Eva had never imagined that the “weak woman” would give birth to such a merciless daughter. And now that daughter had come for vengeance, needle in hand, dragging her into hell itself. One moment was enough to burn the fear into her very soul. Her pride was ashes.

“I’m a shameless parasite,” Eva whispered, her voice trembling, broken. She would have confessed to anything. Anything to keep the torture away.

“Good. At last, you accept the undeniable reality,” Elliana said, a cold smile tugging at her lips. “Eva, years ago you knew my father and mother were in love. You forced yourself between them and tore them apart. Is that true?”

“Yes,” Eva muttered meekly.

Elliana’s gaze sharpened. “And then you tried to have my mother killed. You drove her into running and hiding, pregnant and alone. Is that also true?”

“Yes,” Eva whispered, weak as a shadow.

“Good.” Elliana’s laugh was soft, cruel.

She leaned closer, her eyes like knives. To her, Eva was nothing more than a cockroach scurrying across the floor. “You stole what was never yours. My father never loved or acknowledged you. He never even registered marriage with you. Yet you clung to the Campbell family for two decades, shameless beyond belief. The Evans family disowned you. Your own father and brother cast you out. And still, you dreamed you would stay here forever?” Her voice cut like glass. “That dream is over. As the true daughter of this household, I’m throwing you out like the stray dog you are.”

Thrown out like a stray dog? The words struck harder than any slap. Eva’s eyes widened. She stared at Elliana, horrified. “No—you can’t! Even without a marriage certificate, your grandfather accepted me into this family!”

Elliana let out a cold, hollow laugh. “Then go find him in the afterlife. Maybe he’ll defend you there.”

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Suddenly, a loud crash thundered from upstairs, shaking the air. Everyone froze. Eva recognized the source of that sound. Her heart stopped. It was her bedroom. Her head snapped toward Elliana, her voice trembling. “What… what have you done to my room?”

Before she could finish, something massive hurtled past the tall windows and smashed onto the lawn below.

Eva almost couldn’t breathe. It was her safe. The very safe that held everything she had ever clung to. Why were they throwing her safe?

Eva hardly had a moment to react before a rain of her belongings came crashing down from the second floor.

First went her clothes and shoes. Next came her makeup and jewelry. One after another, every treasured item she owned landed on the grass, tossed out like yesterday’s garbage.

A shattering bang split the air as her wardrobe and bed followed, tumbling out the window and smashing to pieces below.

“Don’t you dare touch my stuff!” Eva shouted, her voice cracking with disbelief. Her bedroom was supposed to be off-limits, a private haven she guarded fiercely. No one had ever set foot in there without her permission. But today, strangers had ripped through her sanctuary, tossing her personal items out for everyone to see.

Trying to get up, Eva willed her body to move and save what she could. Nothing worked. Paralyzed, she lay there, forced to watch every moment as her life unraveled in front of her. A raw, frustrated scream escaped her lips.

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