All Chapters of Ruin My Mother's Life, Now I Ruin Yours: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

"Dad, this is Simon, my boyfriend. I figured it was time for you two to meet."I averted my attention to Simon Lowe. Sure, he ticked all the boxes of a proper man, but I couldn't ignore the air of arrogance that came with being spoiled rotten.He presented me with a gift, his hands outstretched, his voice bright. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Gardner. This is a little something from me."I didn't take it. An awkward silence dawned upon the vast living room.My daughter, Josie Gardner, looked at me, then at Simon. She cooed, "Dad?"I glanced at her. "Josie, why don't you head upstairs first? I'd like to talk to Simon in private."She hesitated briefly before nodding. "Okay."With that, only Simon and I remained in the living room.Once Josie was gone, the layer of civility on Simon's smile peeled immediately. He tossed the gift to the coffee table and sized me up and down rudely."Mr. Gardner," he said, still in the same even tone, though it now dripped with superiority. "Did you just

Mildred kept her eyes fixed on me. "Do you really think that just because you married into the Harrison family, you've become someone important?"She stood up and looked down at me with a condescending gaze. "You're just a man with no family background and connections. You know damn well how you got to where you are today."Her eyes swept over me from head to toe like a deadly knife."My husband and I have spent 40 years building our foundation in Crownyork. The connections and influence we've accumulated aren't something a man like you can obtain. So, don't push your luck."I looked at Mildred calmly. For someone who had stolen another person's life, I wasn't surprised to see she had remained rotten to the core.No amount of expensive, custom-made dresses or gigantic diamond rings could erase the fact that she was wicked and cruel."Are you done?" I asked, standing up, picked up the envelope from the table, and shoved it into her hands. "Please leave, Mrs. Lowe Senior. There's n

The hall fell into dead silence.Harlan stood on the stage, the smile on his face frozen. "W-What did you just say?""I said you're both Simon and Josie's grandfather."My voice wasn't loud, but every word landed like a nail driven into the ears of everyone present."40 years ago, you were drugged and spent a night with my mother, Susan Gardner. The next morning, your current wife lay beside you, wearing my mother's clothes. You couldn't tell who was who, so you believed her and married her."You drove my mother out of the Lowe residence. She was carrying me at the time. She returned to the countryside and spent her entire life being called a disgrace, a woman who had gotten pregnant out of wedlock."Until the day she died, she never set foot in Crownyork again."The crowd erupted. Some stood up, some whispered among themselves, and some pulled out their phones and started recording.Harlan's face turned as pale as paper. "Y-You're making this up!""Am I?"A cold laugh escape

Harlan's voice was scarily hoarse."What's the matter, Mr. Lowe Senior?""I want to see you," he said. "I want to take a good look at the wonderful man your mother has raised by herself.""You already did. That was me on stage yesterday."Silence fell on the other end of the line. "I… I couldn't see you well. You know I have prosopagnosia. I can't distinguish faces.""You may not be able to distinguish faces, but I'm sure you can differentiate whether someone's good or bad," I argued coldly."40 years ago, if you'd just simply talked to my mother and asked if she was sincere, you wouldn't have been so determined to drive her away. But you didn't. You chose to believe in someone else."You ended up choosing a woman who could bring you benefits. My mother had nothing, so you thought she deserved to be cast aside, huh?""Edward, it's not like—""Don't call me by my name. You're not worthy of it."With that, I ended the call.…When Simon came to me, it was three days later. He