Chapter 2

Lily's words caused an uproar in the crowd.

The journalists who had been praising me just now looked at me with curious eyes, as if waiting to hear some gossip.

"Laura, do you not like your sister? Why did you stop your sister from going into the fire to save your parents? Do you want to take all the credit for yourself? You and Lily are sisters. Have you thought about how your parents will feel when they find out what you've done?"

I was overwhelmed by countless questions.

Not only did my parents not help me out, but they pulled Lily behind them to protect her from the journalists.

"Laura, you can ask for jewelry, cars, or anything else. But Lily is our daughter, you can't just ask us to kick her out of the house just because you saved our lives!"

After hearing my parents' warning, tears welled up in my eyes.

Lily Jackson was only their adopted daughter; I, Laura Jackson, was their biological daughter. We were switched at birth.

When I suffered at Lily's parents' house, Lily enjoyed my parents' love and lived a luxurious life.

I thought things would improve after I left my abusive foster parents, but I was wrong.

To my parents, I was the outsider.

They hated how insecure and timid I was and said that my foster parents had made me become a useless fool.

Lily was even more worried that I would compete with her for my parents' inheritance, so she began bullying me in school.

When I went to tell the teachers about Lily's bullying, my parents would always stand in front of Lily to protect her.

"Lily's still a kid. Why would she lie about such things? She's always been very well-behaved. Why would she bully you?"

What my parents had forgotten was that I was still a kid as well.

I grew up hearing those negative comments, and those comments had become my nightmare.

In the past, I kept on thinking that my life would improve once Lily went back to her own family.

I had suffered for over 10 years for her; why did I have to be hated by my own parents as well? I wanted my parents to only belong to me.

Therefore, during my previous life, I pretended not to know that my parents were threatening me and made my wish.

"Lily's just an adopted daughter and not my biological sister. Her parents are still alive, so I want Lily to return to her own family."

My parents' faces changed drastically, but as businessmen, they had to keep their word. They said that they would fulfill any of my wishes, so they had no choice but to agree to my request in front of all the cameras.

Lily cried her eyes out in front of the cameras and complained about how I bullied her during the past couple of years.

But I didn't really care about it back then.

The only thing I cared about was my parents' love.

I thought I could live a happy life from then on. What I didn't expect was that I had made my own life a living hell.

Seeing that I wasn't saying anything, Lily began crying even louder.

"Mom, Dad, I know Laura doesn't like me, but I've never thought I'm competing with her for anything. I just want to be by your side every day. I've never thought of fighting with Laura for your inheritance. What if Laura really wants to kick me out of the house? I don't want to leave you..."

My parents both frowned and looked at me with cold eyes.

"Laura, we did say we can fulfill any of your wishes, but you shouldn't go too far."

I forced myself to remain calm, wiped the tears from my eyes, took a deep breath, and turned to face the cameras. "I never thought of driving Lily, who's adopted and whose parents are still alive, away. My wish is to sever all ties with the Jackson family."