After the True Heiress Dies

The day Suzanne Nilson returned was my birthday. I had put on the beautiful dress that my mom had bought for me, and I was waiting at home for my parents to take me out to celebrate the occasion.When Mom came back the first thing she did was slap a paternity test in my face. "Look at this yourself, Sophia!"I stumbled backward a few steps from the force. When I looked down, I saw blood dripping from my nose.I thought of the health report that I'd just received yesterday.Mom had never lost her temper at me before, because I was the daughter that she had prayed for.She always said that even showering me with affection wasn't enough to show her love for me.Therefore, I did not expect her to treat me like that. I was stunned.The blood dripping from my nose stained my dress and the report.Mom slapped me. "Go away! Don't let your filthy blood stain anything related to Suzie!"Also, take off that dress at once! I bought that for my daughter's birthday, not for you!"I collaps

After a vicious beating, Andrew and Caroline locked me up because I refused to tell them the password to my bank card.They refused to treat my wounds or let me have anything to eat or drink.I had another nosebleed.It took a while for me to stop the bleeding. I slumped onto the ground.There was no bed or windows in the tiny little room. The only light I had seeped through the crack under the door.I held my doll tightly and curled up right beside my only ray of light.Although I used to be the well-cared-for daughter of the Nilson family, I wasn't actually a spoiled woman. In fact, I was quiet and reserved, known in our circle as a well-behaved lady.Xavier often said that I was boring to be around, as I provided no excitement.Everyone in Hesselton knew that Sophia Nilson was Xavier Gubbens' fiancée, a girl he'd picked out himself when he was a child.No one believed that the bold and outspoken Xavier would like someone as quiet as me.When I was 16, a man from a wealthy

Xavier locked me up in his mansion and left in a hurry.I had been here many times before. Even the decor was chosen according to my tastes.Whenever I needed a break, or when Xavier was in a bad mood, he would bring me here to stay for a few days.The mansion looked just as it always did. Even the towels were fresh. The only difference was there were people watching me, stopping me from leaving.I understand how Xavier was feeling toward me at the moment.That lasted until Suzanne appeared before me, holding onto Xavier's arm with a triumphant expression.It had just been a month since we'd last met, but Suzanne had transformed from a wretched figure into a refined young woman. Her skin was smooth. She wore a lot of beautiful jewelry, which brought out her looks, which resembled Dad's.My heart sank. I thought that since I looked so much like Mom, they might have made a mistake. If they would only give me a chance, I would be able to prove that I was their daughter.It turned

Suzanne was also staying in Xavier's mansion.One day, after Xavier left for work, she burst into my room. "You didn't expect this, did you, Sophie Nilson?" she looked at me, her expression dark.I was sitting on my bed blankly. My vision had been blurry for the last few days, and I was constantly fatigued.When I heard her speak, I turned to look at her slowly in confusion. "I really don't remember you, Suzanne.""You don't remember me? Of course, you don't. You were the precious daughter of the Nilson family back then. Why would you remember an insignificant person?" Suzanne said mockingly, her tone severe. "But I'll remember you for the rest of my life!"If you hadn't been taken away by those people back then, the school wouldn't have increased patrols. That old man kept insisting on meeting me in school. One of the patrols found us. The whole school mocked me and belittled me. "I wanted to transfer to another school, but the old man refused. He beat me and my mother up and a

Aunt Yvonne and Uncle Gordon divorced. As compensation, Uncle Gordon left with nothing.Aunt Yvonne dealt with his mistress and her family by sending them to work in a remote factory.She did not do anything to Suzanne. She said she would leave her to me.But I didn't know what to do.When I had carved letters onto Suzanne's face, she had struggled and said I was heartless. Maybe I had always been heartless. How could I have done what I did to my Sophie if I wasn't?The investigator told me that they had found Suzanne's old high school classmates. Suzanne had been expelled not because of Sophie, but because the school had caught her having indecent relations with her own stepfather.She said that she had only done it to survive.I was disgusted.Sophie had hit her head in the fall and was still unconscious.I spent my days by her side, taking care of her personally.I even found a cosmetic surgeon to get rid of the scar on her forehead. The surgeon had given me a strange lo