Chapter 81 The Warmth That Burns
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Why was Yunice being so heartless toward him? Not even willing to give him the medicine.
“Paull” Elsie ran over, holding a new batch of plaster, proudly announcing. Tve made you a fresh batch of medicine. I guarantee it’ll relieve the pain the moment you apply it
Of course, Elve did not know how to make real plaster, All she did was spray a topical anesthetic on an ordinary plaster.
“Take it away, I don’t need it. Paul snapped, not even sure who he was angry at, his tone venomous. “I don’t believe that bastard can endure the pain while I can’t
He was determined to show Yunice that he was no worse than Wyatt.
When Yunice returned to the Saunders mansion, the door was not locked because Elsie and Owen had not returned yet.
It was already close to 3 a.m., and Lily had long since gone to bed.
The lights in the living room were on, and as soon as Yunice walked in, she saw gifts piled on the floor. She paused for a moment, and when she saw the white dove sticker on the intricate wooden box, she immediately knew whose it was.
Engagement gifts were only left out in the living room when there were too many to fit anywhere else.
Paul was clearly still quite attentive toward Elsie.
Yunice returned to her room, but despite lying in bed, she could not fall asleep
Elsie marrying into the Powell family would only further steal her identity.
So, what should my next move be? Perhaps Quinton would be the breakthrough I needed
Her intuition told her that Quinton would definitely seek her out again.
The next morning. Yunice slept in late. After all, no one in this house would care about her.
When she left her room, she saw Lily sitting in the living room. Yunice immediately turned to go back to her room.
Unexpectedly, Lily, for the first time ever, called out to her, “Yunny, come here.”
Lily rarely smiled so gently at her; her eyes were shining with a maternal glow.
Yunice was momentarily stunned and, almost by instinct, walked over.
Laly patted the seat next to her, pulling Yunice down beside her. They sat close together, and Yunice could even feel the warmth of Lily’s body. The maternal love the had longed for so much seemed to be right there, yet it made her feel as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
Unaware of Yunice’s discomfort, Lily flipped through a fashion magazine in front of her and asked, Yunny, do you think this wedding dress is beautiful?”
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Seging her approval, Lily’s expression softened. She turned her body, gently taking Yunice’s hand and placing it in her own. With a hint of guilt, she said. “Yunny, you must not know yet, but Elsie is getting marned”
Yunice did not know what she was trying to say, but she felt numb as Lily held her hand. Lily had purposely left the engagement gifts out, hoping to prepare Yunice for the news when she came home
The past few days had been restless for her. At first, she was happy for Elsie, but gradually, a sense of emptiness started to settle in. She sighed and said. “Yenny. I know you’ve suffered a lot. Every time I think about it, I feel so distressed…
“Once Elsie gets married and moves into the Powell emily, it’ll just be the two of us in this big house.” Lily’s voice faltered, her eyes reddening Whether she was grieving Elsie’s departure or touched by the sudden closeness with Yunice, it was unclear.
Though Lily’s feelings for Yunice were shallow, after all, she was her own flesh and blood. Late at night when insomnia hit, Lily would often feel guilty.
But this guilt always came quickly and left just as fast
Occasionally, she thought she should be closer to Yunice, but at other times, her heart harbored
resentment
When she had been rescued from the mountains, wearing ragy and gaunt from hardship, and walked through the gares of the Saunder mansion, she had seen Yunice dressed in a princess gown, raised in luxury and privilege. She had felt a deep sense of hatred.
If it were not for giving birth to her, she would not have argued with Willi Without that argument, she would not have left in anger and been abducted into the mountains, enduring endless humiliation While she suffered through daily beatings and insults, living in a haze, Yunice had been enjoying her life. It felt so
unfair.
But now that Elsie was getting married. Lily felt that her emotional anchor was leaving, and she remembered Yunice again.
Watching Yunice spend three years in the insane asylum, her face ruined, transforming from the adored princess into a pitiful, ordinary soul. Lily’s resentmen slowly began to fade. Perhaps it was because she felt empty, but now, she even felt some sympathy for Yunice
She reached up and affectionately tousled Yunice’s har, saying. Once Elsie is married, we’ll forget all the unpleasantness from the past. We’ll still be family
Yunice had no idea what dream Lily was living in.
When she said they would forget the past, did she mean all the slanderous accusations against me pushing me into the insane asylum for three years? Or how she had traded my identity for Elsie, constantly showing favoritism? Did she think that with Elsie’s marriage, everything could be forgi
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