Chapter 90


    If it wasn’t for her listening to Kyler and allowing this little brat to live in their home, she would have


    starved to death in some corner a long time ago.


    And now? She had raised this ungrateful child, only for her to betray her and hurt Kendra, leaving


    Kendra physically and emotionally scarred. Unforgivable! Natalia was taken aback when Addison’s first


    reaction upon seeing her was to take a swing at her.


    Since she married into the Andersen family as Kendra’s substitute, Addison had never once asked if


    she was doing well. Natalia understood this. After all, Addison was her stepmother and it was only


    natural for her not to care about her, even hate her Natalia never resented Addison for this. But she


    also said that by marrying as Kendra’s substitute, she repaid the debt of gratitude she owed the


    rkson family for raising her


    For Kendra and Addison to follow her to Maplewood Manor to bully her was really crossing the line


    Addison was astonished by Natalia’s newfound courage since marrying Magnus She red at Natalia,


    eyes bulging in anger, and spat, “You’ve got some nerve, don’t you? Have you forgotten you ce?


    Just because Kyler and some floozy had you, you think you can stand up to me?”


    “ce” Natalia’s face hardened at Addison’s words For the first time in her life, she coldly stared back


    at Addison, “Speaking of ce, perhaps you’ve forgotten where you are. This is Maplewood Manor,


    Magnus‘ home, not the rkson’s. As you wished, I am now Magnus woman. By repeatedlying to


    Maplewood Manor to attack me, are you going after me or Magnus?”


    In the past, to survive in the rkson family, Natalia had to swallow her pride. But now, she was no


    longer willing to be mistreated.


    Addison didn’t expect Natalia to use Magnus as a shield. At Natalia’s words, her expression changed


    drastically. She stuttered. You don’t give me that Just because Magnus is powerful, you think he’ll


    divorce Kendra and marry you, a bastard? I warn you. Quit daydreaming. Even if you seduce Magnus.


    Morgan will never ept you. Only Kendra is worthy of being his wife.


    If it werent for Natalia, her daughter Kendra wouldn’t be in such a pitiful state Addison was seething


    with hatred for Natalia, longing to tear her apart However, ever since Natalia married into the Andersen


    family, she seemed to have changed. She was calm and collected, a far cry from her previous docile


    self


    A bastard will always be a bastard, and like mother, like daughter Addison sneered, thinking that all the


    obedience Natalia showed in front of them in the past was just an act


    Upon hearing Addison’s harsh words, Natalia, who was usually calm, felt her eyes well up with tears.


    Yes, I’m not worthy of the Andersen family. I’m just a bastard


    Holding back her tears, she sneered, “If that’s the case, why didn’t Kendra marry into this family in the


    first ce? But even if what you said is true, so what? I, Natalia, am the one by his side now. Whether


    Magnus gets divorced or not is his business, and I don’t care about the position of being his wife. If you


    want something, go talk to Magnus. After all, you were the one who insisted on me marrying Magnus.


    And it’s not my fault for being a bastard. You can settle the score with Kyler for that.”


    She looked coldly at Addison. She was tired of being bullied. Even though she was born out of


    wedlock, did she have a choice?


    She knew her mother wasn’t like that though. She’d lost her memories of her life before the age of five,


    but she believed her mother wasn’t the viin Addison painted her to be


    For over a decade, she’d endured their bullying and humiliation. She never thought of settling scores


    with them. But they pushed her too far, repeatedlying to Maplewood Manor to bully her, with


    Kendra even attempting to take her life. Even Natalia was a fool, she would know there was no point in


    keeping up pretenses with these two


    “You Addison was taken aback by Natalia’s words and raised her hand again to p her. Her hand had


    barely risen when she caught sight of Natalias frosty stare Her eyes glowed with a cold blue light, like a


    de piercing Addison’s heart, making her shudder


    The hand she’d raised fell limp, her mind shing back to the time when Kendra had pped her, and


    Magnus had his men beat Kendra to a pulp before sending her home. Slowly Addison lowered her


    hand, ring at Natalia with a heated fury


    Natalia didn’t believe Addison had the guts to strike her today. She merely watched Addison in silence


    With teary eyes, Addison retracted her hand and used Natalia, “You ungrateful brat. you’re so


    ruthless!”


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    “Even if 1, Addison, didn’t treat you as my own, I raised you. You took Kendra’s ce and nearly had


    Magnus take her life. How could you do such a thing” Days had passed since Kendra had narrowly


    escaped death. The doctor had said it was her luck if Magnus fountain pen had been off by just a


    fraction or applied a bit more force, she would’ve been done for


    Even though Kyler had strictly forbidden her from confronting Natalia, she couldn’t swallow her


    resentment. What right did this illegitimate child have to behave so audaciously?


    The position of Magnus wife was supposed to be Kendra’s.


    “Heh!” Upon hearing Addison’s reproach, Natalia chuckled “Who is the guilty one here? I believe we all


    know very well. When Kendra tied me up and threw me into the sea, why didn’t you speak up for justice


    then? You watched your own daughter harm someone and still protect her. As for what Magnus did, I


    don’t know, and I don’t want to know That’s his business. So please leave and don’t invite trouble onto


    yourself.”