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I was the heiress of the Northwood family. The day my cousin, Nora Lane, came to stay with us, a barrage of live comments popped up before my eyes. [Isabelle's so miserable. Her scheming cousin is about to steal all the love from her parents and brother.] [That's not even the worst part. Even her fiancé is going to be snatched away by Nora.] [If only Isabelle would wake up sooner and stop holding on to all that meaningless family affection and romance.] I turned to look at Nora, who was snuggling up to my mother, playing the innocent card. Honestly, those comments were just worrying for nothing. Who needed their affection anyway? All I wanted was to keep a tight grip on my family's farms, shops, and fortune. Sure enough, Nora started grabbing all my stuff, like my handkerchiefs, my jewelry, even my maids. I just smiled and let her have it all, and then quietly told the family accountants to put every cent of her monthly allowance and expenses on her own tab. By the time she went crying to my parents to tattle on me, I was already holding the deeds to three new estates I'd just bought outside the city.