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?”
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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