Lydia was seriously impossible. Kylie shot Lucinda a sharp look, clearly annoyed. “Lucinda, Lydia’s exhausted. Don’t make things harder for her.”
Lucinda stared back in disbelief. Was she hearing this right? She was the problem here?
“Mom, I wasn’t—”
Cameron cut in before she could finish. “Alright, that’s enough. Let her eat in peace.”
Lucinda felt like she might actually explode. Were they really just going to side with Lydia like that, not even pretending to care about her feelings?
Lydia ignored the whole thing, sitting at the table, calmly working her way through breakfast.
Kylie turned to Lydia, her voice gentle. “So, I heard your flight to Country D is this afternoon. Connor’s already there, right? Did he say if he’s picking you up?”
Lydia paused, then answered in her usual even tone. “My flight got canceled. I need to go to Nina’s birthday party tonight. I’ll leave after that.”
Lucinda was in the living room, but she’d been listening the whole time. She couldn’t help herself. “Nina’s birthday? I haven’t heard anything about that.” In their circle, whenever one of the girls had a birthday, it was always a huge deal, all over social media. Nina’s birthday should’ve been headline news by now.
Lydia glanced up, her eyes icy. “It’s none of your business.”
Lucinda froze, her face burning. She looked at Kylie and Cameron, desperate for backup, but they were already back to fussing over Lydia’s plans, acting like Lucinda wasn’t even there.
Kylie nodded. “That works out fine. I’ll have the driver take you to the party tonight, then you can go straight to the airport after. Don’t stay out too late.”
Cameron chimed in, “Yeah, Lydia, make sure you take care of yourself.”
Lydia nodded. “I will.”
As soon as she was alone, she grabbed a pillow and threw it at the wall, her eyes stinging with angry tears.
“Why does everything always revolve around her?” Her voice broke. She hated it. Why did Lydia get everything, while she was always stuck in Lydia’s shadow? She couldn’t stand it.
Meanwhile, Lydia went back to her room and started packing. Her phone lit up with a video call. She glanced at the screen. As expected, it was Connor.
She answered, setting her phone on the desk stand. Connor’s handsome face filled the screen, his eyes lighting up when he saw her packing.
“Almost done?” he asked, sounding a little too eager.
He really couldn’t wait to pick her up at the airport, to finally hold her close.
“I just started,” Lydia replied, “and I had to reschedule my flight. I can’t leave this afternoon. I’ll have to catch a red-eye after the party.”

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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the next chapter is exciting...
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