The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 356

"In your dreams!" Ivan could barely hold back his anger. He pointed at Samantha and scolded, "Samantha, do you think that just because you have Mr. Holden's support, you can leave the Sinclairs?

"You're just a bitch. You belong to me—dead or alive. Even if you die, you'll be buried in the Sinclair family plot."

Samantha's face twisted in pain, and she staggered slightly. Natalie quickly reached out to steady her.

"Ms. Walker, how is my daughter?" Samantha gently asked, ignoring Ivan.

"On the way here, Noah briefed me on the situation. The enforcement officers contacted me too. I'm grateful that Mr. Holden hired a lawyer for her. But right now, I'm worried about her health."

Samantha continued, "I've failed as her mother. All these years, Sophia's been suffering, but I naively thought that her father wouldn't harm her and that he would protect her. I was wrong. I was terribly wrong."

As Sophia spoke, tears streamed down her face. She felt guilty and blamed herself, but she was powerless to change anything.

When she married Ivan, the Blair family had already fallen. If she hadn't married Ivan, she would've been sold overseas, where only death awaited her.

However, marrying Ivan was just leading her to another path worse than death.

After getting married, Ivan treated her nicely for a while. But over time, he started staying out late.

Eventually, Ivan brought Julia home. Soon after, her stomach started bulging and growing day by day. Her due date was only three months later than Samantha's.

Once Julia entered the family, Samantha refused to share a husband with someone else. She fell into depression, and she was powerless. Without a strong family backing her, she was no match for Julia's cunning schemes.

Despite being the official Mrs. Sinclair, her life in the Sinclair family was worse than a helper's.

Later on, Julia became pregnant with a second child. The tests showed that it was a boy, which made Ivan overjoyed. He finally had an heir.

Samantha watched coldly and felt nothing. Ever since Julia moved in, Samantha didn't allow Ivan to touch her.

She regretted bringing Sophia into the world, knowing she couldn't protect her.

Later on, Julia staged falling down the stairs and pushed the blame on Samantha. Without investigating or hearing Samantha's explanation, he slapped her across the face.

That slap shattered what remaining love Samantha had for Ivan.

From that day on, Ivan banished Samantha to the Sinclair family's convent, forcing her to live a life of prayer and repentance for his unborn son.

Life in the convent was tough, and Ivan didn't allow Samantha to bring Sophia along. He threatened Samantha that if she disobeyed, Sophia would be forced to recognize Julia as her mother and be raised by Julia.

Samantha couldn't let Sophia acknowledge Julia as her mother, and she didn't want a mistress raising Sophia. In the end, she could only agree with tears in her eyes.

Since then, she was forced to move into the convent, living a life of penance.

Even so, that wasn't enough for Ivan.

He used Sophia to control Samantha and vice versa. Just like that, both of them were trapped in the Sinclair household like prisoners.

Over the years, Samantha had considered escaping with Sophia. However, Ivan and Julia stationed people to monitor her every move. When Sophia met Samantha, every little detail of their conversation was reported back to Ivan and Julia.

If it weren't for Elijah and Noah showing up at the convent, Samantha wouldn't have dared to leave.