Chapter 52

Brittany and Harper arrived into their lavish home, the opulent surroundings contrasting starkly with Brittany's emotional outburst. They stood in the grand living room, the housemaids immediately went out of their sight. Brittany's tears flowed freely, her mascara smudging her cheeks as she struggled to make sense of the chaos her mother had unleashed.

"I can't believe this, Mom!" Brittany's voice trembled with anger and despair. "If only I knew this would happen, I would never have asked you to come with me to visit Matthew's home!"

Harper, clad in designer attire, regarded her daughter with cold indifference. Her wrinkled face bore the weight of a lifetime's worth of deceit and manipulation. She raised an elegant eyebrow, her tone mocking. "I couldn't understand why you're mad, Brittany! There's nothing to be mad about, you know! You should be rejoicing because at last, that average commoner family will no longer be associated with us!"

Brittany's sobs intensified, her shoulders he