I Don’t Need Your Fake Love by Melandia

Chapter 34

“I’m off to my room,” I said, and then I did, locking the door behind me for some peace.

My personality has changed, I wasn’t always this shy. I fought back once.

There was this one time when I pulled Ashley aside, and even though I barely tugged, she hit the desk and started crying.

Just for that, my mom slapped me and made me apologize. She didn’t even give me a chance to explain what happened.

That time, I tried to stand my ground with a hunger strike, and even left home, hoping they’d miss me.

I waited for them at our usual park all day, but they never

came.

When I finally returned, hungry and shivering, they were all snug in the living room, chuckling at the TV. The coffee table was a feast of snacks.

It was enough to make anyone snap.

I lost it, crushed the snacks under my feet, and got a beating for my outburst. After that, they punished me by taking away my lunch money, and forbid me to go out and play with my friends.

Who got out to play with them? Ashley did, and they all loved her.

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They said they weren’t playing favorites, but all they cared about was that Ashley lost her parents. Did they ever think about how her arrival affected me?

It was really sad. In my previous life, I tried to fight and please them, but even when I jumped off the rooftop, they didn’t

care.

their love reserved for their adopted

was a golden child.

me even if I wasn’t around.

that day, I became the invisible one at home, only existing to go to

all the attention was on

filled with my favorite dishes, now

toys and the best snacks,

was always

Ashley, but when I asked for a doll, they’d tell me to take one that Ashley didn’t want from her

Ashley didn’t want, but

If I didn’t treat Ashley

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previous life, it ruined my childhood, but I wasn’t going to let it affect me

Christmas was over, I would throw myself into studying, aiming for a top university. People might pick their favorites, but the future I was

Mom and Dad surprised us with two dresses.

Ashley waved the dresses at me. “Grace, which

was another act from her, because in my previous life and in this one,

and worn down clothes, becoming a joke throughout the school year. But this time, I

look and said, “If you like it, I’ll gladly give it to

my annoyance at her act.

parents knew Ashley had her eye on the dress

it up to Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister. You should let Ashley have it.

the happier she got. My dad and brother joined in, all pushing Ashley

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a whisper. “Mom, Grace isn’t too fond of me. Maybe I should return

brother’s protective instincts kicked in, questioning

head timidly, her eyes wide with fear,

turned on me, “Grace, didn’t I tell you to be nice to