Chapter 3

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But I never expected that, after I refused him, Luke would turn around and go to Lily for comfort.

When I got her provocative message, I was getting ready to rest on the empty bed beside my brother.

"Miss Miller, today is your wedding night, but Luke came to keep me company. You’re not mad, are you?"

She sent me a few photos of Luke lying on top of her, clearly satisfied and asleep.

He was shirtless, with several scratch marks on his neck.

It was obvious what kind of intense sex they’d just had.

"Lily, do you not feel even a little ashamed?"

I shot back, "Back then, you couldn’t even afford tuition. I took money I saved from part-time jobs to help support you, and this is how you repay me now?"

The Lily from before was innocent and naive.

We met through a club activity.

She always liked to run after me and call me "sis."

That made me think of my sickly brother, who was also so obedient.

So I treated her a little better on purpose.

Who would have thought I was raising a white-eyed wolf?

Very quickly, Lily replied, "Sis, I just love seeing you angry."

"I used to wonder why you always looked so calm and could casually take out a huge sum of money to support me."

"And I nearly ended up working in a nightclub as a hostess just for that money."

Her voice carried a faint smugness. "Later, when I saw your rich boyfriend, I understood where your confidence came from. Since you’re so kind, surely you wouldn’t mind letting me borrow a little of that light too, right?"

I held my phone, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

What had been a good deed in my mind had become, in Lily’s eyes, the final straw that crushed her conscience.

"Do whatever you want." I deleted and blocked her, not wanting to say another word.

Someone like her was like a parasitic vine. Once Luke got tired of her, where would she go then?

I thought that cutting off contact with Lily would be enough.

I never expected that the next day, she would show up in the room under the excuse of delivering food.

By the time I came back after buying a nutritious meal, she was already feeding my brother with her own hands.

"Sis, this is the delivery girl Luke specially found for me. You don’t have to buy meals for me every day anymore."

My silly brother was grinning happily. "Luke really cares about you. He even worries about you getting tired from buying food."

"It really is enviable." Lily was also looking at me, smiling in agreement.

I didn’t know what her purpose in coming here was.

But the moment I saw her, my stomach turned with disgust.

"Go back and tell Luke I don’t need this."

I looked at Lily coldly. "I’m not crippled. I can buy my own food. He doesn’t need to worry about it."

Just yesterday, I had been thinking that as long as my brother could live, I would put up with Luke.

But he kept pushing it further and further.

My brother looked at me in confusion. "Sis, why are you mad?"

"Did you fight with my brother-in-law? Was it because of me..."

My brother was sensitive, and I was afraid he would notice something was wrong.

I pulled Lily out with me. "Let’s talk outside."

She didn’t struggle. A smile tugged at her lips as she let me drag her away.

"You care about your brother so much. I knew coming here was the right move."

"I know exactly what Luke is planning. Once you can accept it, he’ll take my child and let you raise him."

"But sis, I’m the child’s biological mother. How could I bear that?"

A terrifying, mad light flashed in Lily’s eyes.

"As long as you agree to divorce Luke, I’ll let your brother live peacefully until the surgery is over. Otherwise, he will die."