Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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Back then Olivia wasn’t yet called Olivia Sutton; she was Olivia Winters.

Her father, Carlos, had every terrible habit a man could have: heavy drinking, gambling, chasing prostitutes, and violence.

Yet Carlos was also a hypocrite who knew how to hide himself, so well that for many years no one

saw his true face.

For a long time, Olivia believed every father in the world was like that.

Emilia had a proud spirit and refused to beg her parents for help or let outsiders know she’d married the wrong man. And they lived isolated and unsupported.

Fortunately, in the poor neighborhood where they lived, people’s lives were roughly the same— Olivia didn’t have it well, but nobody else was living happily either.

When people called her a little messy or a poor beggar, Olivia fired back by mocking them as Fatherless bastards. Their daily fights left wounds on both sides.

Then one day Olivia saw Natasha–the little cousin in a floral dress, clean and fair and pretty.

It turned out such lives existed: parents who loved you, brothers who doted on you, carefree days so innocent they made someone else angry.

The first time they met, Olivia didn’t even dare touch her, afraid she’d soil Natasha’s expensive

clothes.

But Natasha didn’t mind at all; she bounded over cheerfully, hugged Olivia, and shared bright candies and toys Olivia had never seen before.

Olivia hated Natasha. ‘I hate her,‘ she thought. ‘She shone so brightly that I exposed every bit of my lowliness and darkness.

Worse, since Natasha’s family arrived, Emilia had only grown sadder and more withdrawn. And Carlos’s beatings of her got worse.

Then one day Emilia told Olivia the life Natasha had was supposed to have been hers.

Andrew was originally supposed to be Emilia’s fiancé, but he fell for Madeline instead and became engaged to her.

Tricked by Carlos in a fit of rage, Emilia fell into an abyss from which she couldn’t climb out.

If the accident back then hadn’t happened, Emilia would have been Andrew’s wife, and Olivia would have lived like a princess just like Natasha.

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Although she was jealous,

night, after Carlos got drunk and beat Emilia again, Olivia

her and told her to run

terrified, only to find

had picked her flower, was being fussed over by Thomas and

bleeding, at death’s door,

slunk around like a rat in a gutter, bitterly jealous of Natasha’s good

fresh wounds stung and her brother finally soothed Natasha with candy, Olivia

were furious. Though it had been a fated accident and they hadn’t

Emilia had suffered, Andrew and Madeline felt

had him arrested, and

home, the first thing she did was change Olivia’s surname–to Olivia Sutton

back at Sutton house was much better. After that,

quietly told Emilia she didn’t like going to Madeline’s house and didn’t like Natasha.

just pat her head and say with meaning that

Emilia had been saying a lot of things

night Olivia would sometimes see Emilia talking to herself, saying that her daughter would have a better

Emilia was nothing like the gentle woman Olivia usually

Olivia never doubted–Emilia loved her. Emilia had given everything

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at Natasha–the cousin who had once been unreachable–Olivia asked, with a light laugh, “Do you

it was mine to begin with. I just took back what should have

eyes flickered. “What do

“We’re sisters, but our mothers‘ lives ended up

lucky. In the end Grandma favored you too. Do you know what Grandma

rain she smiled, then slowly said three words,

blazed red. She lunged forward and grabbed Olivia by her

didn’t save her. So what? Why should the same blood get special treatment? She always puts you first. Why? Because of you–if you hadn’t followed Grandma everywhere, if you hadn’t clung to her, she

kept bothering you, and she protected you. Later it was only because my parents favored you that she paid attention to me a bit more,” Natasha said, her voice