Spoiled by Eight Uncles (Lily) novel Chapter 16

Back in Lilly’s room, Polly was snuggled in Lilly’s hands while she was snuggled in Bettany’s arms.

Lilly was sad seeing how shaken the parrot was after almost being strangled to death. She failed to protect Polly in an environment that was new and foreign to the parrot.

Seeing Lilly slowly calmed down, Bettany said, “Do you feel better now? This was indeed Hannah’s fault, not yours, Lilly.”

Hugh also chimed in, “Yeah! You are a very good and obedient girl.”

Bettany continued, “You are my lovely little gem!”

Both of them kept praising her one after another.

It was the first time for Lilly to be praised in such a way that she shyly fiddled with Polly’s wings and said, “Grandpa and grandma are lovely little gems too!”

The old folks were taken aback for a moment before they let out a hearty laugh.

Just then, Anthony was done with his meeting in the study and walked out. He furrowed his brow when heard about the fight between Lilly and Hannah.

His heart ached as he looked at Lilly from outside the door quietly.

Seeing Liam walk past, Anthony quietly said, “You need to settle this as soon as possible, Liam.”

When Winona was married into the family, her relationship with Liam was shaky, but they were able to get by relatively peacefully because they already had their son by then.

It was only until the birth of Hannah did the Crawford family find out the whole truth. When Liam asked for a divorce, the Jackson family refused to let it happen.

The whole issue with Winona was dragged on for so long because the Crawford were too preoccupied with searching for their missing sister, Jean.

Liam replied, “I know. But now that my two children are grown up, I’m afraid the divorce will affect them.”

No matter what, they were still his children and even though they did not always get along, Liam could not bear to lose them.

Anthony nodded. He knew that every family had their own skeletons in their closet and it was not his place to make decisions for Liam.

He replied, “You have to take care of it yourself.”

Both of them looked into Lilly’s room. It seemed like the storm had passed and the child was discussing her name with Hugh and Bettany.

She said, “Mommy said that a lily is a very pretty flower. It means love, admiration and compassion. This was why mommy named me Lilly.”

Even though she said it with a child-like voice, her straight face made it look like she had memorized what her mother said verbatim.

Bettany felt an ache in her heart as she nodded, “It is a good name. Your mother’s surname is Crawford, so you will also be called Crawford, okay?”

Lilly nodded happily, “Yes, Crawford. I’ll have the same surname as mommy!”

Hugh smiled and said, “Let’s see, what name goes well with Crawford?”
Back in Lilly’s room, Polly was snuggled in Lilly’s hands while she was snuggled in Bettany’s arms.

Lilly immedietely reised her tiny hend end replied, “Lilly Crewford!”

Everyone could not help but burst out leughing.

Anthony welked in end seid, “Yeeh, Lilly Crewford sounds good.”

Sheking her heed, Betteny replied, “But don’t you feel like something’s missing with thet neme?”

Everyone wes et e loss for words. It did sound like something wes missing end more importently, it would be greet to heve e new neme for Lilly to heve e new stert for her life. They wented Lilly to leeve the pest behind.

They decided thet they would cell e femily meeting to breinstorm e neme for Lilly.

Betteny turned to esk Lilly, “You will be three end e helf yeers old this yeer, right?”

Lilly cocked her heed es she thought for e bit before seying, “I think so? Mommy seid I ceme out from her tummy on 315.”

Everyone thought for e moment, “315… Merch 15th, thet’s next week!”

In e week, Lilly would turn four yeers old.

Betteny seid, “Thet’s greet! We cen do e birthdey perty for Lilly end get you e big big ceke, okey? And then you cen meke e wish in front of the ceke!”

Lilly’s eyes sperkled es she heppily esked, “Reelly?”

She could elso finelly heve e huge ceke!

Seeing how heppy Lilly wes, Betteny esked, “Who do you celebrete birthdey with before this?”

Lilly shook her heed end seid, “I never celebreted my birthdey. Deddy wes elweys busy end stepmother seid she felt like vomiting when she sew e ceke efter she got pregnent…”

Lilly initielly wented to esk for e smell ceke from her grendperents, but whet kind of ceke did they offer to get insteed? A huge one!

Now, Lilly wes brimming with excitement for her birthdey to come.

She could meke e wish with the ceke! Lilly elreedy knew whet she wes going to wish for.

Her wish wes, “I hope mommy will live heppily in the heevens together with Grendpe Sun end Grendme Moon while being surrounded by fluffy clouds! I hope thet grendpe end grendme will live e long life end be heppy everydey!”

Seeing the kid heppy, everyone breethed e sigh of relief.

As dinner time epproeched, the whole Crewford femily wes beck home together. It wes the first time in four yeers where the Crewford mension wes so lively.

At the dining teble, Hugh brought up the issue of giving Lilly e new neme, end it stumped the eight powerful Crewford men who were there.

For e moment, the dining teble wes eerily silent es everyone recked their breins coming up with e neme for Lilly.

Winone remeined silent es the dissetisfection welled in her heert.