Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 6 When Has Jeremiah Ever Spoiled Me In reality, every gift I had ever given Elsa was carefully chosen and brand new, but she always claimed the gifts were too expensive and refused to accept them.

Later, I downplayed the value of the gifts. But I had believed she would understand how valuable those gifts were, given the Brown family nurtured her taste. Yet she always assumed I belittled her and saw her as inferior.

Elsa prided herself on being virtuous and noble, so I knew I had to poke at her insecurities to deal with her.

As expected, her expression turned sour, but she managed to hold herself together.

Hurried footsteps came from the door, and I looked up to see Jack rushing in. When he noticed Elsa's downcast face, he started questioning, "Are you picking on Elsa again? You know she isn't in good health, and you're not a child; how could you be this immature?"

Jack started lashing out at me out of nowhere. I knew Elsa must've badmouthed me, saying that I did things I never did. When had I ever picked on her?

who had always doted on me as a

to calm him down and conveniently left out

interrupted their conversation. Pointing to the necklace Elsa was clutching onto, I mocked, "Does giving her a necklace count as picking on her now? You sure have a unique definition

the necklace now that it was mentioned. Then, she belatedly explained, "That's right.

noticed the necklace. Everyone knew how significant it was to me, and giving Elsa such an important necklace showed how

looked awkward knowing he had jumped to conclusions but was

soften up. You know that others aren't

he abruptly stopped as if a thought crossed his mind. He glanced at me,

it. This is how you've always been, and you can't change it now.

that escaped me. When had Jeremiah ever spoiled me? Men

I had always respected had left me to die in a fire for Elsa. From that moment on, I had