“Hyde Sterling Favors His Eldest Daughter
and Kicks Youngest Daughter and Wife into
Servant’s Quarters.”
“Chelsea Sterling is a Dummy Who Cheats on Tests and Barely Passes Community College.”
“Not Only Are Her Grades Terrible, But She’s Pregnant Out of Wedlock and Has an
Abortion.”
The news made my dad blow a fuse. His
company’s stock plummeted.
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My dad threw the newspaper on the table. It
was the first time he’d yelled at Brandi and Chelsea. “You two! Didn’t you say you had
good grades? Didn’t you say you could score
over 1300? This is a disgrace!”
“Dad, the SATs were too hard this year…”
Chelsea tried to flirt.
“Too hard? Why could Willow score so high,
then?!”
“Dad, she usually…” Chelsea started, but her
mom pulled her back and winked.
My dad lost face because of the graduation
party and the news.
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Luckily, I was the valedictorian who saved his
face.
Under pressure, he had to invite my mom and
me back to the house. Chelsea and her mom
moved into the guest room.
He told the media that it was just a way to
hone my will and that I achieved today’s
results because of his education.
As the rumors died down, another rumor
spread.
Someone posted my transcripts from the past
three years online, showing that I was a lousy
student. They claimed that my SAT score was
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fake and demanded that the media oversee a
recount.
The crowd clamored for an explanation.
Under pressure, my dad had to request a
recount under media supervision.
Chelsea looked at me as if to say, “You’re still
too young to fight me.”
But she didn’t expect that my answers would
be nearly perfect.
Someone even took my answers and posted them online as a model. Countless people
admired them, which increased my popularity.
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The school also released my exam footage,
which was normal.
This time, no one questioned my grades. All
that remained was admiration.
People started to wonder who spread the
rumor that I had cheated.
The internet quickly found out that Chelsea
and her mom were behind it.
The drama between the wealthy sisters
caught everyone’s attention.
Someone even revealed that Chelsea and I
were half–sisters and that Brandi was the
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mistress.
My dad made his fortune off his wife, but
planned to abandon her and marry the
mistress after his father–in–law died.
My dad’s carefully constructed facade was
shattered.
My dad was furious with Chelsea and her
mom. “Idiots! You two ruined everything I
carefully planned! You’re trying to kill me!”
The phones at the Sterling house kept
ringing. Many of my dad’s business partners
were afraid of getting burned and terminated
their contracts.
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The Bennet family’s business was affected as
well.
My dad had to send Brandi out of the Sterling
house and asked my mom to play the role of
a harmonious couple. He announced that he
would never divorce my mom.
Brandi would have a hard time getting back
into the picture.
Brandi cried and made a scene at the door,
but my dad gave her a bank card and told her
to leave.
This time, my mom wasn’t so easily fooled.
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She asked my dad to divide all the assets and
transfer half of them to her before she would
cooperate with his performance.
