Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 24

After speaking, I started walking again. However, Jack's furious voice soon rang out, "Stop right there!

"Look at yourself! You left without a word and didn't even greet anyone when you came home. Do you still consider me your father? What about Ivy?"

I calmly looked at Jack's stern face with a faint smile, "Whether I see you as my father depends on whether you see me as your daughter." "Father," I murmured the word, feeling that Jack didn't deserve the title at all.

"I've just spent five hours on a plane and am a bit tired. Father." I deliberately emphasized the word. "May I go upstairs to rest now?"

My mocking tone only made Jack angrier. He stormed over to me in a few steps and raised his hand to hit me, but Ivy quickly grabbed his hand to stop him. "Jack, what are you doing? She's tired. Just let her rest. What's the point of this?"

She then turned to me and said softly and kindly. "Eve, don't hold it against your dad. You haven't called us in the past few days, so he's been worried.

"It's okay now. Go upstairs and rest. I'll call you when dinner's ready."

Ivy's words were well-crafted, but I didn't argue with them. It wasn't the time to tear off their masks yet.

Inodded. "Alright." Then, theaded upstairs and paused at the landing.

Soon, I heard ivy's voice. "What are you doing? Don't you know she's precious now? With her high exam scores, many people already have her on their list of potential daughters-in-law!"

I wasn't surprised at all Otherwise, I wouldn't have waited here to record everything they said on my phone.

Back in my room, I took a shower and lay down to rest. That dream had left me feeling down.

I turned to look out the window, wondering. In this second life, I'd seen through many people, but walking on eggshells made me cautious. I didn't know if that was good or bad. I also wondered how long it would take to finally achieve the freedom and happiness 1 longed for

chimed with a WhatsApp notification I opened the app to see a

note read, "Reply to me, or

came through. "Don't even think about blocking me. 1have more than enough money

that, I finally replied to

almost instantaneous. "That's more like it.

to respond. The noise from my phone wasghing me a headache, so I muted his

knocked and came in. She put on a gentle, wise, elder's demeanor and sat beside

are you still

and wondered how that been fooled

next morning, when Ethan woke up and saw me

believe me Everyone thought I was

held me and said, "It's okay, Eve. You did nothing wrong. I know you're not that kind

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about me But Later, I found out that the "drunkenness Lexperienced wasn't

Chapter 25

that I realized beneath Ivy's gentle and intellectual facade

shook my head and waited for her

hand. "There shouldn't be

my hand out of hers. "Just say what you need to say. There's no need to beat around the

scored second in Yardville on the college entrance exam, Jack thinks you've brought him a lot of pride, so he wants to throw you a graduation banquet" I let out a cold laugh Abanquet? Or was it just an excuse to parade me around

agreed and nodded. "But I want 50 thousand dollars. I'll need to buy clothes and school supplies for the new semester. Is

then I'd demand

course. Leven suggested to your father that we should buy

would be there to take care of you if we