Chapter 890 He’s Got a Gift Too

• No elder had ever treated Cerys Penrose this well. In her birth family, she was never welcome. Because her mom despised her, the other elders followed suit. She’d barely ever gotten care or praise from any grown-up.
• Before meeting Lily Cross, she’d worried Lily wouldn’t like her either. If that happened, she wouldn’t even know how to deal with Lily after. She’d seen plenty of friends with nightmare mothers-in-law—Emma Yates was the classic case, and Susanna Clarke hadn’t gotten along with Connor Juniper’s mom at first, either.
• Beyond them, lots of her female coworkers had been nitpicked and bullied by their mothers-in-law. But now, Lily’s warmth and kindness made her eyes sting.