Her Revenge Was His Regret (Shirley and Gilbert) novel Chapter 203

Chapter 203 Puppet on a String

“Cathy is the most stubborn one in the Bode family. She’s also the easiest pawn to use. Even if she finds out I used her one day-and that you never did her any wrong-she’ll still think she’s been right all these years. Even if everyone tells her she’s wrong, she’ll still go after you-no matter what.”

Julia had everyone figured out perfectly.

She might have stopped talking to Gilbert. She might not have shown up in their lives

anymore.

But Julia had snuck into Sherry’s life anyway. Everywhere.

She used all these people to play Sherry for a fool.

That’s why Sherry had felt her marriage was a joke so many times. Every hit, every heartbreak -Julia had planned them all.

Cathy was just as Julia said. Even when she realized there was no real hatred between them, she still fought Sherry.

And Wendy? Even worse.

lk to Julia much. But she had learned so much from her back then…

heart skipped a beat. “Julia, you’ve never had a bad life. Why did you teach Wendy to cheat?”

Julia smiled. “Wendy looks like the most useless pawn. She’s so foolish that not a single soul believes her. But she’s the most useful one.

“We’re not short on money, of course. But Wendy was so stupid before. If she came back, even you-weak as you are-could take her down.

“So I made up some little lies. I told her to do gross things. The lying was just an act. The real point was to annoy people. To ruin others’ relationships.

“But she’s dumb. If she spent too much time with you, you’d figure it out. So I told her to stay away from you as much as possible.”

So every time, it was Wendy who called Gilbert away.

Even when they fought, Wendy would act fast. She’d pretend to faint, or fall, or hurt herself.

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Then Sherry would get yelled at.

And that’s how it ended every time.

After Sherry gave up on Gilbert, she had a big fight with Wendy. That’s when she noticed it. She also noticed Gilbert didn’t like Wendy at all.

But Sherry never once suspected Julia was the one pulling the strings behind all this.

And that wasn’t even the most shocking part.

Sherry even saw a page about herself.

It analyzed her clearly. Word for word.

She longed for warmth from her family. At first, she hoped her family would give it to her. Later, she’d look for it elsewhere.

“I hadn’t left yet back then,” Julia said. “But I was getting ready to.

“Everyone thought foreign countries were great back then. Fancy, high-class. I wanted to go there too, to make myself look better. But…

“In

d to come back. But our country got better and better. No matter how good or oad, I had to leave a way out for myself.

bert to never forget me. He’d definitely get married. I know him-he needs to take good care of him. So I picked you.”

erry’s hands tightened little by little.

Julia kept talking, casual and easy. “Teresa is a schemer. But she uses her tricks in the wrong way. So I sent her some anonymous letters. I told her to keep you out of the public eye. That way, she could hold onto her spot as the Campbell family’s heiress.

“After all, if you disappeared from the public, it’d be easier to control you once you married Gilbert. No one would know you. Who’d stand up for you?

“Even if you died suddenly, no one would notice. It’d be quiet. No one would care.

“But don’t worry. I won’t let you die. After all, you and Wendy keep each other in check. That’s better for me when I come back, right?”

It felt like Sherry had suddenly become a puppet. Every step she took was controlled by

someone else.

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