Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 42

“If I back down because of him today, then tomorrow there will be a Dr. Walsh, and a Dr. Mitchell.”

“This world is full of people who want to take shortcuts, who want to climb up by stepping on others.”

“I can’t run from it forever.”

She paused, gazing at the clear blue sky outside the window, her eyes as sharp as ice.

“So, I’m not running anymore.”

This time, she wouldn’t just take back what was hers. She would make everyone who tried to scheme against her pay the price.

Ivy was stunned, listening to her friend's calm yet powerful voice.

She suddenly realized that Grace had truly changed.

The heart that had once been so soft for Ethan and the Hart family, so easy to manipulate, had now been forged into the hardest of diamonds.

“Alright! You’ve made your decision, and I’ve got your back!” Ivy said through gritted teeth. “What do you need me to do? Want me to get some guys to jump him on his way home from work?”

Grace laughed, and the gloom in her heart lifted a little.

“No need for that. For people like him, a fistfight would be letting him off too easy.”

She hung up and turned back toward her office.

The road ahead was long.

But she was ready.

***

Meanwhile, at the Hart family mansion.

A luxurious black van pulled up slowly to the entrance.

The door slid open, and a woman dripping in jewels and wearing oversized sunglasses stepped out, surrounded by a throng of servants.

It was Lilian’s mother and Grace’s stepmother, Sabrina Hart.

She had been on a shopping spree overseas and had just returned today.

The moment she stepped inside, Sabrina wrinkled her nose in disgust.

Her disdain for Grace was bone-deep.

When she married into the Hart family, the shares and trust fund left behind by Grace's deceased mother had been a thorn in her side.

Why should that little brat’s dead mother get to leave her so much, while her own daughter had to tiptoe around others?

So, from a young age, she taught Lilian to cry, to act weak, and to take what she wanted.

Anything that belonged to Grace was to be snatched away.

And Lilian had not disappointed her.

Leaning against her mother, Lilian took out her phone, pulled up the article about Grace’s paper, and handed it over.

“Mom, look... Grace is an internationally renowned scientist now. A lot of people are saying... saying I wrongly accused her in the past...”

Sabrina snatched the phone and scanned the article quickly.

When she saw phrases like “praised by an Aurelius Prize winner” and “a true prodigy,” her face turned exceptionally ugly.