Chapter 52 The Past Haunts
Ever since that night, she had be terrified of thunder.
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Listening to the howling wind, pouring rain, and peals of thunder outside, she felt as if evil spirits were pressing against the windows, ready to pounce and devour her flesh and blood at any moment.
The thunder grew louder.
Lily hastily turned on the bedsidemp.
The light in the room reduced the severity of her trembling, but she still couldn’t fall asleep.
After taking a shower, she huddled in the corner of the bed, trying to distract herself by scrolling through videos<b>. </b>
She came across another video posted by Elsa.
On the bed, Elsa was tightly embraced by a pair of strong arms<b>. </b>
In the video, John’s face wasn’t shown, but Lily could immediately recognize his hands.
His left ring finger still wore the specially customized ring.
The caption of the video was heartwarming.
“He knows I’m afraid of thunder, so even after a meeting and in the pouring rain, he came home to hold me in his arms.”
The video had gone viral, with over half a million likes and more than six hundred thousandments.
Lily didn’t bother to read thements. She paused for a moment, then scrolled to the next video.
The power of big data was terrifying. After seeing Elsa’s lovey–dovey video, she was bombarded with more. videos from influencers and fans praising John and Elsa’s love.
One influencer posted a video saying she had run into John that night.
“Mr. John had a particrly important business meeting.
By the time the meeting ended, it waste at night and raining heavily.
I heard someone suggest that Mr. John should just stay at the hotel where the meeting was held.
But Mr. John still drove away in the heavy rain.
He was in such a hurry because he was worried that Elsa would be afraid of the thunder.
Mr. John truly loved Elsa deeply.”
Seeingizens wishing John and Elsa to have children soon and many blessings, Lily felt a bit <b>amused</b>.
<i>However</i>, <i>the </i><iizens </i><i>weren’t </i><i>wrong</i>. <i>John </i><i>did </i><i>love </i><i>Elsa </i><i>deeply</i>, to <i>the </i>point of <i>not </i>minding <i>her </i><b><i>betrayal </i></b><b><i>and </i></b>
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<b><i>abandonment</i></b><b><i>, </i></b><b><i>and </i></b><b><i>forgetting </i></b><i>the </i><b><i>four </i></b><i>years </i><i>we </i><b><i>had </i></b><b><i>spent </i></b><b>relying </b><b>on </b>each <b><i>other</i></b>.
<b>Lily </b>pulled back the covers<b>, </b>got out of bed, and walked step by step to the window<b>, </b><b>then </b><b>abruptly </b><b>pulled </b>open the curtains.
<i>There </i><i>are </i><i>no </i>evil <i>spirits </i><i>outside </i><i>the </i><i>window</i>.
What is <i>there </i><i>is </i><i>the </i><i>demon </i><i>that </i><i>has </i><i>trapped </i><i>my </i><i>heart</i><i>. </i>
<i>Because </i><i>of </i><i>those bad </i><i>experiences</i>, <i>I </i><i>used </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>afraid </i><i>of </i><i>the </i><i>midnight </i><i>thunder </i><i>and </i><i>the </i>howling <i>wind </i><i>in </i><i>the </i><b><i>heavy </i></b><b><i>rain</i></b><b><i>. </i></b><i>But </i><i>after </i><i>breaking </i><i>free </i><i>from </i><i>the </i><i>demon </i><i>that </i><i>had </i><i>bound </i><i>me</i><i>, </i>what <i>was </i><i>there </i><i>to </i><i>fear </i><i>about </i><i>the </i><i>lightning </i><b><i>and </i></b><b><i>thunder</i></b><b><i>? </i></b>
I’m <i>grateful </i><i>to </i><i>John </i><i>for </i><i>his </i><i>ruthlessness </i><i>and </i><i>cruelty</i>, <i>which </i><i>prevented </i><i>me </i><i>from </i><i>ever </i><i>bing </i>a <b><i>woman </i></b>who lived by <i>depending </i><i>on </i><i>a </i><i>man</i>.
I, <i>Lily</i><i>, </i><i>can </i><i>survive </i><i>well </i><i>without </i><i>seeking </i><i>warmth </i><i>and </i><ifort </i><i>from </i><i>anyone</i><i>! </i>
Perhaps it was because she had broken free from the demon that had always bound her. After Lily <b>closed </b>the curtains again, she soon fell into a deep sleep.
She slept until noon.
She had a very long dream.
She dreamed of being trapped in that wooden box again.
In the past, she had dreamed of that night’s despair countless times.
In those dreams, she would cry out in pain, but never receive redemption.
But in this dream, she saw herself now.
She dreamed that 22 year old Lily pulled 18 year old Lily out of the box, step by step, from the night to the dawn, from the heavy rain to the colorful rainbow.
She led her younger self… to be reborn!
In the afternoon, Lily still had to go to the recording studio to dub for “Born Defiant.” After getting up from bed, she tidied herself up and went out for lunch.
Who knew that as soon as she walked out of the hotel, she ran into an irate Yvonne storming towards her.
The look Yvonne gave her was filled with intense loathing and resentment. “Lily, how can you be <b>so </b>despicable!
You knew Violet was mine. Why did you try to steal her from me?”
The “Violet” Yvonne was talking about, Lily knew.
The female lead in “The Diva’s Bloom.”
Yesterday morning, the production team of “The Diva’s Bloom” held an <b>open </b><b>audition </b><b>for </b><b>voice </b><b>actors </b>
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and both Lily and Yvonne attended.
Violet in the drama was a Folk Opera singer.
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Lily not only did a wonderful job with the voice acting, but when she sang Folk Opera, she was on par with professional Folk Opera singers. The director was very satisfied with her and decided on the spot to hire
her.
Lily thought Yvonne was just acting crazy.
<i>The </i><i>voice </i><i>audition </i>was <i>a </i><i>fair </i><ipetition</i>. <i>Getting </i><i>the </i><i>role </i>of <i>Violet </i><i>was </i><i>something </i><i>I </i><i>earned </i><i>through </i><i>my </i>effort. How did it <i>be </i>stealing something from <i>Yvonne</i>?
Did <i>Yvonne </i>think that just <i>because </i>she participated in <i>the </i><i>audition</i>, <i>the </i><i>role </i><i>should </i><i>be </i><i>hers</i>?
Lily wasn’t going to put up with her nonsense.
Seeing Yvonne about to strike her, she grabbed Yvonne’s wrist with one hand and pped her face hard with the other.
“Yvonne, you’re more beautiful than you are smart. It’s not about participating in the audition that gets you the role. I suggest you spend more time using your brain instead of acting crazy all the time!”
After giving her two more hard ps, Lily turned around and quickly walked towards the parking lot.
“B*tch! Ugh…”
Lily’s ps were really harsh!
Yvonne was trembling with hatred.