The words were filled with disgust.
Marie
Hayley slowly lifted her head, her emotionless eyes fixed on Madam Lincoln.
“Can’t I leave through the front door?”
Madam Lincoln was about to say something when Madam Johnson, who was sitting in the Lincoln family hall, walked over in high heels with a smile on her face.
“Oh, is this Marie?” she exclaimed upon seeing her.
“What have you been through in the past three years in the juvenile detention center? You used to be a pretty little rich girl, but now you’ve gained so much weight.”
“Madam Lincoln, you should find someone to take a look at your daughter’s acne. If it leaves scars, she won’t be able to marry well.”
“Marie was never good at studying, and she has no talent. If she looks this ugly…”
Each word, each sentence, was like a knife stabbing Madam Lincoln in the chest.
These were the same things Madam Lincoln used to say to Madam Johnson when Marionette was still around.
After all, Marionette was much better than her daughter.
But now…
“Oh, by the way, school is starting soon. With Marie’s poor grades and criminal record, it’s unlikely she’ll get into any colleges,” Madam Johnson continued.
“There’s an art exhibition in three days, and my cousin is the vice principal of the college. Bring Marie to the exhibition, and I’ll introduce her to my cousin.”
Marie glanced at Madam Johnson with a cold and indifferent expression.
“No need,” she said calmly and steadily.
“If I want to take the exam, it will be for the best international high school.”
Madam Lincoln was taken aback by Marie’s words, and Madam Johnson couldn’t help but look down at her.
For some reason, she felt a strange sense of oppression from the indifferent girl in front of her.
It was as if her words were not to be questioned by anyone.
“The best high school?” Madam Lincoln was outraged.
She vented all the frustration she had received from Madam Johnson onto Marie.
“If you were half as good as Marionette, would I have to beg anyone?”
“Madam Johnson, she doesn’t need to go. I’ll take Marionette with me when the time comes,” Marie said, staring at Madam Lincoln with her bright and clear eyes.
Half as good as Marionette?
Marie couldn’t help but feel a little amused.
“Mrs. Lincoln, Marie has just been released from a juvenile detention center. She needs to see the world. Otherwise, people in high society will think that Mrs. Lincoln is a ruthless mother who only cares about money.”
Madam Johnson covered her mouth and sneered as she left.
Madam Lincoln’s face turned as ugly as if she had just eaten something bad.
Juvenile detention center!
Juvenile detention center!
“It’s all because of you.”
“Are you satisfied now?!”
Madam Lincoln looked at Marie with disgust and indifference.
How could this ugly and fat thing be her daughter?
Compared to her, Marionette was so much better.
“Tomorrow, I will invite a Chinese painting teacher to come and train you. Don’t embarrass me by not knowing anything at the art exhibition.”
After saying this, Madam Lincoln coldly snorted and returned to the hall.
Marie was left at the door, looking up at the Lincoln Family.
Her icy black eyes turned and fixed on Madam Lincoln’s back, “So this is what my brother meant by favoritism…”
…
Marie’s room was arranged in the second-floor guest room.
As she passed by Marionette’s master bedroom, Marie stopped in her tracks and glanced at her room.
The decoration and furnishings of this room could undoubtedly be described as high-end luxury.
And hers…
It was so simple that even the computer was a bulky desktop!
“This is Marionette’s room.”
Madam Lincoln saw Marie’s movement and coldly reminded her, “Your room is next door. Don’t think it’s unfair. The kind of person deserves the kind of room. Your sister will go to a prestigious university in the future, so of course the good room should be reserved for her.”
Marie tilted her head, her emotionless eyes looking at Madam Lincoln.
“So, good grades give you the right to be treated better?!”
“Yes! If I had a choice, I would rather not have a daughter like you who steals and fights and doesn’t study!”
“If it weren’t for Marionette’s excellence, you would have ruined my reputation!”
The words that came out of Madam Lincoln’s mouth were extremely hurtful.
Marie had considered fulfilling her duties as a daughter with this body she had taken over.
But now, it was unnecessary!
“I am not your daughter. Your daughter is already dead.”
Marie casually dropped this sentence and went straight into the bedroom, closing the door.
“You–” Madam Lincoln was so angry that her fingers trembled.
“You still have this vulgar appearance. You were in juvenile detention for three years and still haven’t been educated properly! Why did you come back to the Lincoln Family?!”
Marie heard every word clearly, but there was no emotion on her face.
“Or rather, she didn’t even look like a real human being!”
Marie’s face was reflected on the desktop computer.
Covered in thick scars, her facial features were almost squeezed together.
It could be described as extremely ugly!
This face was completely different from her previous life, which was at the opposite end of the spectrum.
“Tap, tap, tap…”
Marie’s five fingers fell on the keyboard, and she opened the international official website of the previous life.
She wanted to enter the password to notify some people that she was still alive.
But the next second!
“Beep, beep, beep!”
“Password incorrect.”
Marie frowned slightly and tried again.
Still wrong.
Still that alarm sound.
This is impossible!
It’s been less than two days since the plane exploded.
And only she knew the password for the international official website.
She logged in a few minutes before boarding the plane…
“Emma?”
That was her sister from the Roger Family in her previous life, around the same age as her, proficient in imitation, and the only other person who knew the password besides her!
When she was on a mission, Emma had risked her life to be her body double a few times…
Thinking of this, Marie picked up her phone, dialed a familiar phone number, and called the Roger Family, the first family in the imperial capital.
“Ring, ring, ring…”
“Hello, may I ask who’s calling?”
The answer to Marie was still the butler’s deep voice: “I’ll find the second young master for you.”
Familiar tone!
Cold.
Alienated.
Although the voice was different, the butler could hear the goosebumps in the voice:
“Who are you, who are you?”
“Butler, whose call is it?”
Suddenly!
A voice that was very similar to Maria’s past came from the speaker of the phone.
At that moment.
The air in the room where Marie was suddenly became cold!
“Miss, someone is looking for Second Young Master.”
The butler replied respectfully to the person who spoke.
“Who is looking for Second Brother?”
“Give me the phone.”
The Roger Family’s public phone was handed to the girl, and she picked up the phone and asked in the tone Maria used to use: “Who is it?”
This one sentence!
Suddenly, Marie had a sense of foreboding.
From the mission, to the private plane accident, to the explosion…
Everything seemed to be not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
A hint of darkness flashed through Marie’s cold black eyes.
She lowered her voice and said, “Roger Family’s First Miss, only Hailey, she passed away in the early hours of yesterday, who are you?”
Who are you?
The person on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
A few seconds later!
A shocking message suddenly hit Marie’s ears!
Those Three words were so ridiculous: “I am Maria!”