Cannot Bear To Let Go Of My Rich Wife
Chapter 142 - 154: It’s Easy to Dodge an Open Seduction, But Hard to Guard Against Hidden Pettiness (15)

Chapter 142: Chapter 154: It’s Easy to Dodge an Open Seduction, But Hard to Guard Against Hidden Pettiness (15)

And she could only stand in the corner and watch her cousin, who was one year older but in the same grade, be the center of attention.

At that time, Smith Corporation was at its peak, and Isabel Smith had the highest sponsorship money at school. The teachers were all very polite to her.

Isabel looked very beautiful, was good at studying, and all the good things in school fell upon her. Many times during the Monday flag-raising, she would stand under the national flag, representing the whole school and giving speeches to the flag.

No one knew how envious she was at that time. She wanted to get to know her cousin, who was so envied by everyone.

However, before she had the chance to meet Isabel Smith, her idea was crushed by a slap from Carla Osbert.

At that time, her class had happened to have a PE class with Isabel’s class. After school, she came out of the school gate with Isabel. She haven’t had the chance to strike up a conversation with Isabel when her phone rang. She had to stop and answer the phone, only to hear her mother urging her to hurry home. When she returned home, Carla Osbert slapped her without saying a word, accusing her of daring to walk with Miss of the Smith Family. Wasn’t she afraid that Miss of the Smith Family would find out she was the illegitimate child of the Smith Family?

Although she was young, she had spent enough time around a calculating woman like Carla Osbert to learn a thing or two about calculation.

She knew that Carla Osbert’s concern was nothing but fear that she might accidentally draw the attention of the Smith Family, causing Sebastian Smith to lose the chance to inherit the Smith Corporation and then abandon her.

She felt so aggrieved at that time. She covered her face and had an argument with Carla Osbert. For the first time in her life, she lost her temper with Carla Osbert. Why could Isabel Smith, also a child of the Smith Family, have a chauffeured car, live in a luxury mansion, and enjoy a life of being adored, while she, who merely wanted to be friends, had to endure a slap from her mother?

Carla Osbert completely disregarded her anger and only warned her that if it happened again, she would be transferred to another school.

At that time, she felt extremely wronged. She had only envied her cousin like everyone else, but her luck had led her to this miserable outcome.

The grievance from the huge discrepancy filled her young heart with resentment.

Finally, that year, Sebastian Smith’s first wife died, and her mother, who had been a "mistress" for thirteen years, finally became legitimate.

At that time, when she heard the news, her first thought was that she could finally live a life as haughty as Isabel Smith’s.

However, Old Madam Smith refused to let her change her last name.

She was young, but had already understood that the real reason was that she would always be a burden.

What was even more unbearable for her was that, after entering the Smith Family with Carla Osbert, she was never treated as a young lady of the Smith Family by the servants. They respected her but they did not adore her the way they did Isabel Smith.

Whenever the Smith Enterprise had any events, Isabel Smith would always be in the limelight. Even if she stood side by side with Isabel, people would praise her cousin over her.

No matter how hard she tried, she could never surpass Isabel Smith.

She couldn’t accept this...She loathed her so much that she wished she could stomp her to death. This hatred festered over time and eventually erupted the moment both her parents died.

If she hated Isabel Smith the most, then the person she hated even more was Percy Stanton.

That was the Percy Stanton she once had a crush on during her time at Starhaven University but later found out he lived in such a broken house!

She really had just a little bit of genuine feelings for Percy Stanton.