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This tJames hadn’t calone-he had brought many bodyguards with him.
When Bodger and Mergan tried to rush forward, the guards blocked them immediately. Mathilda’s face stung
again as Ashton’s hand cracked across her cheek, blow after blow.
The two brothers, helpless for the moment, roared in fury, their faces dark with rage. “You're a grown man
beating on a little girl—have you no shame?”
“Little girl?”
Ashton gave a cold laugh. “In my eyes, Mathilda is nothing but an animal. And | see no problem with beating an
animal.”
“Ashton!”
Even though his fists couldn't land past the wall of guards, Bodger still swung them furiously. “You're courting
death!”
Mergan’s eyes glinted with malice. “Lay another finger on Mathilda, and I'll kill you!”
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But Taylor, left unrestrained, stood frozen like stone, making no move to shield Mathilda.
The other two shouted at him urgently. “Taylor, stop him!”
“Taylor, protect Mathilda!”
Taylor only gave a bitter smile.
He had already regretted standing up for Mathilda before.
James wasn’t an unreasonable man. If he had chere in person, demanding Mathilda be punished, then she
must have done something vile again. How could he protect a creature like her?
“Taylor...”
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Mathilda hadn't expected Ashton to strike her so mercilessly. The fear was real now.
Her eyes welled with tears, her voice weak and pitiful. “That day | ran away because | was terrified-1 panicked. |
didn’t mean | didn’t want to save you... Taylor, it hurts so much...”
“A few slaps and you call it pain?”
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Before Taylor could answer, James's voice cut in, cold as ice. “Over four years ago, when you and Quincy and the
others bullied Lily, how much pain do you think she felt?”
“What you did to her, I'll make sure you pay back double today!”
“I didn’t!”
Mathilda’s voice cracked into a rasp, tears spilling down her cheeks.
Her chest twisted with hatred and humiliation.
She had thought James's visit meant he finally cared for her, that he had softened toward her. Instead, he had
cfor Lily, to punish her for Lily's sake. How could she not hate Lily for this?
Her lashes trembled as she put on her innocent, pitiful mask. “James, | really don’t know what you're talking
about. I've always treated Lily as family-why would | bully her? Did she tell you lies again? | care about her so
much. | don’t understand why she slanders me, why she wants to hurt me,/she-"
“Ashton. Continue.”
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James had no interest in her excuses. His face stayed expressionless as he gave the order.
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Ashton’s palms already throbbed from the force he had used, but hearing his master's command, he didn’t
hesitate. He struck harder, splitting Mathilda’s lip, blood streaking down her chin.
“Ashton, stop!”
“James, make him stop!”
Seeing Mathilda’s mouth bloodied, unable even to form words, Bodger and Mergan were driven to madness,
veins bulging at their temples.
In their eyes, it had always been Lily who bullied Mathilda. Fragile, delicate Mathilda could never have bullied
anyone-that was what they believed.
Their voices thundered with rage. “Mathilda never bullied Lily! It's Lily who's ungrateful. The Ginger family raised
her, and after we finally brought Mathilda back, she couldn't even accept her!”
“What lies did Lily feed you?”
“She stole her place, she’s selfish and vicious! She’s no good at all, yet you believe her? James, are you
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Hearing their blind defense reignited Mathilda’s courage.
Through labored breaths, she
whimpered, “| repel.
rpvpoe wrth g to her lately, |
don’t know why she’s harming me...”
“You hear that, James?” Bodger and
Mergan’s eyes blazed ce
"Mathilda g3id ghd Neve? bullied Lily!
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Bang!
James stepped forward, his iron fist slamming into Bodger’s face without hesitation.
Before Mergan could react, another fist crashed into his jaw.
Mathilda deserved her punishment.
And the Ginger family, who defended her lies and cruelty, deserved theirs too.
Taylor still stood/in place, numb and silent.
Once, he had been as blind as Bodger and Mergan,
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convinced Lily was the cruel one and Mathilda the
victim.
But with everything that had
happened lately, the rah was clearer
eyeny diy: @eloe who was selfish,
venomous, and treacherous was not Lily.
It was Mathilda.
And James surely had evidence now evidence that Mathilda had bullied Lily again and again.
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