Chapter 493


    Matcha cake. Again. When they were younger, Tiffany did not like matcha cake and would always give


    it to Charmine. As the adopted daughter, she had no courage to turn it down, and so she forced herself


    to eat it every time. After a while, everyone assumed she liked matcha cakes. Nobody truly knew what


    she liked. It was hrious thinking back at it. “I never liked matcha cake,” came Charmine’s simple


    reply.


    Joey’s hands halted mid-air. She did not know whether to take it back or hand the matcha cake to her.


    She had always thought that Charmine liked matcha cake, but she never did? So they never knew


    what Charmine actually liked?


    After a while, Joey took back the cake and said, “It’s okay, we’ll buy you something you like next time.


    We’ll spend more time understanding you better…”


    “No need,” Charmine monotonously turned them down. “Charmine, we know you still hate us,” blurted


    Adam. “It turns out we’re the ones who were in the wrong, mistreating you. Now that we learned the


    truth and know that you’re our actual daughter, we’ll make up for it. We won’t hurt you like how we used


    to…” 1


    Joey’s eyes reddened at that, gazing at Charmine with eyes filled with sincere emotions.” Charmine,


    I’m sorry… I’m so sorry. We’ve treated you like you were adopted since you were just a young child,


    mistreated you in many instances, never listening to what you said, and we never thought of truly


    understanding you.


    “Recently, it got worse; we’ve done too many things that we shouldn’t have done to you. We’ve


    wronged you over and over again…


    “I dare not ask for your forgiveness, and I don’t think we deserve your forgiveness. The reason we


    came today is to ask if there’s anything we can do to make you feel better. Yell at us, beat us-we’ll do


    anything to make you feel better!”


    The eyes of both Adam and Joey reflected remorse and guilt.


    Charmine looked at their worn-out faces and felt as though everything was meaningless. She had


    anticipated their remorseful and pained expressions when she plotted to expose Tiffany, but seeing it


    happen made her feel as though it was nothing special.


    Was it meaningful for them to tell her how sorry they were? Would that make up for all the wrongs they


    did to her when she was just a child?


    No. Absolutely not!


    Some experiences would stick with her forever and affect her for life. She never, during the entire time


    she grew up till at this moment, felt as if she had a family.


    Still… Should she hate them? Should she?


    Tiffany yed them all like fiddles. In a way, they were her victims as well.


    So… Forgive them? Could she forgive them? After what happened five years ago, the weak and


    powerless her back then wanted to exin, and she even tried to. She said she was a victim, but Joey


    pped her before she could even finish her sentence.


    Joey did not believe her, just like everyone else in the Jordan family. They said that Charmine brought


    shame to the family; they did not listen to any of Charmine’s exnations.


    Cold-heartedly, they sent the half-unconscious Charmine back then to Africa and let nature take care of


    her death. If it was not for the many lucky coincidences she encountered, she would have died a long


    time ago. Throughout the five years, they never called her as if they had never adopted her. Charmine


    did nothing wrong even as she returned to Burlington, yet whenever something went wrong, they


    med it on her and despised her.


    It was only yesterday when they disowned her and force-withdrew all of her family shares.


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    They even attacked her vi!


    Charmine’s eyes dulled as she recalled everything. “Go back-don’t bother apologizing. I don’t need


    your apology, and I won’t do anything to you either.”