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Before Mathilda returned to the Ginger family, they had treated her decently-but most of the time, she was the one looking after them.
She had to comfort Luna, who was a wreck after losing her daughter, and talk sense into the three brothers who blamed themselves for losing their little sister.
After she was kicked out of the Ginger family, she ran into John trying to end his life in a wheelchair.
And again, she became the one taking care of someone who’d been abandoned by everyone else.
She was so used to being the caretaker that now, being on the receiving end of kindness… she didn’t know how to react.
Before she could even snap out of it, Nancy wrapped her up in a soft, cozy blanket.
Then she gently squeezed Lily’s hand. “Still this cold? Ivan, go bring the soup I made.”
“Got it.” Ivan was worried too. As soon as Nancy gave the order, he hurried off to the kitchen without a second thought.
When Ivan brought out the ginger brown sugar tea, Nancy thought the bowl was too big and sent James to get a smaller one.
She ladled some into it and handed it to Lily, “Here, have some soup first. Warm yourself up.”
Looking at Nancy’s kind and beautiful face, Lily couldn’t help but think of her own mother, who had passed away so many years ago,
Nancy really did remind her of her mom.
Young, gentle, graceful. And so full of warmth.
It made her feel like she had traveled back in time-back to when her parents were still alive.
Like she was once again the cherished daughter held close by her family not someone who could be tossed aside at any moment
Her heart felt warm and full, her eyes misty and hot. She was so moved by this warmth that she couldn’t even speak. All she could do was hold the little bowl and sip the soup in small mouthfuls.
“Mathilda’s unbelievable!” Ivan suddenly said, fuming as he pointed at his phone. “She’s livestreaming right now… “She just said that if Lily hadn’t stolen her identity, she wouldn’t have had to suffer so much. It’s not like Lily sold her to traffickers. How does she have the nerve to say stuff like this? Actually, forget it for now.”
One glance at Ivan’s screen and Nancy’s expression turned ice-cold. “I’ll take care of her in a minute. Let her dance around a litle first. The harder she jumps now, the worse she’ll fall. Right now, we focus on clearing Lily’s name.”
Clearing my name…
Lily’s eyes stung again.
It was almost laughable. She had loved John for four years, stood by him for four years, given him her heart for four years. And the moment people online started accusing her, he immediately believed she had bullied Mathilda.
But she hadn’t even lived with the Luke family for a full week, and Nancy had already said she was being slandered.
How did she get so lucky, to be trusted unconditionally by people like Nancy?
Grace also agreed with her daughter-in-law. “Exactly. What matters now is proving Lily’s innocence and slapping those snakes right in the face!”
Henry turned and started glaring at James again. “It’s all this punk’s fault!”
“If he knew how to protect his wife, would the Ginger family have dared to treat her like this?”
James’s face darkened.
He didn’t acknowledge Lily as his wife.
And he never would.
Still, afraid Henry might get worked up and trigger a health issue, he said nothing.
If this slander against Lily didn’t get resolved, the elders in the family might end up sick with stress. After releasing some cold silence, he finally said coolly. “Lily, it was Mathilda and the others who started it, right? You slapped her in self-defense?”
Lily hadn’t expected James, of all people, to talk to her first.
She set the little bowl down on the coffee table and sat up straight, answering seriously, “Yes. They hit me first.”
“Okay.”
James gave a flat response, then continued, “Since someone recorded you slapping Mathilda, there’s a good chance they also caught them hitting you first. Did you see who recorded the video?”
Lily had thought about that too.
She had even considered trying to get the full footage..
But the person who filmed it had long since become tight with Mathilda. There was no way she’d hand over the original video.
Still, since James asked, Lily answered truthfully, “It was Quincy,”
“James, go to the Moore family right now.”
Nancy, though deeply in love with Blanc, wasn’t the type of woman who relied entirely on a man.
She had her own clothing brand. At home, she was soft and graceful, but outside, she was confident and decisive.
Her face, usually as bright as springtime, was now sharp as frost. “Even my daughter-in-law is someone they dare to bully? Sounds to me like the Moore family’s been living too comfortably.”
Tell them if they don’t hand over the full video, that’s fine. Just be ready to go bankrupt.”
“Alright.”
James didn’t want to carry Lily or blur any lines with her-but something like this, a straightforward errand, wasn’t something he needed to refuse.
“I’m going too!” Ivan jumped in. He loved drama and wouldn’t miss something like this for the world. “Lily, don’t worry, James will get this sorted,” Nancy said, squeezing Lily’s hand again.
Even after all the ginger tea and time spent hugging the hand warmer, her hands were still ice-cold. Nancy felt both heartbreak and guilt.
Sixteen years ago, she had almost completed the paperwork to adopt Lily,
But Luna had set her sights on Lily too. She’d begged, cried, done everything to get her way. Nancy had softened and let her have Lily
She had thought that if Luna wanted Lily that badly, she would surely take good care of her.
Who could’ve known the Ginger family wouldn’t even treat their adopted daughter like a human being?
If she had known then how deeply Lily would be hurt, she never would’ve given in to Luna’s pleading. She never would’ve let Lily go.
“It’s late. You should go lie down. Just wait-when you go online tomorrow morning, you’ll get to see Mathilda and the others make fools of themselves!”
Nancy’s palm was so warm.
But even with her holding her hand, Lily still found it all hard to believe.
Whenever something bad happened in the past, she’d always had to fight through it on her oWIL
This time, she’d barely done anything-and someone had stepped in for her. It felt like a dream.
She pinched herself quietly.
It hurt.
So clearly, it wasn’t a dream.
She really had a family now. Somewhere to belong. Somewhere to rest.
Even if her time with the Luke family was destined to be short-lived, she was endlessly grateful for having met them at all.
From now on, she would do everything in her power to repay their kindness.
Lily was exhausted and drowsy. She didn’t force herself to stay up. Wrapped in a small blanket, she returned to the room she shared with James.
She believed things would start to get better. She didn’t check the hate online again. She simply sent James
“Good night” message and soon drifted into a deep sleep….
By the time James returned home, it was the middle of the night.
After a quick shower, he planned to head straight to the study to sleep.
But as he passed by the bed, he caught sight of the blanket half-fallen onto the floor.
Just as he was about to look away, he noticed Lily curled up in the corner of the bed, hugging herself tightly. She was trembling, her face flushed an alarming red.
“Lily”
She was clearly running a fever.
James didn’t like meddling in other people’s business-but if a high fever went unchecked too long, it could do real damage.
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