Snare of Love novel Chapter 132

Maria turned her head and stared at Warner, smiling gloomily and bitterly, “You wish me and Sampson were dead, so you could own all the property alone, right?”

“Even now, you aren’t repenting for what you did wrong and are still fighting among your family?” Landon didn’t want to be angry anymore, but listening to her, he couldn’t help it.

He slammed his hand on the table, making the ceiling vibrate. He stared at his daughter as he gasped for breath, “You started this and you should be the one ending it!”

At this moment Landon made up his mind.

“Why?” Maria was not convinced, she was wholeheartedly nice to her family, she did it all for them; now that she didn’t succeed in her plan, should she be damned?

“Dad, when you first admitted that I was your daughter, was it because I was someone close to Matthew and now that I am of no value, you want to get rid of me? Is that it?”

Landon’s face changed when Maria guessed exactly what was in his heart, “You… What do you even have that I could have found of value?”

When Sampson had told him that she was the lost daughter of the Herbert family, he had been hesitant to recognize her. After all, she had grown up outside of the family and he had no special affection for her.

Plus, in families like theirs, there was also the matter of property division.

Later, he had learned that she had been with Matthew and that Matthew liked her very much, so Landon was willing to accept her and announced her identity to the public.

Who knew, she was not going to help their family at all and instead bring so many disasters upon them.

Sampson used to say that he didn’t care about the family affairs, but at least he had never caused trouble for the family.

But now due to her outrageous behavior, the whole family was caught up in predicament.

“You know it too in your heart!” Maria felt as if her heart was breaking into a million pieces inside her chest, and it was never going to be whole again, “When I came here, I thought I had a home, I had a family and a shelter, but I was never able to enjoy the warmth you gave me. You are good to me when I am useful, but when I can’t be of use, you throw me away like an old shoe. What do you think I am? Do you think I don’t feel hurt?”

As it turned out, it was really true that the world of the rich was cruel, where people only cared about the benefits and advantages they could get.

“Do you think I don’t want the best for our family?” She demanded.

“I think, yes, my skills are not as good as others and I have put my family in a difficult situation, but… don’t you feel even a little bit of reluctance in abandoning me?”

“We are not sending you off to die, you didn’t commit a capital offence. You just need to bear responsibility for what you did. Why are you making this long-winded speech?” Warner sneered, “You keep saying that I want to take over the family’s power, but tell me, who has done their best for this family except me? Only I am dedicated to honoring our parents and managing the company.”

“It’s all nice to hear…”

“Stop it both of you!” Sampson interrupted Maria, walked to Landon and knelt down on his knees.

He looked at his father and mother, touched the ground in front of him with his palms and kowtowed to them. He didn’t get up, “Mom, Dad, it is all my fault. I will bear the full responsibility alone.”

In an instant, the whole living room went quiet.

Camilla wiped her tears from her face and stretched out her hand to pull her son up. She choked on her tears as she said, “Men should not kneel like this! How can you kneel like it’s nothing?”

He was a grown up.

“You are my parents. There is nothing bad in kneeling down to you. You gave birth to me. I not only didn’t honor you but also brought this huge disaster on the family.” He stayed in his place, “You let me stay abroad and didn’t make me come back home, let me do what I wanted to do. You supported me financially. I know all that is your love for me, but I… let you down.”

He raised his head to look at Maria, “For Maria, I am ashamed. I was the one who lost her when she was a child and she suffered outside. I will bear the responsibility of her mistake in her place.”

“Are you sure?” Without waiting for Landon to speak, Warner couldn’t wait to speak, “You will bear the responsibility? Will Matthew agree?”

“You don’t have to worry about that, Warner.” It wasn’t that Sampson didn’t know that Warner had the ambition of being the only one in power, but he was also the eldest in the family and did have the capabilities.

He was not willing to fight.

He looked at Warner, “Whatever Maria says, she is still our sister, we share the same blood. Be kind to her, don’t be too harsh. We can all see how much you have done for the family; no one is going to discredit you.”

“Don’t try to arouse sympathy.” Warner turned his head away, “You should be responsible for what you did. About Maria, you don’t have to say it, as long as she behaves like a sister, I will naturally take care of her.”

“I don’t need you to take care of me.” Maria looked up, even if she couldn’t protect herself right now, she still didn’t want his help.

Landon closed his eyes, looking like he aged ten years in the last hour. He looked at his younger son who was still kneeling at his feet, “You can’t solve this matter alone…”

“I have a way. I can bear it alone.” Sampson had already figured out a countermeasure.