Everything Gilla sacrificed was for her family.
She truly had no choice!
Whether it was her own abilities or her family background, neither was inferior to others, yet she still had no choice.
Gilla could only grit her teeth and endure.
If Ashley were in her shoes, she might have already been completely overwhelmed and shattered.
Ashley herself didn't know what to feel, let alone truly empathize.
Ashley stood behind Gilla.
In that moment, Gilla's presence seemed to loom larger.
All the hostility Ashley felt towards Gilla, all her thoughts, vanished at that moment.
Betrayed by her own mother for wealth, and with a husband who used to be a good-for-nothing.
Ashley always thought she was miserable enough, but Gilla's appearance changed her perspective.
At least now, she had someone
