” Mathilda clutched Elsa’s hand in a death grip, every soaked in blood. “If it weren’t for her, I would never have ended up in the hands of those monsters. I wouldn’t have lived through that hell, shamed and beaten every day. She stole my life. She stole my parents and my brothers. She’s always scheming against me. Always taking what’s mine. I’ll make her pay the worst price. She even stole James from me-and now she’s carrying his child? That filthy tramp has no right to give birth to James’s baby. She should be used, broken, and discarded-just a toy for those freaks and animals!”
Elsa’s expression darkened subtly.
She didn’t completely agree with Mathilda’s view.
Sixteen years ago, it hadn’t been Lily who sold Mathilda to traffickers.
Lily wasn’t some impostor who wormed her way into the Ginger family. She had been taken in by the Ginger couple-adopted from the richest man in the country by force.
And James hadn’t been “stolen” either.
Mathilda simply hadn’t wanted to waste her life on a man in a coma. She had Luna pressure Lily into marrying him instead.
But Elsa and Mathilda were tied together now-if one fell, they both would. And Elsa hated Lily from the bottom of her heart. There was no chance she’d defend her.
All she wanted was for Mathilda to hate Lily more-enough to destroy her completely.
She gently squeezed Mathilda’s hand in return, her face cold but filled with mock sympathy. “You’ve suffered so much, Mathilda. It breaks my heart knowing Lily caused you all that pain.”
“But don’t worry-evil never wins. She stole your life. She shamelessly tried to steal your man. She’ll get what’s coming to her.”
“Yes,” Mathilda hissed. “Lily will get what she deserves. Once they’re done using her and she loses that bastard child, she’ll never be able to compete with us again. Elsa, you’ll marry Mr. John, and I’ll marry James. Only we deserve men as incredible as them.”
Elsa, always proud and arrogant, didn’t agree with that last part.
Sure, she was good enough for John. But Mathilda? James was far too good for someone like her.
Still, they knew too many of each other’s secrets. They had no choice but to stand united.
Her voice remained gentle. “Of course. Someone like you is the only one who deserves a man like James. Trash belongs in the garbage. That disgusting thing Lily is only fit to be used up by old perverts. Today is the day that bastard child inside her dies.”
Once Lily was sold off to some mountain village, she’d never come back.
Even if, by some miracle, she escaped and returned to Capital City…
How could James, Simon, or John ever accept someone who had been defiled by filthy old men?
And Simon-he’d never believe that the girl who once saved him, the kind and brave “Lizzy,” could be the same woman ruined by countless strangers.
No, this time, Lily was done for.
The hotel Lily had booked was nearly thirty miles from the airport. She hailed a cab and rode the entire way.
The scenery in the small town was breathtaking.
As they drove, she saw rows of blooming camellias lining the mountain road.
The wind brushed softly against her face, carrying with it a faint floral scent.
She took a deep breath. The crisp air filled her lungs, refreshing and sweet, clearing away the gloom that had lingered in her heart.
-The hotel she’d booked was nestled in an especially scenic spot.
Just behind it, mountains stretched into the distance.
Nearby, crystal-clear streams flowed gently, revealing smooth river stones and darting fish beneath the surface.
After stepping out of the cab, Lily closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, nearly greedy for the fi previously heavy heart lifted slightly, and a smile broke across her face. air. Her
Lily had searched online for nearby housing options.
Not far from the hotel, there were apartment buildings and even a few stand-alone villas.
She could buy a little villa, learn to grow vegetables, tend to flowers and plants. Ideally, there’d be a small stream next to it-so on quiet days, she could catch fish and make fresh fish soup.
The beautiful scenery was truly healing.
Surrounded by nature, Lily felt hopeful about the future.
She strolled around the hotel grounds for quite a while before finally checking in.
First class had been comfortable.
But she was pregnant. After hours on a plane and then more-time in a cab, she still felt drained.
She swiped her keycard and opened the door, tossed her luggage aside, and headed for the bathroom to shower and rest.
She grabbed her pajamas, still fully clothed, and hummed a cheerful tune as she walked toward the bathroom.
Just before reaching the door, she remembered she hadn’t turned her phone back on. She powered it up.
To her surprise, she had several missed calls from James.
Worried that something might’ve happened, she called him back as she pushed open the bathroom door.
“Lily, we’ve been waiting for you.”
She never expected to see two brutish, hideous men with twisted, evil grins staring back at her.
They knew her name.
She had never met them before, never crossed paths-clearly, someone had sent them. This was premeditated. They’d been hiding in her room, waiting.
This hotel didn’t have high occupancy
Even if she booked in advance, the hotel wouldn’t have preassigned a specific room. Staff usually picked a room at check-in based on availability.
Yet these two men had been waiting in her bathroom.
The front desk clerk must have been bribed.
And the only ones who would go to such lengths to destroy her… were Mathilda and Elsa.
These two had most likely hired them-either together or separately.
“James, call the police, I-“
The call had gone through.
Without wasting a second, Lily shouted for James to report to the police and turned to run.
She hadn’t expected that inside the wardrobe, two more women had been hiding.
The sound from that direction made it clear.
Before she could even react, a thin, sharp-checked woman lunged forward, snatched the phone from her hand, and flung it out the window.
A second woman, taller and stronger, slammed a heavy stick down on the back of Lily’s neck.
She’d read in novels and seen on TV that a strike to the back of the neck usually knocked someone unconscious.
But in reality, a blow like that didn’t knock people out instantly.
Lily didn’t lose consciousness, but her vision went dark and she nearly collapsed.
She had no chance against the four of them.
And if the front desk clerk had already been bought, even running there wouldn’t help.
Her only hope was to escape the hotel entirely.
There was a residential complex nearby. If she could make it there, she might reach the security guards and use their phone to call the police.
Ignoring the blinding pain in her neck, she bolted for the door.
But the two men moved faster.
They slammed her against the door and held her down, while the two women expertly tied her hands and feet with thick rope. One of them slapped duct tape over her mouth, silencing her completely.
Let me go!
She screamed inside her mind.
If she were alone, maybe she wouldn’t be this afraid.
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