Natasha held her head, frantic, and said hoarsely, âStop talking! Stop talking!â
âOh, I donât want to talk to you,â Sophia said.
Natasha desperately covered her ears, but then she suddenly remembered something that she could taunt Sophia with.
âEven if Iâm down and out, Iâm still the Young Lady of the Mitchell Family. But what about you? Youâre just Joe Edwardsâ bastard!â Natasha jeered. âYou are an illegitimate daughter that canât be brought to light!
You are a bastard who came to this world because your mother was r*ped!â
âEven if you were acknowledged by Joe and he welcomed you home, you would still be a bastard! Your family wouldnât be able to raise their heads in the Edwards Family!â
Sophia didnât get angry when she heard what Natasha said. Instead, she chewed on her apples with relish before speaking, âWho told you that I was Joe Edwardsâ daughter?â
She quietly said to the screen, âI will tell you this quietly; my father is not Joe Edwards. My father is the former family head of the Mitchell Family, Cooper Mitchell.â
Natasha was shocked. Cooper Mitchellâs daughter⦠Didnât Cooper only have a son?
âYou know him, right?â Sophia blinked and said. âHeâs my father. Iâm actually the true Young Lady of the Mitchell Family.â
âMy father isnât dead. Very soon, he will return to the Mitchell Family, and when he comes back, your father will have to step down as the family head!â
âThatâs enough talk. I need to get busy with my work.â
She hung up the video call, and Natasha stared at the TV screen in a daze.
Sophia is actually Cooper Mitchellâs daughter?
The 60-inch big TV screen which overshadowed her gloomy face flickered to life again and started to broadcast news all related to Sandra Oak. To be more accurate, it was the news of Sandra Mitchell, the daughter of the Mitchell Family.
âSANDRA MITCHELL, THE YOUNG MISTRESS OF THE MITCHELL FAMILY, APPEARS AT THE MITCHELL FAMILYâS ANNUAL FAMILY MEETING, WEARING A DIAMOND RING WORTH TENS OF MILLIONS IN HER HAND. SHE HAS AN ELEGANT TEMPERAMENT.â
âSANDRA MITCHELL ADMITS THAT SHE LOVES THE YOUNG MASTER OF THE EDWARDS FAMILY.
A MATCH BETWEEN A CAPABLE YOUNG MAN AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, TRULY AN ENVIABLE PAIR.â
âCHAIRMAN OF THE MITCHELL GROUP, ALEX MITCHELL, TRAVELS WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. SANDRA MITCHELLâS BEAUTIFUL SWIMSUIT PHOTOS ARE EXPOSED.â
âNOT ONLY DOES SHE KNOW HOW TO SWIM. BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO: THE YOUNG MISTRESS OF THE MITCHELL FAMILY GAINS RECOGNITION FROM A MASTER PIANIST FOR HER SKILL AT PLAYING THE PIANO. PRAISED FOR BEING ADEPT AT BOTH THE SWORD AND PEN.â
âALEX MITCHELL GAVE SUPERSTAR SANDRA MITCHELL AN EXTRAVAGANT BANQUET TO WELCOME HER HOME. MANY FAMOUS STARS GATHERED IN THE UNPRECEDENTED GRAND OCCASION.â
â¦
News about Sandra Mitchell continued to appear one after the other. The proud and contented face that appeared from time to time kept tearing at Natashaâs heart.
That illegitimate child that wasnât worth mentioning had stolen everything that belonged to her, and she was even strutting around acting all triumphant! But the sad thing was, her parents would rather acknowledge an illegitimate daughter for the sake of appearances!
And she, the true born daughter of the Mitchell Family, could only wait here and die!
She knew she couldnât live anymore. Sophia was torturing herself deliberately, and she wanted her to suffer in hell and beg for death!
Death itself was not terrifying. What was terrifying was waiting for death to come.
When she was in the mountains, it was like she was in hell, but she still harbored hope in her heart. She knew that the Mitchell Family was powerful and they would find her soon, and she would be able to get out sooner or later. But now, she knew that no one would be coming to save her. She was deliberately scratched by Richard Harper, so there was a high chance that she was infected with AIDS as well.
Everything was already late. All she could do now was to lie down and wait for death every day, slowly dying in torment.
The Mitchell Familyâs affairs had attracted much attention, and both Natasha and Sandra received worldwide attention. Before, the Mitchell Family suppressed all negative news for her, but now, they wanted nothing more than for her stupid stunts to be well known by everyone.
After all, the worse Natashaâs reputation got, the more perfect Sandra would look in contrast.
The negative news about Natasha justified Alex Mitchellâs treatment of her, where he ignored her and took everything back from her.
Every day, besides watching the various glamorous news about Sandra, she would watch how the media reported the stupid things she had doneâhow she had falsified competition scores, threatened her opponents and faked her grades, and how her scholarly persona was a facade⦠Everything was fake!
Even her identity as the Young Lady of the Mitchell Family was fake!
She had also publicly seduced Taylor Murray in the film studio but failed repeatedly, and her private life was chaotic where she was pregnant with a child, whose father was unknown. Then, she had asked Taylor to accept this child, and after being rejected, she angrily kidnapped Taylorâs twin sister and spent the night with Taylor. After tricking Taylorâs partner to where they were, she pretended she had slept with him but was exposed on the spotâ¦
Natasha had lost even the last shreds of her dignity.
Natashaâs soul was being tortured, and to her, life was no better than deathâ¦
At Villa No. 8 in The Imperial., Sophia was munching on an apple in her study room as she studied. She was listening to an online lecture from a teacher using earbuds and taking notes. Occasionally, she would raise her eyes to watch Natasha in the surveillance video.
Tormenting Natasha truly was fun.
Next to the computer, there was a photo of Sophia and Nathan together. Between the two was a dog, who didnât like to be left out, rubbing her head against them and smiling goofily.
That was the first photo they took together when Snowball came. Snowball was only a few months old then and was very small. Nathan was holding her and looked very happy.
Sophia took the photo and looked at it carefully for several minutes before placing the picture frame back carefully.
The new Snowball was lying next to Sophiaâs feet, who also smiled goofily, but Nathan seemed to be unable to accept it.
He had seen with his own eyes how the original Snowball was being run over by a car. For a child, this was a dark shadow that would linger for a lifetime.
When she saw no end to her torment, Natasha finally couldnât handle it. On the day she received news that she was infected with AIDS, she ran into the wall head first and committed suicide.
Sophia saw the whole process of Natashaâs suicide from the surveillance video. âThrow out the body and return it to the Mitchell Family,â Sophia said in disgust.
On the third day, a tabloid broke the news that Natasha Mitchell, the former Young Lady of the Mitchell Family, had contracted AIDS because of her chaotic private life, and finally committed suicide in despair.
When Alex Mitchell heard the news, he shed two drops of tears of sentimentality, saying that it was his fault for not teaching her well and that although she was not his trueborn, he had raised her with his own hands. Alex then chose a good cemetery for Natasha and buried her in a high profile.
News of Natashaâs death was soon overshadowed by news about Sandra, such as âSandra Mitchell accepting a commercial endorsement that pays millionsâ, or âSandra Mitchell guest-starring in a TV seriesâ. No one cared about the death of a trivial person like Natasha and the public would always be more interested in explosive news, such as the destruction of Harper Group.
The once prosperous Harper Group had finally collapsed and declared bankrupt. Richard Harperâs father, the former chairman of Harper Group, was diagnosed with AIDS, and news of him being in an incestuous relationship with his daughter-in-law, who was pregnant with his child, finally broke out.
Overnight, he was drowned in huge debt and had to face immense pressure that came from public opinion. In despair, he jumped off a building and committed suicide. Even after his death, he was criticized for having sexual relations with his daughter-in-law and couldnât rest in peace.
The whole of the Harper Family was infected with AIDS all because of one person, and even half of the members of the company as well as a few people from the entertainment industry were infected. Many people were appalled when they heard the news, and they panicked.
Hospitals were overcrowded, causing the supply of medicines to fall short. As more information about the incident was leaked, everyone started to see the rancid and unpleasant things hidden under the brilliance of the rich.
Everyone suddenly felt sorry for Richard Harper. He had been cuckolded by his uncles, brothers, father and collaborators. All of them had slept with his wife, and not only did he have to raise a child that was not his, but he was also infected with AIDS. He was pitiful, very pitifulâ¦
There was a lot of gossip these days. Gossip about the Mitchell Family had just only died down when gossip about the Harper Family began, and more and more news was coming every day. Not long after, Xyla Huff, who was suffering from AIDS and in despair, suddenly posted on the Internet everything that the Harper Family had done to her. Even if she died, she would make sure the Harper Familyâs reputation was ruined!
Everybody was talking about it!
The plot was so cliché that it could be made into a TV drama!