Chapter 163 Burn the Bridge and Salt the Earth
The Reed family rejects their own daughter for not being good enough!
Stella is no longer a daughter of the Reed family!
Susan personally signed the severance agreement with her biological daughter!
Biological daughter vs. adopted daughter: The Reed family chose the adopted one!
A child raised from infancy can’t be replaced–not even by blood!
In just minutes, headlines like these flooded Rivermount’s trending topics, igniting a storm.
Ethan was at his wits end.
And Susan was faring no better.
The news had spread like wildfire. Several society ladies had already called her, pretending to be “concerned, but their tone. was full of smug mockery.
Susan felt like her liver, lungs, and heart were about to burst.
She frantically dialed Stella’s number over and over, switching phones when one got blocked.
Finally, Stella picked up. “Hello?”
-Stella, how could you do something like this?! The severance agreement was your idea, and now you’ve made it look like we wronged you!”
“You used Eddie and Rianne to lure me into signing. You tricked me—and now you’re painting me as the villain!”
Susan exploded, her voice sharp and breathless.
in her mind, she was the one who had been hurt. She was the victim–deceived and taken advantage of
And now the whole city thought she was a heartless mother.
On the other end, Stella was still foggy with sleep. After a moment, she munered, “Were you ever kind?”
“You-”
Susan nearly fainted from rage.
“Tell me what you want from me. What did I ever do to deserve this from you?”
She genuinely regretted ever bringing Stella back into the family.
If she had known this would happen, what difference would it have made if she’d never had a daughter?
Let her rot on the streets–it had nothing to do with them.
“You want money, is that it?”
Susan practically choked.
This kind of public spectacle–of course it had to be about money. What else?
She convinced herself that Stella must’ve hit rock bottom and now wanted to squeeze cash from them.
Chapter 163 Burn the Bridge and Salt the Earth
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“Have you completely lost your mind? Those people aren’t even blood: You want to bring them in and suck the Reed family dry too!!”
She was so furious, she forgot all about Stella’s multi–million–dollar studio.
And the billion–dollar necklace around her neck
All she could see now was a daughter staging a public scandal for money.
“You’re all starving!
Stella listened to her tirade quietly.
Then lazily rolled over in bed. “Right. I almost starved to death when I was living with the Reed family.”
Starving? She threw the word right back at them.
Two grand a month–and not even on a fixed schedule.
Good thing she never relied on it. If she had, she really would’ve died.
“You-
Susan’s rage sent dark spots across her vision.
Stella’s voice was calm. “Suck the Reed family’s blood? Do they even have any?”
Suck the Dawson family dry too?
With what? What blood? They didn’t have enough for a sip.
“You’re unbelievable. Then tell me, what was the point of making a spectacle out of this?”
Stella paused.
What was the point?
She hadn’t even seen what had been posted yet
But if you were going to make a point-
“Simple. So you people won’t get a taste of my blood.”
She didn’t care about the Reed family’s blood, but if they ever found out she’d been raised by the Dawson family, they’d definitely come crawling to exploit them.
So yes–she needed to burn this bridge publicly, and thoroughly.
Susan almost screamed. “We want to suck your blood?! What, that measly seven million of yours?”
“You really think the Reed family cares about a few peanuts?!”
Stella’s voice didn’t change. “Then I hope you remember what you said today, Susan.”
“You’re the one who better remember!”
Susan was shaking with fury when she slammed the call shut.
Stella stared at her phone. “Fine. Whoever forgets first isn’t even human.”
Chapter 163 Burn the Bridge and Salt the Earth
Abraham’s throat tightened. Hear
rushed through his body uncontrollably.
“What are you mad about?”
He walked over with a remedy in hand.
His voice startled her. She jumped and dove under the blanket. “Why didn’t you knock?!”
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