The next morning, Lila arrived at the hospital with various concoctions with her. She knocked on the door and entered the ward. Both Janet and her parents were genuinely taken aback at her appearance. They hadn’t expected her, of all people, to pay a visit. 

After hearing everything from Ethan just the day before, Beal and Johanna just couldn’t bring themselves to be amicable with Lila now.

 “What are you doing here?” Beal asked. 

Contrary to his characteristic disposition as a loving father, he now pulled a long face to show his disgruntlement. Johanna didn’t even afford Lila a cursory glance and kept her gaze averted from the offending woman. 

Lila really didn’t expect the two of them to be so openly cold towards her. According to what Charis had told her, she started to cry bitterly in front of her parents and Janet.

“Dad, Mom! I am so sorry!” 

saying that, she got down on her knees

was raised by them. Over the many years of her life with them, they had always treated her as their own flesh and blood. Regardless of the fact that Lila didn’t achieve good grades at school and also didn’t have any ambitious inclination, they never cared about it in the

with a frown creased across her forehead. She felt crestfallen. Lila

but I deliberately concealed it from being discovered. I’m sorry. I’m so

cowered in a subservient, apologetic manner before Janet. Janet was also frightened by this uncharacteristic behavior. She hadn’t imagined in her wildest

deliberation. Her heart had also softened when she saw Lila’s genuine display of regretful emotion. Lila wiped her tears away and said, “Before Janet came into my life, Dad and Mom only loved me. I felt sad and couldn’t accept the

actuality, her apology was coming from a place purely of fear and not sincere regret. Why hadn’t Janet died in the accident? Why did she have to be married to such a powerful,

droplets of blood dripped down her forehead into her eyes. Both Beal and Johanna couldn’t help but feel compassion and forgiveness for her. In their

her tone became more gentle and she said, “You

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