North grabbed Linda by the neck. “You threw my mother’s possessions away?”Melinda started crying while shaking her head. “Don’t do this, North! Your mother passed away young, so her things bring bad luck! If we had kept them, they would’ve brought misfortune to Grandpa! We got rid of them for your sake t—”Linda started yelling at North. “Yeah, I threw them! So?! Are you going to hit me?! You’re just a b*tch who took Melinda’s place as the rightful heiress! You have no ri—”North moved her hand to Linda’s chin and slapped her with her other hand. North’s grip was so strong that Linda felt like her chin was about to be crushed. “North, how dare you?!”“Grandpa! Come here! North is going to kill us!” Melinda cried out.Hurried footsteps came from above. When Ian saw what was happening, he spoke without thinking. “North, what are you doing? Let Linda go. She’s your stepmother. How could you do this? Apologize!”Linda immediately stopped acting arrogantly and began crying. “It’s f
Ian frowned and sighed. “Melinda had a tough life. She had to go through a lot of hardship due to being an illegitimate daughter. Be kind and don’t bully her all the time, North.”“I was sent to the countryside after Mom died. My fiance was stolen. I’m the heiress of the Myers family, but I have no home to return to, while she’s treated like a princess by the Myers family.“Do you really think I’m bullying her?!”Ian looked awkward. He was displeased when his words were refuted and disproved. “That’s enough, North. It’s just a necklace. Your mother’s things belong to the Myers family. Why shouldn’t we use them? Don’t be so stingy.”North’s gaze turned cold. In the past, whenever Melinda stole her things, everyone in the Myers family turned on her and said she was stingy and petty. She had thought that Ian was different, but she had been mistaken. Melinda only had her current status because of North and her mother’s hard work!North nodded. “Alright. That means I won’t have to
Henry’s expression froze, and he cursed his bad luck. He could not chase North away while so many people were watching. He put on a resigned smile. “Everyone, you might not know this, but my eldest never listens to me. It’s not as if I intentionally left her back at home. North, I didn’t forget about you. Come. Let’s go in.”Linda went forward and pretended to be a good stepmother. “North, didn’t you say that you didn’t want to come? I’m sorry. I didn’t ask what you really meant and made you upset.”The people then immediately “understood” what had happened and exchanged looks. By the sound of it, North had thrown a tantrum and refused to come, but then changed her mind at the last minute.“We can understand, Mr. Henry. You’re worried about your eldest causing trouble, aren’t you?”“Every family has its own troubles. Your illegitimate daughter is mature and smart, but your eldest is petty. It must be tough for you.”Once the people left, Henry hissed at North while suppressing
“That’s right. Her being willing to donate Ocean Demoness shows how kind she is. North Myers is surely the horrible one and is twisting the truth. That’s why Eiger South doesn’t want her!”“North Myers had grown up in the countryside and never seen such good jewelry. How could she compare to Melinda Myers?”“The apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree. Your daughter is outstanding. Mr. Henry, are you thinking about making Ms. Melinda the heir of Myers Corporation?”Regardless of whether people were just kissing Henry’s *ss or whether their words were sincere, they praised Melinda to high heavens. Linda feigned humility and said, “Melinda is not as amazing as you’re all making her out to be. She just wants to help the auction. This is something I taught her since young. We might be living a good life, but plenty of people don’t have clothes to wear and food to eat. Once we have the means, we have to help them. Melinda has always remembered this lesson.”The people became even
Melinda reacted quickly. She put on a pitiful expression and spoke in a tolerant fashion. “What on earth are you saying, North? Dad gave this necklace to Mom as a token of love. What does it have to do with your mother? If you want a necklace, I can give you a different one. Could you stop causing trouble already?”Linda sighed in resignation as well. “North, I know that you like Ocean Demoness, but we’ve already donated it and can’t reclaim it. Be good. There’re plenty of other accessories at home. You own many already.”When the onlookers heard this, they “understood” what was going on, and they gave North strange looks. “North Myers is such a horrible person. She wants to steal the necklace and even ruin Melinda Myers’s reputation?”“For a moment, I really thought that Linda took the legal wife’s possession, but North Myers is just being unreasonable. She’s evil.”Henry was livid. “Everyone knows that I gave the necklace to Linda as a token of love! Get out, now!”“A token of
North cast a glance at the crying Melinda and narrowed her eyes. Pretending to be an innocent woman, huh? Well, she knew how to do that too!Suddenly, she teared up. “But I’ve never received any of my mother’s possessions. Why did you give all of them away? I don’t even have a proper accessory to wear to the auction, while Melinda can donate a necklace worth sixty million dollars whenever she wants.”The people sucked in sharp breaths and finally realized what was wrong with the situation. North was right. Melinda enjoyed a pampered life using the wife’s possessions, while North had nothing! That made no sense!Henry immediately felt his blood boil. His face turned red, and he punched the armrest of his chair. “Your mother’s things are mine! She’s already dead!”With tears welling in her eyes, North said, “I have nothing left. You brought your mistress and her daughter to the auction, but forgot about me. I know that you don’t love me, but I wasn’t expecting you to give your mi
The people fell silent. Everyone stared at North and waited for her answer. Melinda’s eyes shone with cunning, but she still had a sad look on her face. “North, on behalf of the children in the mountains, I’m begging you to let it go.”“You donated my mother’s necklace in your name so that everyone would thank you?”Melinda shook her head as if she was exercising great tolerance toward North. “That’s not what I meant. You’re the heiress of the Myers family and are used to a life of luxury, so you wouldn’t understand how much the children in the mountains suffer. I just want to help them. Even though I’m donating the necklace in my name, I don’t care about whether it’s really credited to me. It’s just a nominal title, anyway. You shouldn’t get so hung up over this.”Linda covered her mouth while crying. “Even if my daughter did something wrong, she did it for the children. North, be more mature. Don’t be so selfish—”North’s gaze turned cold, and she raised her voice. “I’m not say
Once the auction ended, North left via the back door and took out her phone to call a cab. “North.”At that moment, someone called her. Eiger went over and stopped her. North frowned. She felt sick whenever she saw Eiger. “Not even beggars block other people’s paths. Get out of my sight.”Eiger frowned and demanded, “What is wrong with you? Don’t you know how embarrassed Melinda was? Even if the necklace belonged to your mother, couldn’t you have talked this through in private?”North almost laughed at that, but her anger just made her narrow her eyes. “I embarrassed her? Are you saying that I should have generously let her have my mother’s belongings? Should I have told her that she can have everything just because she likes it? Is that what you think I should have done?”Eiger’s face turned red, but he remained stubborn. “What’s wrong with that? You’re sisters. Her glory is yours. You shouldn’t have spited her like this.”North fell silent for a moment. Suddenly, she sta