Chapter 107 Turning Points
Chapter 107 Turning Points
After calming down, John finally saw things clearly.
She had picked a brutal fight, <i>even </i><i>dragged </i><i>another </i><i>man </i><i>into </i>it just to provoke me. All she wants is for me to give up on Elsapletely.
But Elsa is seriously <i>ill</i>. <i>She </i>can <i>die </i><i>any </i><i>day</i>. <i>She </i>needs me<i>. </i><i>And </i><i>I </i>had promised to stay by her side until the end. <b>I </b>couldn’t break that <i>promise</i><i>. </i>
<i>Begging </i><i>Lily </i><i>to </ie back had <i>already </i><i>been </i><i>my </i><i>biggest </i><i>concession</i>.
<i>I </i>couldn’t let her push me <i>further</i><i>. </i>
<i>Her </i>tantrums and dramatic <i>exits </i>were <i>just </i><i>power </i><i>ys </i><i>to </i><i>force </i><i>me </i>to choose. But someone with that much jealoury and possessiveness? There’s <i>no </i>way <i>she </i>really <i>wanted </i><i>to </i><i>break </i>up.
<i>We </i>had <i>been </i><i>through </i><i>so </i>much <i>together </i><i>for </i><i>four </i><i>years</i>. <i>In </i><i>truth</i><i>, </i>we <i>had </i><i>officially </i>gotten together two years ago, on the <i>day </i>I <i>regained </i><i>the </i><i>ability </i><i>to </i><i>walk</i>.
Tomorrow <i>marked </i><i>our </i>two<i>–</i><i>year </i><i>anniversary</i>.
Last <i>year</i><i>, </i>I had hidden <i>diamond </i><i>earrings </i>inside <i>a </i><i>bouquet </i><i>of </i><i>roses </i><i>and </i>surprised <i>her </i>with a grand, romantic <i>celebration</i>.
But this <i>year</i><i>, </i><i>there </i><i>will </i><i>be </i><i>no </i><i>surprises</i>.
She was going way too far. <i>I </i><i>need </i><i>her </i><i>to </i><i>understand </i><i>that </i><i>a </i><i>little </i><i>drama </i><i>might </i><i>be </i><i>cute</i><i>, </i><i>but </i>too much just made me resent
her.
He would <i>also </i>make it <i>clear </i><i>that </i><i>if </i><i>she </i><i>missed </i><i>her </i><i>chance </i><i>today</i><i>, </i><i>I </i><i>will </i><i>never </i><i>lower </i><i>myself </i><i>like </i>this again.
<i>If </i>she still wanted <i>this </i>rtionship, <i>she </i><i>better </i>stop <i>the </i><i>games </i><i>and </i><i>be </i><i>the </i><i>one </i><i>to </i>apologize.
With that, John grabbed the custom engagement ring he had prepared for her and threw it in <i>the </i>trash.
His face darkened as he stormed off, mming his foot on the gas.
The sight of Lily crying in front of her parents‘ gravest night had been gut–wrenching.
Nancy worried that Lily was still stuck in a dark ce emotionally, so she invited her out for a shopping trip to cheer her up.
Lily had nothing nned today. Since Nancy had gone out of her way to ask, she dly agreed.
But right before they left, something unexpected happened.
Yulia, the long–faced girl who had poured ice water on her with a pack of mean girls, actually called her.
Yulia said the legal team at Luke Group was filing awsuit against her.
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Her defamatory posts had gone viral online, with some being shared over 100,000 times.
Luke Group’s top–tier attorneys were using her of deliberate harm, saying she drove Lily into depression. They were demandingpensation for emotional damages and pressing legal charges
Yulia was just a student at a third–rate college. How could she possibly fight against the resources and legal firepower of Luke Group?
She was terrified of being sued, more terrified of being detained, and horrified by the idea of jail time.
She imed she didn’t mean to attack Lily, online or in real life. That she was heartbroken from a recent breakup andshed out in a moment of emotional instability.
Lily hadn’t expected Luke Group’s legal team to go that far for her.
Her heart felt warm and protected.
<i>But </i><i>no</i>, <i>I </i>didn’t feel <i>any </i><i>holy </i><ipulsion </i><i>to </i><i>forgive</i>.
I’d <i>seen </i><i>the </i><i>things </i><i>Yulia </i><i>had </i><i>posted</i><i>, </i><i>videos</i><i>, </i><i>nasty </i><i>little </i><i>essays</i>.
Yulia had <i>admitted </i><i>to </i><i>bullying </i><i>people </i><i>at </i><i>school</i><i>, </i><i>selling </i><i>herself </i><i>on </i><i>the </i><i>side</i><i>, </i>knocking <i>on </i>professors‘ doors in the dead of night, <i>even </i><i>being </i>involved with <i>multiple </i><i>men </i><i>at </i><i>once</i><i>, </i><i>doing </i><i>some </i><i>seriously </i>twisted <i>things</i>.
<i>Sure</i>, <i>heartbreak </i><i>hurts</i><i>. </i>
<i>But </i>did that <i>give </i><i>her </i><i>the </i><i>right </i><i>to </i><i>spread </i><i>lies </i><i>about </i><i>me</i><i>, </i><i>humiliate </i><i>me</i><i>, </i><i>dump </i><i>ice </i><i>water </i><i>on </i><i>me </i><i>in </i>public?
<i>Last </i><i>night</i><i>, </i><i>at </i><i>my </i>lowest<i>, </i><i>I </i><i>had </i><i>even </i><i>considered </i>ending <i>my </i>own <i>life</i>.
<i>Yulia </i>had known <i>how </i><i>devastating </i><i>cyberbullying </i><i>could </i><i>be</i>. <i>She </i><i>had </i><i>known </i><i>it </i><i>could </i><i>kill </i><i>someone</i>.
And <i>still</i><i>, </i><i>she </i>kept <i>going</i>. Like <i>she </i><i>wanted </i><i>to </i><i>push </i><i>me </i><i>off </i><i>the </i><i>edge</i>.
No way is <i>she </i><i>getting </i><i>forgiveness</i><i>. </i>
After Lily firmly refused, Yulia flipped and started cursing her out again.
Lily calmly replied, “Keep screaming. Once you’re behind bars, you probably won’t have the energy anymore.” Then she hung up and blocked her.
Last night was full of cold rain and sharp winds.
Today, the sun was warm and the breeze was soft.
Shopping arm in arm with Nancy, feeling her casual, caring presence, made Lily feel safe and content.
Nancy’s fashion brand, Aurelia, had be an international luxury powerhouse.
Thergest mall in downtown belonged to the Luke family.
After grabbing afternoon tea, Nancy took Lily to the Aurelia boutique in the mall.
Just before they stepped in, Nancy received a phone call.
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She stepped outside to take it and told Lily to go in and browse first, to pick out a few pieces she liked.
If she didn’t pick enough, Nancy joked, she’d be mad.
Lily didn’t love taking expensive gifts, but since Nancy insisted, she decided to choose two outfits.
Aurelia<i>. </i>
Just like <i>Aurora</i>. <i>I </i><i>adored </i>the name, and I adored <i>the </i><i>style </i><i>even </i><i>more</i>.
The moment her hand gripped the handcrafted brass door handle, iid with tiny diamonds, a soft cedar scent wrapped around her like a warm hug.
The store had nearly twenty–foot–high ceilings, with tall ss windows that let in elegant shes of light and shadow.
Her eyes immediatelynded on a deep red, square–neck, custom–made evening gown across the room.