The servant packed up Lila‘s bags, who still refused to leave, and even went out of her way to force the
servant to put her things back.
She couldn‘t possibly leave like this. She had to fight for her right to be here. It was beneath her to live a
poor life. After mulling it in her head for a while, Lila decided to have a talk with both Johanna and Janet.
As long as the two of them agreed to it, she still had one last chance to stay in the Whites ‘household.
She really would do anything to stay here. When the second day came around, Lila waited outside the
door of Janet‘s room early in the morning. It was actually Ethan who opened the door, helping Janet out
of her room.
With Ethan around, Lila didn‘t dare to do anything rash. Her plan was to plead to Janet when she was
alone. She didn‘t think at first that Ethan would be around her twenty–four hours a day.
However, after they left the house, they didn‘t come back. The Whites also hadn‘t returned since they
went out yesterday. Lila had no idea where to find them. Lila stayed in the Whites‘ house for three whole
days, then, the newspaper reported that the White family had announced that they had severed all ties
with her. She would from now on take her birth father‘s last name, which was Gillian. From this point on,
she was no long a White. Lila White was now Lila Gillian.
It was not until Lila finished reading the newspaper article that she recovered her senses. Both Beal and
Johanna had seen through her thoughts from the very beginning. Now that this was indeed decided,
there was nothing she could do to change
The announcement in the newspaper clearly reported that she was no longer the adopted daughter of
the White family. She had no ties with the White family now.
Lila was very much heartbroken. She left the White family with her luggage and headed straight to the
Torres family‘s house. Now, the only person she could rely on was Eric.
When Eric opened the door and saw Lila show up at his doorstep, he glanced over at his wife and son
inside the house and asked with a very unnatural expression on his face, “What are you doing here, Lila?
Didn‘t I tell you to never come to my house?”
Lila burst into tears and said, “Did you hear? I was just kicked out of the White family. Eric, I have no idea
where to go now. You said you would marry me. Let‘s speed things along, all right?”
This trick happened to work best before. Whenever she cried, Eric would never be able to deny her
anything. Lila thought that she was very young and beautiful. If Eric could divorce his wife and marry her
now, it would be a good way for her to escape the life of struggling in poverty.
Right then, she saw that Eric had a sneer on his face. He had already found out that the White family
had broken off their relationship with Lila, so he didn‘t want to continue deceiving her anymore.
“You should head back to your birth parents. Just so you know, I won‘t marry you, Lila. Do you actually
think you deserve to be my wife now that you have no title or money?”
He went on to say lazily, “If you‘re still interested in being my mistress, we can keep it up. If not, I won‘t
force you to do anything. Head back and think it over carefully. And don‘t come here again. If my
pregnant wife sees you, I won‘t let you get away with this.”
It was not until then that Lila found out what kind of person Eric truly was. She was so angry that she
snapped at him right on the spot, “Who wants to be your mistress? You‘re an absolute jerk, Eric!”
Eric ignored her words, slammed the door, and shut her out. Lila was both angry and regretful at once.
With tears in her eyes, she turned around and left.
It was obvious that she and Eric were no more. But when she was halfway back, she began to regret it in
her heart. She shouldn‘t have made such a huge scene and left herself no way to turn back.
Even if she kept on being Eric‘s mistress, it would be much better than going back to the Gillians with her
tail between her legs. She had never visited the Gillians before, but she had heard word that they weren‘t
very rich. Lila was in total despair right then. She found herself in a dilemma.
The White family had made up their mind to cut ties with her. There was no way she could shamelessly
turn to beg them again.
Lila really had nowhere to go. After walking around the streets for a long while, she took a cab to her
birth parents‘ residence unwillingly according to the address Beal had given her.
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