The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 507

Victoria stumbled back several paces, her eyes burning with rage and bitter resentment. "How can one person be so heavily biased, Mother? I am your daughter! Your own flesh and blood! How could you be so cruel as to force me to marry a man I didn't love?"

Tears broke free, spilling over her lashes, but she viciously wiped them away, her expression instantly hardening into pure ice. "You claimed it was for the family's honor. Fine. I accepted that. But why does the standard suddenly change for him? Why?! Answer me!"

She practically screamed the last words, her voice cracking with hysteria.

Staring at the torrential hatred in her daughter's eyes, Eleanor felt a chill grip her heart. She forced herself up, grasping Victoria's hand. "Victoria, you agreed to the marriage in Southampton. You met him beforehand, you consented. Why are you bringing this up now..."

"Did I dare refuse?! Even after I married him, I just came back to talk to my professor, and you banished him from the country! If I had dared to say no back then, you would have driven him to his death!"

Eleanor slowly shook her head, her voice devoid of strength. "I never forced him..."

"Save your lies!" Victoria violently wrenched her hand away, her eyes devoid of anything but freezing, absolute despair. "Do you want to know why I threw myself into my career? Why I've spent my entire life fighting for power?"

Eleanor asked numbly, "Why?"

"Because I wanted to be strong enough to dictate my own life! Because I refused to ever let you control me again!"

Eleanor's vision blurred, her voice strained and incredulous. "I... controlled your life?"

"Didn't you?! My entire life was ruined because of you!" Victoria stepped forward, her words dripping with venomous hostility.

She had ruined her own daughter.