Chapter 6

The callous cruelty of her words mixed with their undeniable truth left Amelia reeling. This was her own family, yet she had never felt so rejected and alone.

Her knees buckled and she sank down onto the polished stair, gasping back sobs as tears blurred her vision.

She had tried to be resilient, but the pain welled up to choke her. Hands covering her face, Amelia wept in utter despair.

Amelia's resentment towards Isabella went deeper than just the Alexander situation.

The roots of their animosity could be traced back to childhood.

Isabella had come to live with them when they were both very young girls, after the death of their father's estranged cousin.

With no other family to take her in, their father agreed to raise Isabella as his own.

On the surface they lived as sisters, but in truth Isabella had always been more rival than sibling to Amelia.

She was fiercely jealous of Amelia's status as the true heiress, while she was just a charity case.

Their father's wealth and pre