Chapter 109

For a moment, Lucy was filled with melancholy, and she almost lost the desire to go shopping at the supermarket. Ophelia returned to her dormitory and promptly began to pack her things. Suddenly, the phone rang, and when I looked, it turned out to be a call from Samuel. Ophelia raised an eyebrow, thinking of Bessie, who had been thrown out of the hotel that afternoon, and vaguely guessed what the other party’s call was about. She answered the phone at a leisurely pace.

As expected, Samuel questioned right away with his first sentence: “What did you do to Bessie?!” “What do you mean by saying I did something to her? What could I possibly do to her!” Ophelia scoffed. “Don’t change the subject; come back here immediately and apologize to Bessie!”

Over there, Samuel was filled with rage. In the afternoon, Bessie had run back and had been crying in her room ever since, unwilling to open the door for anyone who knocked. He originally had some anger towards Erin, and as a result, he was somewhat unkind to his daughter Bessie as well. However, when Erin tearfully pleaded with him, saying that no matter what, Bessie was still his daughter, he immediately softened his heart. During this period, Erin had been keeping a low profile to help ease his anger a bit. Seeing Bessie like that, he naturally felt a bit of sympathy.

So this questioning phone call was made to Ophelia’s mobile phone. Ophelia curled her lips into a mocking smile and thought carelessly that Erin really had some skills. After being caught in bed, it hadn’t been long before she managed to win Samuel back. She said softly, “I didn’t do anything to Bessie, but I can tell you what happened.”

Over there, Bessie had just come out of the room when she saw her mother with a serious expression, standing next to Samuel, who also looked angry and was on the phone. “Mom, Dad…” “Bessie!” As soon as Erin saw her daughter, she stood up. Seeing her daughter’s swollen eyes, she felt an intense hatred for Ophelia in her heart. She grabbed her daughter and said, “If Ophelia dares to bully you, just wait and see how I deal with her!”

Bessie’s heart skipped a beat when she saw Samuel on the phone. A bad premonition suddenly rose in her heart: “My dad was in…”

“Your dad was calling Ophelia, and not to mention anything else, she had to come back immediately to apologize to you!” Bessie’s face suddenly turned pale. Calling Ophelia? Wouldn’t that mean Ophelia would have to say those things…? “Dad-” she hurried forward, wanting to stop him, but Ophelia on the phone was quicker with her words.

“Bessie cried, probably because she was embarrassed!” “She often invited people to dine at the Deluxe Sound Hotel, treating them every time, living extravagantly without spending a penny, and telling everyone that the hotel belonged to her.” “I also told people that I was a distant relative of the Greene family, and she was the legitimate daughter of the Greene family.” “Oh, and she spread rumors everywhere that I did poorly on the SAT and only got into Ventura University by spending money from my family.”

Ophelia leisurely sat down in the chair and, in a mocking tone, slowly revealed everything Bessie had done at school. Finally, she said coldly, “Dad, if I call you ‘Dad’ one more time, people say that when there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather. This saying turned out to be true. My mom died, and it seems like I am no longer your daughter. You can bully me, a stepdaughter!”

“Moreover, in the past, the mother and daughter deliberately led me to be that way. Did you really not know their malicious intentions? Ha, why did Bessie dare to treat me like this? Why did she think that even if I were the legitimate daughter of the Greene family, I would still be inferior to her, the outsider? It was nothing more than the confidence you gave her!” “If my mom had known that you treated me like this, she wouldn’t have known how to feel!”

“What nonsense are you talking about! Haven’t I treated you well?” Samuel felt guilty and angry, but soon after, he remembered his deceased wife, and a deep sense of guilt surged within him. His face suddenly darkened, and he turned to question Bessie, “Is what Ophelia said true?!”

Erin and Bessie had already frozen in shock when they heard Ophelia’s words. Erin finally understood that her daughter had clearly suffered at Ophelia’s hands, yet she did not tell Samuel, but instead hid in her room and said nothing about it. At that moment, Bessie’s face turned pale as she instinctively lowered her head to avoid Samuel’s gaze. “Dad, I…”