Chapter 9 Backfire

He sneered coldly, though the smile never reached his eyes. “Quite different, indeed.”

The woman had persistently and fearlessly provoked him. She even had the audacity to offer herself up. How could he let her go so easily?

Didn’t she claim she wanted to personally treat his illness? Then he’d give her the chance—let her treat him well!

The Nelson Mansion.

Charmaine was packing in her room.

She only had a backpack, a laptop, and a sketchbook when they brought her back to the Nelsons a few months ago.

That was all she took with her.

But no matter how much Charmaine searched, she couldn’t find the sketchbook anywhere.

Her gaze roamed around the guest room, barely twenty square feet. It seemed the last time she had drawn a design sketch was when Leah had visited a couple of weeks ago to invite her to choose a birthday dress together.

Charmaine didn’t linger. She grabbed her things and walked out.

As she pushed the door open, Leah stood at the entrance. Charmaine didn’t know when she had gotten there.

Upon seeing Charmaine with her luggage, Leah bit her lip and resumed her pretentious act.

“Chara.”

for Leah’s act. Without

her expression briefly flustered as she almost couldn’t

graceful figure walk away, her eyes cold and

eager to gain the family’s acceptance and

Leah would never let

tears, Leah successfully convinced the family that Charmaine was two-faced, pretending to be nice while secretly targeting her and bullying her. This stirred up the family’s sympathy for Leah and deepened their dislike for

suffered such injustice, hadn’t she obediently endured

a completely different

their mother, and even brazenly declared she wanted to cut ties

it be she

thought crossed Leah’s mind, but

blown up by now. She wouldn’t

give up

all about her. Leah was the center of attention, surrounded by

her room, feeling completely ignored. The stark contrast must have filled

to make a scene and

seemed Charmaine had gotten a bit smarter, using a different

Nelsons’ cherished daughter could only be her. No matter how

want to steal

Dream on!

moment, Leah noticed a group coming up the stairs. A glint of

urgently, “Chara, are you upset because no one celebrated your birthday tonight? I apologize for not considering your feelings. I shouldn’t have been greedy and wanted to celebrate my last birthday here, making

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