Lauren’s eyes became colder and sharper. How could she not hear the sarcastic words? She knew what she meant, but Lauren didn't respond to her, instead, she patted the back of Auntie May who finally released her but stood by her side as if she had found her backbone. And to be honest, that was just how Auntie May felt. Lauren and her mother had been the ones who saved her from her abusive husband and brought her to the Sterling family. They were her saviour and though her Mistress died and the young miss left home, she had never stopped missing them. She could have left, but the hope that her young miss would come back one day tied her down in this house which had become soulless and strange, and even if she was being used and insulted by the mother and daughter because they knew her loyalty didn't lay with them, she still endured it all and waited, and now that her young miss was back, she felt no regret. Lauren ignored the pretentious woman standing in front of her, held the hand
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