Chapter 4

I suddenly came to my senses, only to find tears streaming down my face. 'Turns out, they're the real family after all...'

Without a second thought, I gritted my teeth against the pain and stumbled toward the basement.

From upstairs, Edmund's furious shouts echoed through the house.

"Lillian, your time is up," he roared. "All these years, you've torn our family apart.

"My parents have been living under the same roof, but they couldn't even be together. My mom is the real mistress of this house, yet she's been forced to bow and scrape for you! Who do you think…