The dowry prepared by Sophia Wood for Lily Turner was exactly the same as the dowry when Alice Turner got married. Looking at the dazzling dowry, tears of excitement and happiness glistened in Lily Turner’s eyes.
"Mom! Thank you for preparing these for me."
Lily Turner reached out to hug Sophia Wood and at the same time leaned her head on Sophia Wood’s neck. She really hadn’t expected her mother to prepare these things for her, something she had never dared to dream of before.
Seeing Lily Turner’s tears of excitement, Sophia Wood felt deeply uneasy. When Lily Turner married Henry Thompson, she only used the betrothal gift from the Thompson Family as the dowry and didn’t prepare anything else.
Looking back now, she felt especially distressed. At that time, even though she knew that the Thompson boy was cheating, she still forced her daughter to reconcile with him.
How could she do such a thing?
She must have been crazy then, really crazy!
"These are things that a mother should prepare, you don’t need to thank me." Sophia Wood reached out to hug Lily Turner back. Her eyes were also moist at this moment. She tightened her arms, holding her daughter close.
Lily Turner tightened her arms as well, hugging her mother even more closely. "Mom’s embrace is so warm and comfortable."
She had never hugged her mother like this before, and her mother had never hugged her this way. Being able to hug her mother like this in her life felt so good.
"Mom! I want a hug too."
Standing to the side, Alice Turner initially wanted to quietly watch the mother and daughter express their feelings, but she couldn’t bear it any longer. She reached out, asking Sophia Wood to hug her too.
Sophia Wood freed up one arm to hug Alice Turner, who had come over. Her embrace was limited, but she did her best to hold both sisters close.
She didn’t want to favor one over the other; both girls were her daughters.
"Mom! Actually, I’m the one who should be thanking you the most. Thank you for all the care and love you’ve given me over the years." Alice Turner lost her mother at a young age, but she was extremely lucky to have met a stepmother like Sophia Wood.
People often say stepmothers are not nice, but her stepmother was incredibly good to her, even better than to her biological daughter. Alice felt this deeply all her life.
When she was little, and even after she grew up, she sometimes doubted, thinking Lily Turner was not their mother’s biological daughter, and that she was the real daughter instead.
It was only when the truth about Lily Turner’s parentage was revealed a few days ago that Alice Turner realized how ridiculous her doubts were. Now, her mind was completely free of such doubts.
Sophia Wood hugged Alice and Lily Turner tightly, tilting her head to look at both sisters, "You are both the most precious daughters to me. It’s only natural for a mother to love and care for you. So, from now on, neither of you is allowed to say thank you to me."
Holding her two daughters, she felt particularly happy and immensely blessed.
Having such times in this life, she was content, truly content.
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
Both Lily Turner and Alice Turner said in unison, then the sisters exchanged a knowing smile. The two sisters then simultaneously hugged their mother Sophia Wood more tightly.
"Lily is back!"
Just as the three women were sharing a close moment, Christopher Turner returned home and was deeply touched by the heartwarming scene of the three women hugging tightly and affectionately.