Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 4: Not A Chance In Hell

After Sephina hung up the call, Clara asked, "Is she coming, Mother?"

Sephina nodded. "Yes. Let's see who she has married."

"Grandma, I remember the name of her husband," Briena chimed in. "I searched for him, and there's no one special with that name. All are ordinary men. That means she didn't marry anyone significant but just a random man."

"That's better. This way, it will be easier to get our hands on the entire company."

"Ivan will be here as well."

"Why did you call him here?" Clara asked. "To maintain your good image, you shouldn't show our family conflicts to him."

"Mother, I want him to see how pathetic the woman he loves is and how she has been nothing but trouble to us."

"Do as you wish," Sephina encouraged.

Natalie arrived at the Ford residence in a cab. The moment she entered the huge iron gate, the servants spotted her and started gossiping in hushed voices, but she paid them no mind.

This house, if not for her mother's memories attached to it, would have been a place she would never step into again. These people had sent her away to a far-off place with the intention of making her suffer and live at their mercy. After her mother's death, this so-called family of hers saw her as nothing but an eyesore. The only reason she tolerated them was that she still thought of them as family.

Entering the drawing room, Natalie saw her family waiting for her.

husband?" Sephina asked, her gaze shifting to

didn't come," Natalie replied, showing no interest

cold, impatient gaze. "Didn't I tell you to bring him

no longer affect her. The memory of how they had all wanted to throw her out last night, without considering where she would go in the dark, and

pathetic that you do not

"You could say that."

trust her anyway. All she

shame, do you?" Sephina asked, standing up. "After sending you to a faraway place for years, I thought you'd learn to

a stubborn and defiant air surrounding her. "Are you just now

her authority over the family. "I sent you there to rid you of this stubbornness, just like your mother's. But it seems five

the older woman, her tall form casting a shadow over her not-so-tall grandmother, a reminder of Carryn. This daughter and her mother shared an invisible, domineering strength that seemed to flow naturally in their blood, growing stronger the more they were pushed into a corner. This was what Sephina hated most, as she could not control

hatred in Sephina's eyes, Natalie asked, "What? Do

to fend for herself. Thanks to their neglect and lack of updates, she had

in Sephina's eyes. "Do you

challenged, not

scolded. "It would

at the loss of his wife. She always wondered if this man was truly her father, or if she was even a daughter of this family. They always favored Briena and treated her as if she were a thorn in their side. But she had no

have manners? You should have kept me home to learn them, but then..." she chuckled mockingly, "What would I have learned at home? How to seduce a man who belongs to another woman, just like your mistress seduced you and

you talk about my mother like that?" Briena stood up, anger visible on her