"I was just worried about you."
The woman chuckled softly, her voice as soft as water, but her fingers inadvertently brushed her wrist.
There, a faint scar was barely visible, half-hidden under her sleeve, unnoticed by Rainny White.
Rainny hadn’t given it much thought, and hearing her sister say so, she imdiately dismissed her doubts.
A few years ago, when her long-lost sister Annelise White suddenly appeared before her, she accepted her without hesitation.
These years, she had relied on her son to gain quite a bit of advantage in the Carter Family, and every ti she received money, she would always give a portion to Annelise.
Her sister said she used that money to start a company, which was thriving and very profitable.
Because of this, Rainny trusted her sister greatly, truly feeling that her sister was capable and reliable.
"Rainny, your personality is just too weak."
Annelise called the maid to clean up the shards on the floor, while she took an apple and leisurely peeled it, "If it were , anyone who dared offend , I would definitely not let them off easily."
The apple peel broke halfway through with a sudden "snap."
Annelise’s face instantly darkened, a barely noticeable irritation flashed in her eyes, and she slightly tightened her grip on the knife, swiftly and decisively slicing the apple in half.
"Sis, of course I want revenge!"
Rainny slumped her shoulders, dejectedly sitting on the sofa, her voice full of unwillingness.
"But what can I do? Carlos doesn’t even know what’s going on. Clearly, he divorced Emily Parker for , and is still decent to and the child, yet he refuses to marry ! Every ti I ask him, he says Mom won’t agree. Why hasn’t that old hag died yet! And Maria Carter, always opposing , even Evelyn Prescott, that brat, protects outsiders!"
Marrying into the Carter Family, and becoming Mrs. Carter, was her dream.
"Mrs. Carter won’t agree, can’t you think of another way?"
Annelise took a bite of the apple, slowly reminding her.
"Another way?"
Rainny was stunned for a mont, then frowned, "You an Evan Palr? He’s indeed kind to and the child, but in the Carter Family, he has no say. How can he help ?"
Upon hearing this, Annelise put down the apple, looked at Rainny, and with a aningful smile said word by word, "I an Old Master Carter."
"According to my investigation, when Carlos’s ex-wife married into the Carter Family, a big part of it was due to this old master’s influence."
Annelise’s eyes held calculation, "And Mrs. Carter is the most filial. As long as the old master opens his mouth, even if she’s unwilling, she wouldn’t openly defy him."
She had long heard that the comatose Old Master Carter had recently been brought back to Zylos from abroad.
"But the old master is a living dead."
Rainny frowned, refuting in confusion, "I heard from the servants in the Carter Family that they invited the world’s top doctors, treated him everywhere dostically and abroad, yet the old master shows no sign of waking up. How can he speak for ?"
Upon hearing this, Annelise’s lips curled into another aningful smile. She retrieved a small dark glass bottle containing a clear liquid from her handbag and handed it to Rainny.
"I have a friend who has a special drug. It can stimulate brain cell regeneration, even waking up a vegetative patient."
She paused, deliberately lowering her voice, adding a few words of allure: "But this drug has a side effect. Though it can temporarily wake the person, their life will soon co to an end afterward."
"This..." Rainny stared at the bottle, her pupils slightly contracting, her fingers subconsciously curling up.
On one side was the temptation of marrying into the Carter Family, and on the other was a life drawing to an end. The two thoughts violently clashed in her mind, leaving her at a loss for a mont.
"Mom!"
At this mont, a voice filled with sobs ca from the doorway. Her son, Sebastian Carter, ran in carrying his backpack, and as he entered the living room, he threw it on the ground, tears of grievance instantly welling up.
"None of the kids in kindergarten want to play with !" Sebastian sobbed, his shoulders shaking, "They say I’m the child of a mistress, that I’m the illegitimate son of the Carter Family!"
Raised in Rainny’s doting care, Sebastian had never suffered such grievance, and as he spoke, he broke into loud sobs.
The word "illegitimate son" pierced Rainny’s heart, tightening it painfully. She looked at her son’s tear-filled eyes, then glanced at the tightly clenched dicine bottle, her knuckles blanching from force.
For her son, she absolutely couldn’t let him suffer such grievance again! She had to marry into the Carter Family to let him beco the rightful young master of the Carter Family, so no one would dare bully him!
Off to the side, Annelise watched the pair, her lips curling into a faint cold smile, her eyes burning with intense hatred.
She scread silently in her heart.
"Carlos, for what you did to back then, I will repay it all bit by bit! I will start with those closest to you and let you taste the bitterness of losing everything!"
Early one morning, Emily Parker was accompanying her son at breakfast when a news notification popped up on her phone: "Carter Clan Group Founder Old Master Carter Returns to the Country Today."
Emily’s hand paused abruptly, her gaze fixed on the phone’s screen, even missing a breath.
Her grandfather had returned to the country.
She put down her cutlery, wondering what changes this sudden return of the old master would bring to the Carter Family.
And might it affect little Clara Yardley?
"Mommy, what’s wrong?" Little Aaron Yardley noticed her strange expression, putting down his milk cup, looking up at her with concern.
Emily snapped out of it, quickly suppressing the complex feelings in her eyes, and touched her son’s head, "It’s nothing. Mommy was just distracted by a news article. Hurry up and eat, or you’ll be late for school."
Yet the unease in her heart hadn’t dissipated, feeling as if the old master’s return was a stone thrown into a calm lake, potentially stirring quite a wave.
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