Bye-bye Trash! Hello Queen! novel Chapter 1210

"Honestly, with the way Wendy adored you, you could have done absolutely nothing and still lived a life of ultimate luxury. After all, she was entirely willing to abandon me, her own flesh and blood, just for you. Her love for you was never a fraction less than your biological mother's. But look at you now. Your mother had it so much better when she was quietly living off Wendy's wealth in the shadows."

"She spent the legitimate wife's money on her own retirement without an ounce of guilt or shame. Just like you—playing the homewrecker and feeling utterly entitled to it. Like mother, like daughter."

"Screaming that you're a victim to me only highlights your own hypocrisy."

Natalie maintained her composed, unbothered smile.

Joanna's pupils contracted violently before slowly dilating, her hands clenching into tight fists against her pale gold gown.

The sheer mockery in Natalie's beautiful eyes was suffocating.

Every word Natalie spoke was a precision strike. Joanna had known exactly how vile and selfish her biological parents were, yet she had thrown everything away on a desperate gamble to elevate them.

And she had lost everything.

Joanna took a slow, trembling breath, forcing the agonizing regret back down.

She locked her predatory gaze onto Natalie.

"You know, you are actually my greatest threat. I've considered you my enemy for years without even realizing why. I spent all this time thinking you were just a useless piece of trash, convinced I could crush you beneath my heel the second I felt like it."

"Only now do I realize that the 'trash' I dismissed is the only real opponent I have."

"You're right. We had no prior grievances, yet I loathed you from the start. To be completely honest, I didn't even know why my hatred for you was so absolute."

Joanna truly couldn't explain the primal urge she had always felt to see Natalie destroyed.

Natalie had often pondered the exact same question. Hearing Joanna confess this, she offered a faint smile. "Well, I suppose that's an answer I'll never get in this lifetime."

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