Chapter 190

Kaia shook her head, banishing at once the cruel thought that had creptinto her mind.

No-she could never bring herself to do such a thing.

Indeed, she despised Verena. But her hatred had always rested on the belief that Verena and Evelyn were two different people.

Now the truth stood unshakable: Evelyn was Verena,and no power on earth could undo it.

To Kaia, Evelyn had always held a special meaning,and that bond was something she could never bring herself to destroy.

From childhood, Kaia had known deep down she wasn't truly her parents' beloved child.

Their kindness toward her had come not from affection, but because the family fortune had blossomed around the time she was born.

She understood from early on that the love she received was conditional, fleeting as morning dew.

But Luka's story was different.

From the moment he took his first breath, every family asset seemed destined to fall into his hands.

No matter his choices-wise or foolish-their parents adored him without question.

The heir to Willis Group was always Luka, and that truth could never be rewritten.

Kaia,however, lived a different tale.

She remembered one childhood test she had failed;her parents' eyes brimmed with disappointment,as though she were a burden they might cast aside at any time.

When she excelled in exams, making the family shine before outsiders, suddenly she became their good-luck charm.

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