Chapter 232\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know? I found out I wasn\u2019t a real Judson when I was twelve. My birth mother had the decency to stay away, only watching me from a distance, sometimes finding excuses to get close. I noticed her long ago. But my birth father, I don\u2019t know how he found out, but he started harassing me for money.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom that day on, I knew I couldn\u2019t be reckless anymore. I had to work hard to make you all treasure me, so that even if you discovered the truth, you would still stand by my side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd look, all my hard work paid off, didn\u2019t it? You couldn\u2019t bear to give me up. Both you and Finley have suffered for me\u2013one in a coma, the other with a limp. I\u2019m truly grateful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold had grown immune to her false sentiment. If she were so grateful, would she be injecting him with drugs to keep him unconscious?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut even though I\u2019m grateful, I can\u2019t stop now.I have to keep climbing. So don\u2019t blame me for being ruthless, Leopold. I\u2019m sure you both want me to be happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she spoke, Honora pulled a miniature syringe from another lipstick case and injected Leopold at the same red mark as before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSleep well, Leopold. Larissa hurt you so badly. I will get revenge for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold wanted to scream. \u201cNo, you\u2019re the one who hurt me! Larissa is brilliant. She\u2019ll never be brought down by a venomous snake like you! You will always be beneath her, and you will never win!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Larissa came downstairs, she heard voices from the living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLarissa, come here. This is your aunt, Josette Judson,\u201d Sapphira called out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa walked over and sat next to her mother, her eyes landing on the middle\u2013aged woman on the opposite sofa. She looked younger than Vivica and Sapphira, just forty according to Nightveil\u2019s file.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, this is the daughter you and Neville have taken under your wing? The true heiress of the Judson family? Quite the temper on her. I had Paxton\u2019s steward summon her last night, and she claimed she was too busy for me, but had plenty of time for that little herb patch of hers,\u201d Josette said, her eyes raking over Larissa with the same disdain Vivica had shown upon her arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sapphira put a protective arm around Larissa. Larissa told me about that. Honestly, Josette, you were the one being thoughtless. You came back without even informing Dad, so why were you trying to see Larissa?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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10:33\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 232\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to blame you. You\u2019ve been away for a long time and missed Larissa\u2019s welcome party, so it\u2019s understandable you\u2019re out of the loop. Larissa doesn\u2019t get along with Paxton and Vivica, yet you sent their steward to fetch her. Of course she wouldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that I\u2019ve explained it, I hope you\u2019ll be more considerate next time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette\u2019s face tightened at being so deftly reprimanded. \u201cI suppose I have been away for too long. I didn\u2019t realize that you, Sapphira, once serene and unassuming, had become so sharp\u2013tongued.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sapphira ignored the jab and smiled calmly. \u201cI have Larissa to thank for that. When you\u2019re too placid, people tend to walk all over you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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