Lyle roared like an enraged cub, “Grandma, why must you force Crystal to leave? Why can’t I marry Crystal?”
“I did it for your own good, you bastard!” Sharon’s face turned red with anger.
“For my own good? Do you mean that you’re asking me to marry a person that I don’t love for my own good? If it weren’t for you, who told me that Yvonne’s mother owned our family’s shares, and I would get the shares after marrying her, I would never propose to Yvonne. Now, I’ve gotten the shares. Why should I continue the marriage with her? I want to marry Crystal!”
Upon hearing that, I felt like I had lost all the strength in my body, and I felt a wave of dizziness. It turned out that Sharon broke Lyle and Crystal up and wanted Lyle to marry me because of my mom’s shares.
At that moment, I felt like an idiot being played in their palms. My marriage was nothing but a tool for the Smiths to reclaim their shares.
Alas! I’ve fallen to their schemes again! I trusted Sharon so much, and I was respectful and grateful to her, but in the end, she was the one who tricked me.
No one would understand the eagerness in me to succeed while painting Autumnal Panorama. I used to wish that I could leave Avenport and go overseas. No matter how tough my life would be, at least I could have my dream job.
But in the end, my dream was shattered because of the Smith family’s shares that my mom left for me. I didn’t even know about that, and it was transferred to others without my knowledge.
I staggered away after hearing their conversation. I was in total despair at that time. The person whom I trusted the most tricked me. There was nothing else in that house that I cared for.
The argument in the room was ongoing, but I didn’t care about it anymore. I only came back to my senses when a hot liquid poured on my hand.
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