[Alice's POV]At my reprimand, the whispered discussions around us abruptly stopped. The investors looked at Adam and I with a level of assessment in their eyes — they had already begun to understand that this doctor who was hailed as a genius, was not only a powerhouse in the laboratory, she was also inviolable in the game of life.“Lily,” I took a step closer to her, wrapping the cedar-scented coat around my shoulders tighter, my gaze piercing into the depths of her panicked, flashing eyes.“After your husband died, every night you cried and relied on my husband for comfort.” I laughed not loudly, but clearly.“When you snatched my daughter away from me because you were lonely, when you were crying and seeking protection from David, did you ever think, who do they belong to? So, who exactly is making my child cry? Who is trampling on the word ‘home’ in my household?”The expression on the faces of the onlookers instantly reversed. Those originally prejudiced gazes, were no longer ai
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