Chapter 426 This Was no Longer Her Home

Rose was threatening her mother. She wanted to know more about her origin.

In the face of Rose's questioning, Joy clenched her teeth, took a deep breath to calm herself down,
"You've already known the result. Does the process still matter to you? I am your mother, at least I've
raised you up. Do you have to be so indifferent to me and embarrass me?"

"I have the right to know everything about myself." Rose answered back, "How I wish you are not my
mother! Over the years, how much love you've shown me?"

"You only care about Sophie, and you never blame her whenever she did those vicious things to me!
When she was evicted from the Tanner family, you accompanied her to appeal for intercession."

"But do you all think the Tanners are idiots? She deserves to be where she is today because she has
ruined others' happiness, and she does not deserve to be happy!"

"What happened to Sophie will happen to you someday. You'll reap what you've sowed. I don't mind if
you don't want to tell me the truth. I'll talk to your husband and I have plenty of time to deal with the
matter."

Rose looked at Joy coldly, "I have limited patience with you. It's fine that you don't want to tell me, but if
you don't, don't blame me for not interested in listening."

"Stop!" Joy called Rose before she left, "OK, I will tell you."

Joy had no choice but to tell the truth.

She couldn't let Chandler know that Rose was not his daughter, otherwise what she had won so hard
would be tattered.

She risked everything to get where she was. She couldn't afford to lose it.



She didn't want to end up with nothing.

"I can tell you everything under the condition that you will not tell him," said Joy.

"You are not in a position to make terms with me. It depends on my mood and your attitude." Rose had
everything in control.

Joy withstood the embarrassment and dared not say anything. She could only force the tears back.

"It's true that Zach and I were lovers, but I didn't want to stay in the countryside. I went to college so I
could get out of this poor place. I wanted a better life, and I deserved to be with a better man. That was
why I met Chandler."

"What he could give me was what Zach couldn't give me in his whole life. I loved him and he loved me,
too. I didn't want to cheat myself or Zach, so I broke up with him."

"But he didn't let me go and I was pregnant with a baby. That was you. He pestered me, and I couldn't
get rid of him. My belly was bulging, and I threatened him with the child, so he let go of me."

In fact, I never thought of aborting the baby because I told them I was pregnant with Chandler's baby. A
doctor told me that it was a boy, and because of you my mother-in-law agreed to let me marry
Chandler, and your grandparents accepted me."

"It's a pity that you were born a girl, and your grandfather didn't like you. I had no way out, and could
conceive another child, and that was Sophie. Rose, it's not that I didn't love you, but that I was afraid if I
cared too much about you, your grandfather would be dissatisfied with me. Being indifferent to you was
just to protect you. Could you understand it?"

"Except for loving you, I had treated you well, no matter in education, food, clothing, housing or
traveling. You grew up healthily and happily, and now you've married a good husband! I'm really happy



for you. Could you forgive me?"

Joy choked with sobs, and her eyes were full of tears, making her look very pitiful.

Rose, however, was not in the least deceived by her, but insisted on her inner thought, "Forgive you?
My mother forced my own father to die. How can you expect me to forgive you?"

"You used your baby to get into the rich family. You said you conceived a boy because you wanted to
strengthen your position in the Linder family. You didn't care because you wanted to protect me. What
an excuse! To give me a good education was merely to lay a good foundation for a future marriage of
interests."

"But you didn't expect that Sky and I were in love with each other, which just happened to be what you
wanted. You were really good to me for that period of time, but you only cared about interests rather
than our love!"

"You are insulting love when you talk about it! When I had an accident, you didn't think about me at all,
but to ask Sophie to marry Sky instead. Oh, I will never forget every word you said at that time!"

"Rose, it was messy. The presses were all around. Seeing is believing, so I had to take the big picture
first, but I didn't expect you to leave with the kid."

"Rose, I know I'm not a good mother. I'm sorry, but please give me a chance. I'll correct myself and be
a good mother, OK?" Joy pleaded plaintively.

But Rose no longer cared about it, "Your love is nothing to me at all. The only reason you want to be
nice to me now is because you can't count on Sophie anymore. You only have me now. My marriage to
Bright will bring more benefits to the Linder family."

"It's not like that. No." Joy shook her head, tears streaming down her face.



"No amount of rationalization could justify your actions." Rose did not want to tell the true from the
false. She had learned how to give up the false love and wouldn't feel painful.

"Rose, I am not asking you to forgive and accept me now, but I will prove to you that I have really
known my mistake," Joy insisted.

"I said it's not necessary! Let Sophie have your love. I don't deserve it," Rose teased herself, "Take
care."

"Rose, where are you going?" Joy ran after her.

"I am not the daughter of the Linder Family, and this is not my home. Please don't look for me, and I will
not be here again." Rose looked around and said, "From now on we'll be strangers."

"Rose, don't go." Joy stopped her. "We are mother and daughter."

"Get out of the way," Rose ordered coldly.

Joy did not move away, but stared at Rose with tears in her eyes.

Just then Chandler came upstairs and saw Rose and Joy quarreling. "What are you doing?"

"Mr. Linder, get your wife out of the way," Rose said to Chandler.

"Joy, don't make a hard time for you daughter." Chandler took Joy away and said to Rose, "Rose,
dinner is ready. Now that you are home, just stay here. Call Bright and ask him to have dinner with us."

"Why bother? This is not my home!" snapped Rose and strode away.

Chandler was confused, "What was she talking about? She just called me Mr. Linder. Did you annoy
her?"




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