Chapter 1098

Esme could only stare at her, dumbfounded. The only person who treated her with some sincerity in the entire Thomas household was her. “You bought so many things for me, and they’re all my favorites,” Mrs. Thomas said as she wept. Esme simply said numbly, “If my mom was like you, I… I wouldn’t have ended up like this.” Ever since she was little, she had always been scolded by Beth. Saying that she had to be the best. That she had to claw her way out in the world! That she had to be in the spotlight! That she had to be the apple of everyone’s eyes! Beth taught her to steal, to be ruthless, to be fake. No one taught her to be compassionate. Even Fia. Perhaps, she and her mother did once treat her as family. But her mom would always tell her not to lose to Fia. No matter where she would go with her, her mother would always prepare the prettiest clothes for her so that she wouldn’t lose to Fia. Beth would quietly tell her that Fia was a child without a father. That she couldn’t lose