Heartless mother and daughter

Mrs. Wales who had a natural haughty look glanced condescendingly at Anamika who was kneeling a few inches away from her and placed down her cup of wine.

The woman, wearing an elegant black lace dress that stopped below her knees, walked towards Anamika and sent a resounding slap across her face with her fingers that were filled with large rings.

Anamika felt a cut on her lips, and a stinging pain on her cheek, still she didn't dare to look at the woman in the eyes.

"You still have the guts to show yourself here after what you did to my daughter? Anamika, I had warned my daughter several times to not count you as a friend but she wouldn't listen. I knew right from when I first saw you that you were a jealous person and would one day cause my daughter harm, but no, Amelia trusted you and wanted you around. Now see, my instinct was right all along!"

Anamika didn't utter a single word of defense and stayed silent as the woman continued to spout poisonous words nonstop.

Servants were roaming around the sitting room and bore witness to Anamika's humiliation.

"... All we asked of you was to offer your Virginity. Was that too much? It was something you could enjoy! Yet I offered to pay you $16,000 for it. But what did you do? You ruined everything!!"

The angry woman grabbed her purse and brought out two bundles of $100 notes.

"This is the money I wanted to give you! This!!" She waved the money in Anamika's face.

At that moment, Anamika finally raised her teary eyes. "I did what you asked me–"

"Paaah!!" Another deafening slap landed on her cheek, the rings leaving fine marks on her fair and beautiful face. Even the heavy makeup couldn't prevent the marks and bruises from showing.

"How dare you lie to my face!" Mrs. Wales roared with uncontrollable rage.

Anamika held herself back with great self-control that she didn't know she had.

The woman went back to her couch and sat on it with one leg crossed over the other.

She took a deep breath to calm herself and asked, "Well, why are you here?"

Anamika looked up at her and opened her quivering lips to speak but Mrs. Wales raised her palm in the air to stop her.

It seems the woman loved mocking her.

"I'm aware your little brother is about to carry out his operation and you're here to beg for money–"

"An upfront payment." she corrected. "I'm willing to slave away the rest of my life to pay the money back," Anamika explained. She wasn't here to beg for aims.

"Hahahahaha… How many years do you think you can pay the sum of $16,000 with the measly amount of money you're paid for your massage service?"

Anamika remained silent. Not like she doesn't have words to say to fight back but he who seeks help doesn't stand on a high horse. It was better to not make Mrs. Wales angrier than she already was.

"I'll give you the money… but on one condition."

Anamika's teary eyes lit up with hope as tears of joy slid down her cheeks. For her brother's life, any sacrifice is worth it!

"Give your Virginity to any of the male workers here."

Anamika stared at her for a long time. The humiliation was getting bigger and bigger, but still, she was willing to bear it all.

"I lost my virginity last night," she said.

The woman didn't argue because she knew the truth of what happened last night but there was no way she would forgive Anamika for the mistake, even though the mistake wasn't Anamika's. She believed that if Anamika was a few minutes late, she would have gone into the right room.

"Then, grab as much money as you can." With that said, leaving no room for Anamika to understand what she meant, the woman took a lighter from the center table and set the bundles of money on fire.

Anamika was stunned at Mrs. Wales' level of wickedness that by the time she snapped back to her senses to rescue the notes, more than half of them were destroyed.

Anamika smiled through tears with the unharmed notes in her burnt and shaky hands.

The suffering and humiliation were worth it, she thought. But her happiness came too soon.

"I said it, a gold-digger like you is not fit to be close to my daughter! Guards!"

Anamika was startled when she saw the evil smile on the woman's face. Why was she calling the guards? She tried to stand up and run but Mrs. Wales saw that move and pulled her dress from behind.

"Collect that money from her and throw her out of the mansion. The next time I see her anywhere around this house or my daughter, you all will be sorry!"

"Ma! Please, don't do this!... My brother's life is hanging on this money, please I beg you!!"

Anamika pleaded as she was being dragged away. she caught sight of Amelia, standing at the top of the stairs and watching them.

A little hope rekindled in her heart and she called out to her, pleading with everything she got. Amelia was a little nicer than her mother, maybe she would help her.

"Amelia, please! Please save my brother! Amelia!!"

"Who will save my heart?" Amelia asked as she slowly walked down the stairs.

"I saw the CCTV footage. Indeed, it was not your fault. But if I save your brother, who will save me? Cullen hates me now and he'll stop at nothing to pull me down. Do you know how much my heart aches? It's not fair for me to suffer alone, someone else has to suffer along with me and I'm sorry that that person is you… throw her out." Amelia said and started walking to her mother's side.

"No, no…" Anamika shook her head furiously as hot tears ran down her cheeks. "Amelia, you can't do this to me, please! Hurt me as much as you want but please not my brother, I beg you!...." Anamika's screams trailed off into the distance.