Chapter 22 Abandoned

Sarah's face turned as white as a sheet. Facing Emery's complaints, her lips trembled soundlessly for a long time before the truth hit her. Emery had been abandoned. It took her a while to recover her composure. Though she scolded Emery, her tone lacked its previous intensity. "You failed to keep your man, and now you're blaming me? Let me tell you this. It's your own fault that things have turned out this way!" Emery didn't respond. She stood there silently, her expression blank as she watched Sarah's raging fit. "Yes, you're right. It's my fault. It's all because I'm a woman, isn't it?" Tears shimmered in Emery's eyes. She decided to just let everything out. "That's why I deserve to be your laughing stock, why I deserve to be your target, and why I was forced to go to the Carter family to demand compensation. That's why I deserve to be abandoned by you, over and over again. "And of course, I also deserve to endure the judgmental stares of everyone around me because of the thin