Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Thank You for Taking the Hit

Lily Adler forced a smile. "Miss Lancaster, I know you feel wronged. If there’s any compensation you want, please, just ask. Money is no object. I just hope you can let go of your hard feelings and not hate Sylvia."

But Melody Summers shook her head. "That won’t be necessary. I don’t feel wronged at all. Thanks to you, I met my current family. You might not believe it, but I’m actually doing very well."

Then, Melody’s smile took on a taunting edge. Staring into Lily Adler’s eyes, she continued, "Actually, I should thank you. If you hadn’t swapped your daughter with me, I might have been the one forced to marry Ethan Sutton and tormented until I miscarried."

Hearing this, the smile on Lily Adler’s face finally vanished. In a rare display, her expression turned cold, and she stared at Melody Summers in silence.

The hellish year Sylvia Lancaster had just endured was a constant thorn in Lily Adler’s side. The thought of her own daughter being tormented to the point of a miscarriage and massive blood loss was heart-wrenching.

Seeing Lily Adler’s face turn cold, Melody Summers continued cheerfully, "Lily Adler, I have to thank you for using your daughter to suffer in my stead. I’m not the one who was pushed into an arranged marriage. I’m not the one who was tormented to the point of a miscarriage and massive blood loss. I’m not the one who was kicked out by both her birth family and her in-laws. So you tell me, what do I have to feel wronged about?"

Lily Adler was speechless. Her face ashen, she could only stare at Melody Summers. It’s one thing to kill the body, but another to crush the spirit. Melody’s words were like sharp blades, riddling Lily’s heart with a thousand wounds in an instant.

Lily Adler could only clench her fists to restrain her emotions, oblivious to her nails digging deep into her palms.

Melody Summers watched Lily Adler’s expression and twisted the knife. "Lily Adler, you see, fate has a way of balancing the scales. What you stole for your daughter, she eventually had to pay back in full. Everything she went through later—isn’t that just heaven’s retribution for you and your daughter?"

"But I’m sure it’s not over yet. The real karma for you two is still to come."

Lily Adler’s face twitched. She secretly ground her molars, a sudden wave of regret washing over her. ’I should have strangled her to death before I abandoned her.’

Just then, Sylvia Lancaster suddenly spoke up. "Melody Summers! That’s enough!"

Melody Summers heard her and looked up at Sylvia Lancaster, utterly exasperated.

Sylvia Lancaster glared at Melody Summers, mortified and furious. Melody’s words had been like a series of loud slaps across her face. "Melody Summers," she fumed, "all that stuff from the past... do you have to keep harping on it?! You’re doing so well now, and my life is a mess. Why do you still care about the swap?!"

Sylvia Lancaster’s tone became frantic. "Are you still mad that I stole your family? I have my own mom and dad now! The Lancasters—I’ll give them all back to you! Is that good enough for you?!"

Looking at the rims of Sylvia Lancaster’s eyes, slightly red from shame and anger, Melody Summers suddenly felt a wave of boredom wash over her.

’This Sylvia Lancaster isn’t the same one from my past life, after all.’ Melody suddenly felt that the current Sylvia wasn’t even worth her time.

The Hayes Family was on the brink of ruin. When the nest is overturned, can any eggs remain intact? What kind of good life could Sylvia Lancaster possibly have then?

At this thought, Melody Summers smiled and said, "I don’t take in trash. Besides, I never wanted the Lancasters in the first place. Sylvia Lancaster, Lily Adler, you two usurped what wasn’t yours. You deserve the retribution you’re getting."

Melody Summers took a few more steps forward. As Sylvia Lancaster watched with a hint of panic in her eyes, Melody whispered to the mother-daughter duo, "I’m sure there’s more retribution coming for you two. So don’t waste your time on me. Hurry up and enjoy what you have now."

"You!" Enraged, Sylvia Lancaster raised her hand to strike Melody Summers.

But the moment she raised her hand, Melody Summers caught it.

Holding Sylvia Lancaster’s wrist with one hand, Melody Summers raised her other hand and slapped her hard across the face.

"Ah!" Sylvia Lancaster cried out, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Melody Summers. "You dare hit me? I’m the second young miss of the Hayes Family!"

Lily Adler also rushed forward anxiously. "How could you hit someone! I’m calling security!"

Melody Summers sneered, flung Sylvia Lancaster’s arm away, and then reached out to grab Lily Adler by the hair.

As Lily Adler stared in panic, Melody Summers leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Lily Adler, control your daughter and wait obediently for your karma. That way, you might live a few more days. If you bother me again, I’ll personally send you to hell ahead of schedule."

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