Just as Christine was about to step out of the door, Kristina suddenly was on her knees.
"Christine, please forgive me. I'm begging you! It was all my fault, and I've learned from my mistakes. I have been blaming myself for it all the time during the past 26 years. I hate me for having been so stupidly blinded to plot against you and Chad."
"But I was young and naive. I didn't know that he was already with you when I met him. I always thought that he liked me and he didn't tell me his feeling because I was too young.
"Later, I realized that he took special care of me just because I was your sister. I was jealous... I was crazily jealous."
"I always wondered why you were born to have it all. Your beauty, family background, status, and money. You got everything without lifting a finger."
"And me? Although I'm the adopted daughter of the McClure family in name, everyone knows that I'm just a playmate they got for you."
"You are their only daughter. They cherished you so much that they'd purchase an individual for you."
"I was no better than the dolls in your room! Do you think I was happy? No! How could I possibly be happy?"
"Everyone knew how excellent you were, and you deserved to be spoiled. But what about me? I am just an insignificant accessory of yours."
"You always have everyone's eyes on you, Christine. I'm really jealous of you, but there was nothing I could do. I wasn't as lucky as you. I wasn't born into a rich family. I'm just a playmate randomly adopted by your family out of hypocrisy."
"So I had nothing to say, and I didn't want to say anything. I had given up hope for my life. I decided that I would do whatever you say to repay what I owe your family in this life."
"That had been all my life until I met Chad. I realized that I had been wrong! I am a human, not a toy. I had my own feelings, and I should live for myself."
"I loved him and wanted to be with him so badly. He was like a beam of light shining upon my tragic life, but in the end, you stole my light away."
"I hated what a perfect match you seemed like when you were together. You are both talented and good-looking, and your family has equal social status. As for me? What about me? What about my secret obsession and jealousy?"
"I couldn't live with that! That was why I drugged him and wanted to do it with him on your wedding night, but... my plan never worked, and we did nothing in the end."
"I just wanted to get back at you and make you mad. I know that Chad would hate me for the rest of his life if I really did that to him, so I didn't dare to do it, nor did I want to."
"You can blame me for the misunderstandings between you two, but for all these years, I've been making up for my mistakes."
"I sent letters and emails in which I have already told you the truth. All I need is your forgiveness."
"And you... never have you replied anything to me, not even a word or punctuation. It has been too long, and my patience is almost worn out."
"I don't have much time left now. I know you still hate me but am I really that unforgivable?"
"After all that I've done for repenting, why can't you just forgive me? Do you really want me to die in regret?"
Christine's eyes moved when she heard that.
She let Kristina finish her big speech and then said coldly, "You done?"
Kristina looked at her with a pale face.
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