Chapter 2473


    Chapter 2473


    Regret had its moments, but who could spend their life clinging to those regrets?


    “If you really cared about me so much, why didn’t you just smother your daughter when she was born?”


    ra’s face contorted with rage, like a demon wing its way out of hell, her hands gripping Tessa’s


    shoulders, shaking her relentlessly. “Huh? Why didn’t you just end her? If you hadn’t brought her into


    this world, there wouldn’t be an Ivy to torment me now. Do you even understand how much pain I’m in?


    Everything I had has been ruined by your daughter!”


    Tessa let out a scream. “ra, what has gotten into you?”.


    The truth was that Tessa had not considered terminating her pregnancy with Ivy because she had been


    convinced Ivy was going to be a boy.


    Having a son would have cemented her ce in the Dunhill family, but fate had other ns.


    “Your wretched daughterpetes with me for everything. I hate you, and I’ll never call a wretch like


    you ‘mom’!”


    Tessa stood frozen in ce, her struggle ceasing. Hearing ra’s true thoughts left her feeling


    betrayed. She never imagined that all her years of sacrifice would amount to nothing.


    She was so shocked that she couldn’t tell if ra’s hatred was directed at her or her daughter.


    At that moment, Finn, who had been casually strolling back home, witnessed the scene and rushed


    over to pry ra’s hands off.


    “ra, what are you doing? Are you out of your mind? She’s your mother!”


    ra’s eyes were bloodshot with fury. “You’re the ones who are out of your minds! She’s not my


    mother! You force me to call her ‘mom’, yet her daughter has stolen everything from me! Ah!”


    ra released her grip, stumbling backward and copsing to the floor. Having not eaten for days, she


    was utterly drained, her outburst having been nothing but a facade.


    Tessa, too, slumped weakly onto the couch.


    “I should never have cared for you,” Tessa murmured to herself, ament unheard by anyone but her.


    Finn, seeing his eldest daughter in such a state of madness, was naturally at his wits’ end.


    “ra,e to your senses. You’re no match for Ivy, so stop provoking her. Why do you have to be so


    stubborn?”


    ra finally broke down and threw herself into her father’s arms, crying loudly.


    “Daddy, what should I do? My whole life is ruined. I have nothing left! Ivy, she… she’s destroyed me,


    waah…”


    Finn was heartbroken seeing his daughter in such distress, oblivious to the fact that Tessa had


    copsed on the couch and something was seriously wrong.


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    Tessa never thought her life woulde to this.


    After marrying Finn, she had enjoyed some good times, but everything changed after Ivy was born.


    Expecting a boy toplete the family picture alongside ra, they were shocked to have another


    daughter.


    From that moment, Tessa felt her mother-inw’s disapproving gaze at every turn, her visits to the


    family home marred by constant criticism.


    Tessa med it all on her daughter, which only intensified her disdain for her.