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Katniss nodded, dispensing even with a sardonic smile, her gaze cold and unyielding as she looked at Elodie.

In the stillness of many a sleepless night, Katniss wondered what she had done wrong for Elodie to dislike her so much.

Was it because her grades weren't as good as Clara's? So Katniss had toiled

relentlessly, clawing her way to the top, only to see everyone sympathize with Clara for not getting first place.

They even blamed her, saying she deliberately outshoned Clara, causing Clara to lose her scholarship.noveldrama

That was the first time Katniss realized that even striving for first place was wrong.

It wasn't that she lacked merit, rather, in their eyes, only Clara being excellent was normal and acceptable.

Katniss dragged a chair over and sat down, then spoke, "Why should I get a divorce?" her voice carried a note of defiance.

Did the Manners family know about her marriage?

Since they knew, marrying Maximilian should be beneficial for the Manners family, so why did they want her to get a divorce?

Elodie's face darkened, glaring at Katniss, "You do something so shameless and still ask me why?"

"I really have no idea, please enlighten me, what is my crime?" Katniss's eyes were indifferent, her face still wearing a mocking smile.

In the past, she had yearned for Elodie's attention, whether it was anger or disappointment, as long as Elodie spoke to her a few more words, she could be happy

for days.

She had gambled her whole life to gain the approval of the Manners family.

If this had happened in her previous life, she might have admitted it without knowing what it was, even obediently begging for forgiveness.

But the Katniss who died in the stairwell, whose organs were taken to save Clara, was already dead.

She would never again seek Elodie's approval, she would never forgive Elodie, never! Elodie's well-maintained face was clouded, just about to speak when Simon suddenly jumped up from the sofa, angrily sneering loudly, "Mom can't say it, I will."

"Katniss, you must be out of your mind. You have no shame, but our Manners family does. Why did you marry an old man, someone with gray hair who could be your father? Hugging an old man every day, isn't that disgusting? It's really disgraceful! I, Simon, don't have such a shameless sister."

"I'll put it this way, if you don't get a divorce immediately and kneel at the door admitting your mistake, just like Mom said, you can be Wesley's daughter from now on. We can't afford to lose face like this."

Simon finished in one breath, his eyes blazing, panting with anger.

He had felt pity for Katniss before, thinking it was hard for her to have suffered so many years after being switched at birth, and he had sworn to treat her well.

But after one thing after another, even the best patience was worn out.

He didn't know how it had come to this, where even looking at her one more time felt disgusting, tainting his eyes.

Clearly, they had been raised in the same way, so why was she so different from Clara! Katniss was silent, her eyes reflecting a storm of emotions.

After hearing this, Katniss couldn't help but laugh, tears streaming down her cheeks, then pointed at herself, "Me? Married to who? An old man?"

Clara's eyes flickered with a sophisticated concern, looking at Katniss, she quickly and gently comforted, "Katniss, we understand you're upset because I'm about to get engaged to Desmond, but you can't just marry someone randomly because of that. It hurts Mother and Mather, and our brothers too."

"If you degrade yourself like this, even if I marry Desmond, I'll feel guilty." Saying this, Clara's voice choked, covering her face with her hands, she said with her shoulders trembling, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't get engaged to Desmond."

"Nonsense!" Elodie's eyes swept coldly over Katniss, "A marriage between two families is not a child's play, you can't just decide to get married or not. Clara, your marriage to Desmond is set in stone."

Thinking of Katniss's disgraceful actions, Elodie felt a surge of irritation. She took a deep breath and continued looking at Katniss, "It's my fault for not disciplining you properly, leading to this situation. No matter how you act out, Clara and Desmond's marriage is already decided, you have to accept it!"

During this time, Katniss hadn't spoken. She wanted to see what they really thought of her.

So, they thought all her abnormal behavior was because of Desmond.

Katniss stood up, clapped her hands mockingly, and swept her gaze over everyone, finally stopping on Clara's face.

"Have you said enough?"

"Aren't these facts? What else do you have to say?" Simon sneered.

"First of all, what is Desmond? A coward who shriks responsibility, is he worth all this?" Katniss's cold voice was powerful and incisive "My husband is a hundred, a thousand times better than Desmond. Desmond is not even worthy of comparison!"

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Instantly, Clara's expression stiffened, her lips quivering with suppressed rage, "Katniss, you admit you're married."

"Shut up!" Katniss coldly rebuked, her icy gaze shooting at Clara, "So, you're the one spread the rumor that I married an old man? After all, besides you, who else would pay so much attention to me?"

Clara's body tensed up,

Then, Katniss pulled out a photo from her phone and asked, "Is it him?"

Simon leaned in to look, feeling smug and more confident, "You still won't admit it, otherwise why would you have a photo of this old man on your phone?"

Katniss sneered, "If one person is blind, must you all be blind? This is Maximilian's butler, Felix."

After saying this, Katniss enjoyed their astonished expressions, then smiled faintly but triumphant, "Do I need to call Maximilian and ask to borrow his butler for a confrontation?"

Lucas's eyes turned cold, narrowing slightly, "Clara, what's going on?"

Clara, now the center of unwanted attention, stammered, "I don't know what's going on, Ruby told me, and the photo was given to me by Ruby." After a pause, Clara gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood, but Katniss, you shouldn't get married without discussing it with the family. What if the person is a deceiver, a villain..."

"He's a good man!" Katniss's expression was unusually serious, her eyes daring Clara to speak ill of Maximilian, "If you say one more bad thing about him, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

Simon was furious, glaring at Katniss, "You dare!"

Katniss tilted her head, her cold eyes lifting, "Go ahead, try me.""

Blocked by Simon, Clara clenched her fists, still smiling, "We're just worried. If you think he's good, that's fine. Who is he? When will you bring him home to meet us?"