Chapter 24
Victor stepped forward, visibly agitated at Lily’s mention of seven years.
“Lily, have you gotten your memories back?”
Hearing this, Benjamin shot a worried glance at Lily. He wasn’t sure if his few months with her could measure up to her seven years with Victor.
Lily noticed Benjamin’s concern. She squeezed his hand and turned to Victor.
“I remember now. But Victor, what makes you think I’d come back?”
“Did you ever show me an ounce of kindness in those seven years?”
“Even the thing you used to jog my memory was something I shamelessly gave you. Do you own a single item holding our shared memories?”
Victor stood speechless under her barrage of questions.
Lily continued, “Seven years is enough. You’re tired of it, and so am I.”
“I’ve found someone to spend my life with. Please let me go.”
Her words were both rejection and plea.
“Sorry.”
Victor uttered this before fleeing the ward in near panic.
“Lily… am I the one you want to spend your life with?”
Benjamin’s voice trembled with hope and nervousness.
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Lily tightened her grip on his hand, meeting his gaze steadily.
“Yes, Benjamin. I, Lily, want to share my life with you.”
Meanwhile, Victor had barely exited when Sophie grabbed him.
Disheveled and pale, she bore no resemblance to her former self.
Clutching his sleeve like a lifeline, she pleaded:
“Victor, I can’t go to prison. I can’t!”
Victor had released evidence of Sophie’s plagiarism and past misdeeds.
The damage she’d once inflicted on Benjamin’s company by framing Lily now backfired onto Sophie and the Scotts.
Fired from the Scott Group and vilified online, Sophie faced criminal charges for hitting Lily with her car likely meaning years behind bars.
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Desperate, she begged Victor for help, hoping Lily would grant a letter of forgiveness.
Victor pried her fingers off his sleeve one by one.
“No! Victor, please save me!”
“It was just a moment of madness! I never meant to kill her, never!”
Victor shoved her to the floor.
“Save it for the police.”
Those words shattered her last hope.
Collapsed on the ground, Sophie wailed uncontrollably.
Lily later learned of Sophie’s fate from Benjamin.
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“Victor came to see you recently.”
Lily looked puzzled. “Why bring him up now?”
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Their lives had been calm waters lately. Victor seemed to have heeded her words, vanishing without further disturbance.
Since Lily regained her memories and confessed her feelings, Benjamin had relaxed completely
no longer seeing Victor as a rival.
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“He came to see you, saying he’s uncovered everything about the past. Sophie has been sent to prison too.
Benjamin paused before continuing, “He said he trampled your feelings for seven years, and now it’s his turn to pursue you.”
Lily wasn’t moved at all by Victor’s words. She pretended to vomit at Benjamin.
They both burst out laughing.
“Lily, do you really not love him anymore?”
Lily planted a kiss on Benjamin’s cheek. “I’ve answered this countless times, but I’ll say it one last time.”
“Lily loves only Benjamin now and forever.”
Benjamin immediately dropped to one knee, pulling out a ring.
“This proposal might seem rushed, but I can’t wait any longer.”
“Lily, will you marry me?”
Lily gazed at Benjamin before her. No cheering crowd, no grand spectacle -just her racing heartbeat and an irrepressible voice inside screaming
