Chapter 1262 The Turmoil of the Proposal (IV)

• “But every time I think about how my mom died with her eyes still open, and how she even had the nerve to show up at my mom’s funeral—then the smug face she wore whenever no one else was looking… I hate her so much. I wished she’d stand right in front of me so I could shove her off a cliff. I even wanted to die together with her. But I was too weak back then. All I could do was hate her, and I couldn’t do a thing. I couldn’t even protect myself at home. You’ve seen those stepmothers in stories and movies, right? Let me tell you, they’re real. He Meiqing would absolutely do those things…”
• Kate Penrose gave a bitter smile. “She can dump all the blame on me and make trouble out of nothing, then smear me for it… Otherwise, I wouldn’t have refused to step into that house even once all these years. I’ve had enough of that fake face of hers. I know what she’s after. She knows, too, that no matter what, she’ll never measure up to my mom. On the surface it looks like she took my mom’s place, but she can never replace her. So she’s scared—terrified I’ll grow into a woman like my mother and take Millsborough Enterprise away. Well, I want her to hear this: however you stole and clawed it from someone else, it’ll be taken back the same way. I’ve been swallowing that rage for years. Since she’s wishing me dead, I’m going to live well on purpose. The more she fears I’ll take what doesn’t belong to her, the more I’m going to take it, until she’s got nothing left.”
• “Now she’s getting a taste of it. When Finn Wembley wanted to divorce her, she dropped to her knees and begged him, even dragged my little brother over to beg with her.” Kate let out a cold laugh. “She cried like she meant it—looked seriously pathetic. It was satisfying to watch, sure, but for me? Still not enough.”