Chapter 1238

Maeve shook her head gently. Too bad, she had misjudged the situation. Joanna stepped closer to Maeve and dabbed at the wound on her forehead. "I didn't mean for it to come to this. But that doesn't mean I never considered it." Joanna applied ointment on Maeve as she sat beside her. She continued, "When I was young, my family sent me away to the countryside. My father was seeing my widowed aunt, and under her influence, he tossed me aside without a second thought. "I had to do hard labor every day. I was supposed to be the family's pampered heiress, but out there, I worked harder than maids. "Back then, the world felt cold and dark, so I kept to myself, spoke to no one. That was… until…" Joanna paused, then said, "Until one day, I was brought back to the Coleman family. That's when I started my revenge. Except for my mother, everyone in that family became my enemy. "They were the people who'd shaped my suffering. I saved Hector because when I looked at him, I saw myself. Som