A Successful Career After Divorce

At the door, as expected, Chole stopped her.

“Do you want to argue? Do you want to argue in front of Mom?”

With that one sentence, Ranita had no choice but to retreat. She owed the Bowman family a debt of gratitude and was raised by Alexia with care, so she couldn’t let Alexia be upset.

“I just want to take a look from the doorway. I won’t go in,” Ranita pleaded with Chole. “Chole, please, I’m begging you.”

Chole remained unmoved. “I said no, and I mean no! Ranita, get lost!”

Ranita clenched her fists tightly.

Sadness welled up in her eyes, turning them slightly red. “Chole, please? I’ll just look from the door!”

Chole laughed mockingly, her expression full of triumph. “Ranita, you want to beg me? Fine, kneel down and beg, and I might consider it!”

“No! Ranita… if you admit to Mom what you did to me back then, I’ll let you in. How about that?”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Chole’s eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at Ranita, a malicious smile playing on her lips.

Ranita gritted her teeth, struggling to control herself.

“Chole, I never did those things! I never hurt you! Never!” Ranita said each word slowly, looking at Chole, feeling like a secret she had kept was being torn open.

How much longer did she have to endure this injustice?

Ranita desperately wanted to tell Chole…

“No? Ranita, you’re disgusting. You did those horrible things to me, almost killed me, and yet you shamelessly deny it!”

“Dad, Mom, and Brother all favor you. They all believe you… just because I didn’t grow up with them, I’m the liar!”

“Ranita, why did you have to come into my life? You took everything that should have been mine and trampled on me…”

Ranita felt like she couldn’t breathe. She bit her lip and stared at Chole. “Chole, do you want to know the truth?”

“The truth? Ranita, are you joking?”

“I can tell you! Mom and Dad favor you, not me! Because you got lost, they feel guilty and try to make it up to you… so actually…”

Ranita couldn’t continue. Her rational mind wouldn’t let her say more; she had promised the Bowman family to keep this secret.

“What is it? Ranita, say it!” Chole’s voice was sharp and demanding. “Keep talking! I want to hear what you’re really thinking…”

Ranita pressed her lips together. “Forget it, it’s nothing.”

Afraid she couldn’t control her emotions and that things would spiral out of control, Ranita turned and left.

She needed to calm down.

Sitting in her car, her thoughts drifted into a sea of memories.

At fifteen, Ranita faced a major turning point in her life. After finishing her final exams with excellent results, she returned home to share the news with the Bowmans but found a new girl there.

Based on their birthdays, Chole was a month older than her and became her sister. Benedict and Alexia didn’t explain much, but suddenly having an older sister was puzzling enough.

A one-month difference meant they couldn’t be twins.

Since Chole was Alexia’s biological daughter, it meant Ranita wasn’t…