Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 53: What If You Fail?

"What? Natalie offered a mocking smile, her eyes gleaming with wickedness. "Were you expecting me to say that if I fail, I’ll give up all my inheritance in the family?"

Sephina was caught off guard as this was what always worked on Natalie- Challenge her, push her to fail, and then take control over her.

Seeing her grandma shocked, memories flashed before Natalie’s eyes, memories of past manipulations that had shaped her into the woman she was now.

"Grandma, if I win this competition, will you let me pursue it? I love making perfumes," a younger Natalie had once pleaded.

"Alright, but what if you fail?" Sephina had asked.

"I will give up on it," Natalie had promised, only to have that dream crushed when she inevitably failed or most precisely she was pushed to fail.

"Grandma, my teacher said I’m skilled at piano, and I can win this competition."

"What if you fail?"

"I won’t play again."

So many such incidents happened where she failed and in the end all she got to hear was- "You were meant to fail. Briena is the one who deserves it."

living with vultures like you, no one can be so naive to bet like

didn’t want to give her grandma a satisfaction of making

to Grandma like this?" Briena suddenly intervened, stepping forward as if she was ready

time, try changing your question so I won’t

protect her

at how easily frightened Briena was. Natalie moved that hand through her own hair and said, "Don’t worry, I am not going to give you another footage to record so you go on telling people how

a low, menacing whisper in Briena’s ear. "But if you really want to get beaten up to knock some sense into that nasty brain of yours, come to my home. I’ll happily fulfill your wish. I’m an expert at giving a good beating in secret rather than in public. I promise it’ll

had whispered in her ear. She turned to Sephina, her voice trembling.

the time like a little kid?" Natalie interrupted her and turned to Sephian, "This is the heir you’ve chosen, Grandma—someone who cries at

at Briena to which she immediately stopped

need it when I step into that company’s office, considering how you people have completely ruined

high,

have to do something to break her arrogance," Clara said, as she

daughter to be more like her. If Briena were even half as

stung by the criticism, quickly moved to Sephina’s side and clung to her hand like a child seeking comfort. "I’m sorry, Grandma, for disappointing you. You know I can’t be cunning like her,

away from you," Sephian warned but her voice softened as she

"Grandma, what if Natalie actually manages to make

trouble and humiliation." With that, Sephina picked up her cellphone and made a quick call. "Natalie will be there soon.

old woman had been making Natalie’s life a living hell for years, and they knew she would continue to