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
I had always wanted a daughter, but our hectic younger years had ruined my and my husband's health.We visited countless hospitals and underwent IVF treatments. After more than 300 heparin injections, I finally got pregnant with my daughter.I named her Sophia.Everyone told me that she looked like me when I was younger. She was pretty, but her personality was different.She was too gentle, which often made her the target of bullying. Therefore, I told Xavier that since Sophie was his fiancée, he had to protect her well.Thankfully, Xavier took the responsibility seriously. He took up martial arts for her so that he could beat up her bullies.On Sophie's birthday, Suzanne appeared in our lives.She insisted that she was my real daughter. Gordon took her to do a paternity test, even expediting the results. When the results came back, he quickly stopped me from going to celebrate Sophie's birthday.When Suzie tearfully showed me her wounded body, I broke down.It turned out that
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
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
The road leading to the rural countryside was very bumpy. I got nauseous very soon.The people who called themselves my biological parents were discussing how to make use of me while I stared blankly out of the window.After whispering to each other for a while, Caroline Wavers, my so-called biological mother, turned to me and cleared her throat. "Sophie, you know we're not as rich as your previous parents," she said, feigning concern. "Life in the countryside isn't great. You may find it hard to adapt. Did the Nilsons make any arrangements for you?"I looked at her expressionlessly.She became a little anxious when she saw that I didn't understand her hints. She pointed at our surroundings. "This is all we have here. Aren't they worried that you wouldn't be able to cope?"Still, I didn't answer.Suddenly, the man who called himself my biological father, Andrew Nielson, slapped me so unexpectedly that I didn't have time to react. My head jerked to the side. He looked at me angr
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
When I opened my eyes again, I smelled disinfectant.Caroline sat beside me, looking at me with a strange expression.For once, she was nice to me. She told me to take care of myself, even bringing me food herself.The day I returned home from the hospital, I passed by their room and overheard them talking about marrying me off to the town dunce."He's dumb, but his family is offering a good sum in exchange for a wife. It's 200 thousand dollars. Let Sophia marry him and have a child with him. Everyone will be happy."Dazedly, I somehow found my way back to my room.An urgent thought arose in my mind. I had to escape. I found an opportunity to grab Caroline's sleeping pills. I crushed them up and added them to the dinner that I had cooked. I even added some to the dog's food bowl.Late at night, when I heard Andrew's loud snores and Toby's sniffling, I quietly opened the door to the bedroom.The door creaked loudly. In the past, this would have woken up the dog, who would in t
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