Chapter 3

Avery's eyes widened in fright as she looked at me. Rage filled her gaze, but there was nothing she could do.

Because she knew that the moment this secret was revealed, she'd no longer have a chance with Timothy.

Avery and I shared the same bedroom. She would always leave at midnight and return home at 5:00 am the next day. I had secretly followed her out of the house one night out of concern for her safety.

Who knew that Avery had actually been going out and sleeping with random men at night, even going so far as to follow them home? The noises she would make in there lasted throughout the night. They only stopped at 4:00 am.

If I revealed this secret to everyone, Avery's reputation in Greenwood Vale would be ruined.

Avery was still hesitating as to what to do next. So I warned her, "You'd better weigh your options carefully. If you don't want your reputation ruined, then you'd better let me go right now."

Avery then reluctantly went to Timothy's side and said, "It's our wedding today, sweetheart. Let's not let Amelia here ruin it. Why don't we just let her go?"

Avery then turned to Dad and Mom. "Dad, Mom, I know both of you doted on me most. I'm sure you two won't stop us from kicking Amelia out, right? After all, she did embarrass our family today. She's only going to trouble us further if we let her stay."

Timothy held Avery in his arms, gazing lovingly at her. "You're right, my love. We can't let a nasty woman like Amelia ruin our wedding day. Hurry up and leave! We don't want you here ruining our wedding!"

I smiled faintly. "Sure. But before I leave, please give me back the five thousand dollars you owe me!"

Timothy had come to me and asked to borrow five thousand dollars to prepare for the wedding gifts. I had lent him the money without hesitation, already treating him as my brother-in-law. But now, I had to make sure he paid me back in full!

Timothy panicked. "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever owe you money?

I took out the IOU note he'd written for me before and showed it to him. "Look here, it's stated clearly in writing that you owe me five thousand dollars. You even left your signature here. Don't tell me you're illiterate?"

Timothy was extremely embarrassed after his borrowing my money had been revealed in front of my parents. "Give me a couple of days to pay you back. I've already used up all of the money."

I knew that Timothy had no money to his name. I had found out about his gambling addiction after marrying him in my previous life. He tended to gamble away every single cent he acquired.

However, Timothy hadn't asked me for money before to prepare wedding gifts. It was because he needed it to gamble.

"It's alright. I'll just take all the wedding gifts you've brought today as repayment for the five thousand dollars," I said.

"Hey, those wedding gifts belong to me." Avery was displeased. "Do you think you can just take them as you please?"

I shot her a smile. "You can always pay me the money back in Timothy's stead. Otherwise, I'll just call the police."

Timothy held Avery back and said, "My love, we won't need these petty things once we're rich. Let pathetic little Amelia take them if she wants."

Avery snorted proudly and said to me, "When I'm rich, you had better not come begging on my doorstep."

She even covered her mouth and giggled delightfully after saying that.

Dad and Mom glared at me cruelly, as if I weren't their daughter at all. They said to me, "If you're going to do such drastic and evil things, then we hereby disown you as our daughter!

Their intentions were aligned with mine. I had come to understand certain things after the previous life. I was nothing more than property in my parents' eyes. They could easily toss me away once I no longer had any usable value.

I went into the house and wrote down a statement announcing the disownment between my parents and me, thereby severing my connection to the Denning family.

Before I left the place, I even added spitefully, "If you couldn't even afford proper wedding gifts, then you might as well give up on your dream of becoming rich!"