Chapter 4

I look a lot like my mom, especially our almond-shaped eyes.

It was with those eyes that my mom captivated Sophia's dad.

She was the culprit behind the breakdown of Sophia's family and the loss of both her parents.

And I was considered my mom's accomplice.

After all, if it weren't for me, Mrs. Sullivan wouldn't have been overly sympathetic to my mom, who had me as baggage.

She wouldn't have arranged a job for my mom.

She wouldn't have given my mom the opportunity to take advantage.

I couldn't understand. Thanks to Mrs. Sullivan's help, my mom and I weren't left homeless.

But why did my mom have to be so ungrateful, betraying her kindness and causing two families to fall apart, leaving two children without parents?

So, I knew very well that Sophia despised my eyes.

Every time our gazes met, I could see the undisguised hatred.

I wanted to run, to escape this boundless hatred, but Sophia was all I had left.

After my mom's affair with Sophia's dad was exposed, ironically, they died together in a car accident, becoming a pair of ill-fated lovers.

As for Mrs. Sullivan, her already frail body couldn't withstand the double blow of betrayal from her best friend and lover. She wanted to hate, but both were already dead.

The resentment festered in her heart, and she passed away, leaving Sophia all alone.

Sophia's young shoulders were forced to bear the burden of the Sullivan family business.

As for me, I was too ashamed to continue living off the Sullivans.

But Sophia found me and brought me back home, demanding that I atone for my mother's sins.

I wasn't just atoning for my mom, but for myself as well.