Chapter 17 Beneath the Facade

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Leah’s expression was full of disdain. The kindness and gentleness she showed to the Nelsons were completely absent when dealing with her biological parents. Instead, her sharp and bitter true nature was on full display.

“Only two million dollars? What’s there to be so happy bout? The diamond necklace my brother gave me is worth five million dollars.”

Ignorant fools, she thought.

With irritation, she demanded, “Weren’t you supposed to ruin Charmaine tonight, force her to agree to donate her kidney? What kind of useless trash did you hire? They couldn’t even handle one woman!”

The thought of that disgusting man grinning lewdly at her and the filthy things he had said made Leah’s blood boil.

Sophie was equally frustrated. “What kind of skills could that little tramp have? She’s just lucky!”

At this, Leah exploded with fury.

“Charmaine has all the luck, doesn’t she? Everything is handed to her on a silver platter, while I struggle and strive, only to end up with disasters like that fake antique. It’s like I’m cursed!”

Bennett frowned. “What happened? Antique… are you talking about the one you got for Zayn?”

Leah’s eyes reddened. In front of the Nelson family, she was the picture of sweet innocence, but now she was vicious, her expression twisted with rage.

fault! If she hadn’t come back, none of

their daughter so angry, Sophie worried she might

weren’t for Charmaine, we wouldn’t have what

full of shame and frustration.

enough to understand the world, she knew she was less fortunate than

their precious treasure. Whatever she wanted, she got. She didn’t have to

was born

the day before Milo’s

when Bennett and Sophie found her. They told her the unthinkable: they were her real parents. She wasn’t the Nelsons‘ daughter. The real Nelson daughter was Charmaine, who had been raised by

explained that Leah’s birth chart was full of misfortune, while Charmaine’s was the opposite.

want to. She ignored

down, she knew she’d grown up spoiled, arrogant, and overbearing, always fording over her brothers. They doted on her because he

their sister, would they still treat

Milo’s birthday, Leah racked her brain to give.hmm’a gift he’d

that, while she stood on the beach smugly watching Milo overwhelmed with emotion, a

she woke up in the hospital, Leah was still groggy, but she vaguely remembered Bennett slipping something into her hand while the Nelsons weren’t looking.

of Charmaine’s baby teeth. If you want

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