Chapter 220 Old Matters

"Shouldn't have kept me?" I could not help but sneer at her. "If I wasn't around, Diana wouldn't have been able to grow up safely. She would never have been able to marry into Houghton as well. You should be thanking me instead, stepmother." Her eyes widened, and the malice and disgust in her eyes did not diminish in the slightest after hearing my words. However, that did not affect me in any way. Since a long time ago, I already knew of my stepmother's malice toward me. Or rather, toward me and my mother. However, my stepmother was from a relatively high-ranking noble family in Lowe, and when she married into George, it was a climb up for the declining George tribe. Therefore, my father put a lot of importance on her. He gave in to all her demands and allowed her to do whatever she wanted. What my father managed to get from that was medical resources from Lowe, as well as backing to be the King. I narrowed my eyes, suddenly remembering something. My stepmother was fro