She Became Rich After Divorce by Georgina Lane

Chapter 51: Once Made Me Feel the Warmth of Heaven

The Mitchell family’s success today was all stolen!

Thinking of that, Cheyenne clenched his fists tightly under her long sleeves.

Malaya indirectly caused the death of Selah, her mother. Cheyenne heard about it accidentally when she was in middle school.

In her memory, Malaya was nice to her. Whenever she and Nora fought over something, Malaya would scold Nora and then hand the toy to Cheyenne gently.

She would pat her head tenderly and say, “Cheyenne, you have to remember that you are the Lawrence family’s young lady. You were born to be respected.”

“Things you like can only belong to you. If they are in someone else’s hands, you have to take them back in any means!”

Later on, Malaya bought many beautiful dresses for her and made her look very premature. Cheyenne grew to fourteen years old while treating Malaya as a mother figure all along.

Until one day when she participated in a piano competition just like Nora did.

She practiced piano in the room, thinking that she could win the championship title through this competition so she couldn’t wait to share it with Malaya.

However, when she walked up to Malaya’s doorsteps, what greeted her were sounds of crying from Nora. “Mom, why did you let me lose to Cheyenne? I can’t accept it. I played the piano better than her!”

Malaya saw her crying and pulled her gently into her embrace, wiping Nora’s tears away with a handkerchief.

Running her fingers through Nora’s hair, she whispered softly, “You have to understand that everything I’m doing is for your own good.”

“People always say that being a stepmother is difficult. If I openly favor you, everyone will think that I am mistreating the stepdaughter.”

“Then, everyone will only blame me and also you. They’ll say that you’re the illegitimate child of a mistress with no upbringing.”

if Nora herself goes astray,

win, just to boost her ego, to make her think she’s unbeatable,

ingrained to the core,

then, you, who excel without fighting or competing, are the true belle of the Lawrence family, a genuine young

you’re experiencing now will

by Cheyenne’s mother is

grow up, I will find you a well-off match, so you can be a carefree little princess for your whole

only be scorned by

to these words

felt blank, as if some emotion was about to erupt

rolled down her cheeks. She had never realized she could

be affectionate with, cuddle and get close to Malaya. She even attempted to vie

brutal reality shattered her

woman she’d been touched by was intending to “elevate” her in front of everyone,

the piano sheet music

hypocritical mother and daughter in the room, Cheyenne felt

flowing through her body,

turn her into a “useless person”,

personality

from the enviable school overachiever into a pariah that everyone despised. Teachers

brawled, skipped class… and cheated on exams. Her bad

called the parents, she immediately called Malaya without

dramas, scolding Cheyenne or embarrassing her. Instead, she stood up for Cheyenne,

she had a kind and loving expression as she stroked

don’t like studying, I won’t

get into college, I can help you find a school. I have a friend who runs

words to heart. You’re still

was young, my grades were worse than yours. I was even more of a slacker!” She shared her own personal experience as an underachieving student