Chapter 186

Her husband had sacrificed his life for her, so was she now supposed to watch as the other man’s wife and daughter were bullied?

He turned his head and confronted Ophelia, saying, “How could you be so cruel? Do you really want to drive Bertha to her death?!”

“Malicious?”

Ophelia looked over and suddenly let out a cold laugh. She said to the two servants holding Bertha, “What are you still holding on for? Let go and let Bertha be free!”

“Anyway, she didn’t want to live anymore, and, frankly, I wasn’t feeling any better inside, so let her die!” The girl had a beautiful smile on her lips, but the words she spoke sent a chill to one’s heart.

“Bertha, you can rest assured. Now that you are gone, I will definitely not pursue your daughter any further. All her past grievances will be wiped clean, and your life will have great value!”

“Alright, you can go with peace of mind!”

Bertha’s demeanor didn’t seem like an act; her desperate attempt to crash into the wall made it look like she truly wanted to die. But no one expected that Ophelia would speak up, not only without stopping them but also saying such words!

Suddenly, everyone was stunned.

“You, Ophelia!” Glenda exclaimed in anger, incredulous. “How could you be so cruel and cold-blooded at such a young age?!”

Ophelia had a compliant expression on her face. “Grandma, it was Bertha who wanted to die on her own. I was just being kind and helping her. How is that cold-blooded?”

“You!” Glenda placed her hand on her heart, “Winford, look at your wife—”

“Lia was right,” Winford said without raising an eyebrow, his tone indifferent. “If Bertha wanted to die, she fulfilled the other person’s wish. There’s nothing wrong with that; one could even say it was quite considerate.”

Ophelia’s lips gently curled up. She looked over at Bertha and said, “Did you hear that? Let go, don’t delay Bertha from seeking death any longer!”

Mr. Winford praised his wife for being understanding, and the servants no longer dared to say anything. They hurriedly let go.

Ophelia looked at the frozen Bertha, her tone extremely gentle, “Alright, Bertha, no one is stopping you now, go ahead and crash!”

Bertha felt a chill in her heart at the girl’s gaze. She could see that Ophelia was not joking; she could really watch her crash into the wall and die. Ophelia was truly capable of doing that!

Mr. Winford, with his cold gaze, really could do it—he could use one of her lives to make this girl happy!

“Bertha, why aren’t you moving?” Ophelia’s smile began to fade.

Bertha’s lips trembled slightly, “Madam Pruitt…”

“Bang!” Ophelia’s face completely turned cold. “Weren’t you just begging for your life a moment ago, telling people not to hold you back? Now that no one is holding you anymore, why are you not moving?”

“Or if you didn’t have the strength, I could have someone help you!” As she spoke, she gave a glance to the servant.

Bertha finally couldn’t hold on any longer and turned around, kneeling with a “thud” at Glenda’s feet. She cried out, “Madam Pruitt, please save us mother and daughter!”

Elva was also frightened and cried, “Madam Pruitt, Ophelia wanted my mom to die!”

Glenda’s anger reached its peak at that moment.

“Ophelia! Did you not take me seriously?! Someone come here—”

“Grandma,” Winford spoke up at that moment.

“Winford, what do you want to say? You shouldn’t interfere anymore! Ophelia’s unruly behavior had to be properly disciplined!”

“She was unruly, and it was my support that gave her confidence.” Winford said calmly, “Does Grandma want to teach me a lesson too?”

“You!”

“Grandma, do you know what Elva did?” Ophelia spoke up, interrupting their heated exchange.

Glenda said unhappily, “What else could Elva do? Are you talking about the school? Didn’t she just steal a bit of your spotlight? You want to let Bertha die?!”

Ophelia scoffed inwardly and looked at Elva. Elva didn’t dare to look her in the eye at all. Ophelia knew that the other party didn’t dare to tell Glenda the truth at all!

Thinking that Glenda might have been misled, she felt somewhat better inside.

“Elva, can you tell me how you stole my spotlight?”

In an instant, everyone looked at Elva. Elva’s heart tightened, and she lowered her head, crying pitifully: “I knew you held a grudge against me, but I didn’t intend to take your spot; everything was arranged by Mr. Griffin…”

“Enough!” Glenda shouted angrily, “Elva had already told me about this. Everything was arranged by your vice principal, and Elva didn’t know in advance that it was your spot. Why are you taking your anger out on Elva instead of going to talk to that vice principal?”