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“I heard about Lily’s situation.”
The moment she thought of Lily being devoured by sharks, dying a painful and miserable death, Marilyn was so delighted she wished she could laugh out loud several times.
However, she still had to put on a show.
To display her kindness and understanding, she still pretended to wipe the corner of her eye. “For something so awful to happen to Lily, I really feel so heartbroken and sad. I hope she can be okay. But actually, we all know in our hearts, so much time has passed, she must already be…”
“Idiot, shut your mouth!” Before she could finish, Grace cut her off sharply.
When Lily fell into the deep sea, both her hands and feet were tied. She couldn’t swim, couldn’t save herself, and could only be passively swallowed by the rolling waves.
After such a long time, with nothing found, everyone actually knew in their hearts that the probability of her survival was very, very low.
But knowing it in their hearts was one thing; at a time like this, Grace still found Marilyn’s words exceptionally grating.
Zoey couldn’t give Marilyn a pleasant look either, saying sharply, “Stop spouting nonsense here! Lily is so wonderful, nothing will happen to her!”
Marilyn supported her waist and pouted.
She was carrying the Luke family’s most precious treasure, yet these two old women were still treating her so poorly. She was extremely annoyed.
However, these two old women were both extremely rich, and she still hoped they would both hurry up and give their assets to her, so she didn’t lose her temper at them.
She touched her still-flat abdomen, saying proudly yet feigning thoughtfulness, “Grandma, I know you both wanted to hold your great-grandchild, and I understand how hard it is to accept that Lily and her babies are gone. But don’t forget, I’m carrying Victor’s flesh and blood-the only heir of the Luke family, the last of your line.”
She brought up the child in her belly at this moment precisely to make these two old women understand-she was the only one who could carry on the Luke family name.
She felt that since the Luke family was only left with this one precious great-grandchild in her belly, these two old women would both coddle her and humor her. Who knew that Zoey would suddenly stand up and slap her hard across the face?
“Get lost! I will never let Victor marry a disgusting creature like you! As for the child in your belly… The mother of this child, neither the Bale family nor the Luke family wants anything to do with, so how could we possibly want that child?!”
Grace had been vomiting for too long earlier, and her body was a bit weak, so she didn’t stand up as quickly as Zoey.
However, after a short moment, she still stood up from her chair and, mustering all her strength, gave Marilyn a slap too.
“In our Luke family, there is no such thing as a mother gaining status through her child; there is only a child gaining status through their mother. You are selfish, despicable, shameless, and disgusting. What kind of good thing could a child you give birth to be? Our Luke family has no throne to inherit. I would rather Victor have no descendants than have him entangled with you for the sake of this child in your belly! Scram! Or I’ll have someone throw you out!”
Marilyn was about to die of anger.
Before, when Lily was pregnant with twins, Grace and the others didn’t pay that much attention to the child in my belly. Sure, I could understand that.
But now, the baby in my belly is the only grandchild left for the Luke family. How are these two old fools still…
Have they gone insane!
She wanted to take this great opportunity to marry Victor quickly; she definitely didn’t want to leave just like this.
However, Grace actually called over bodyguards to throw her out. As the future matriarch of the Luke family, she definitely couldn’t afford to lose this much face. She stomped her foot resentfully and left, albeit unwillingly…
James had been shot three times, one of which was very close to his heart. Coupled with the fact that he had ignored his severe injuries and swum in the sea for too long, suffering excessive blood loss and extreme physical exhaustion, by the time he woke up, it was already two days later!
He had a very sweet dream.
In the dream, Lily was waiting for him to come home to celebrate his birthday. She had even meticulously prepared a birthday gift for him.
The dream was somewhat hazy; he couldn’t see clearly what birthday gift Lily had prepared for him, but regardless of what she prepared, he was exceptionally happy and delighted.
This was the happiest birthday he had celebrated in his twenty-six years.
The two of them had a candlelight dinner together; it felt like their romantic life.
Bathed in the candlelight, he kissed her lips, full of emotion and tenderness.
She wrapped her arms around him, clung to him, and responded to him passionately.
She then took his hand and, with a hint of playfulness, placed it on her still-flat abdomen.
She smiled sweetly and brightly, saying, “Our babies kicked me.”
With trembling fingertips, he felt carefully, and it seemed he could also feel the two little rascals greeting him.
The him in the dream was so, so happy.
His beloved girl was right beside him, and in a few months, their two little babies would be born. He felt he was simply the happiest man in the world.
He sat up in bed, forcing his heavy eyelids open. As far as he could see, there was only a pure, deathly still white.
No candlelight, no gift.
And certainly, no her.
He also slowly remembered that Lily hadn’t been able to celebrate his birthday.
On his birthday, she was kidnapped by kidnappers. He received the news and rushed over frantically, but he was already too late. He could only watch helplessly as she was cruelly thrown off the seaside cliff.
However happy and blissful he was in the dream, that was how much pain and desolation he felt after waking.
“You’re finally awake!”
James sat woodenly on the hospital bed. Hearing Ashton’s voice, his seemingly frozen eyeballs finally turned slightly.
Normally, Ashton paid great attention to his image-his posture was erect, he wore a suit and leather shoes, and the pair of gold-rimmed non-prescription glasses he habitually wore even added a touch of “refined scoundrel” to his temperament.
But Ashton, who usually kept himself impeccably groomed, was now unshaven, with dark circles under his eyes, and obvious stains on his clothes, looking like a wild man.
Seeing James wake up, Ashton relaxed slightly.
But thinking that they still hadn’t found Lily, his eyes couldn’t help but turn red again.
“We still… still haven’t found Madam…”
“I’m going to find Lily!”
James quickly jumped out of bed. After walking a few steps, he realized he was still on an IV drip.
He had moved so quickly that he didn’t even need to pull the needle out himself; it had already left the back of his hand, taking a few beads of blood with it.
He didn’t even look at the back of his hand, which was oozing blood. Remembering he wasn’t wearing shoes, he went back to the bedside to put on his shoes and continued to run outside.
“Sir…”
Ashton wanted to say that the back of his hand was bleeding. He also wanted to say that he was so badly injured, he almost didn’t wake up at all; now that he had finally woken up, he couldn’t just run around outside.
However, he knew in his heart that James loved Lily more than his own life. He couldn’t stop
? him at all, nor could he bear to stop him, so he just followed him closely, rushing outside,
There were still search and rescue teams salvaging on the surface of the sea.
However, after such a long time, Lily had certainly been washed far away by the sea, boats had gone into deeper waters to search.
Of course, Ashton had also considered that Lily might have been washed ashore,
He had also sent many people to search the nearby beaches.