Blurb：
**"Dad said I’m cursed... but you’ll leave me too, right?"**
When George Quinn forces Clara Moore to pretend their daughter Emma Quinn is "adopted" to protect his secret son Lucas, Clara’s world shatters. As Lily Olsen, George’s manipulative childhood sweetheart, tightens her grip, Emma becomes collateral damage—locked in basements, robbed of her heirloom pendant, and subjected to torturous medical procedures for Lucas’s leukemia.
But Clara’s rage ignites when Gordon Mill, her first love, resurfaces, vowing to protect the daughter George abandoned. Trapped in a war between George’s cold-hearted legacy and Gordon’s fierce loyalty, Clara must expose the Quinn family’s darkest secrets before Emma pays the ultimate price.
**Will Clara’s revenge free Emma from George’s cruelty… or bury them both deeper?**
Content：
George Quinn brought his childhood sweetheart and their illegitimate son home.He said it was just a drunken mistake from seven years ago, and now he just wanted to make things right.
Covering the boy's ears, he whispered to me, Lucas is sensitive. Just say Emma is adopted to avoid upsetting him. Lily has struggled to raise him alone, and I owe her a proper title. In a few days, let's head to the courthouse for a divorce, but our daily life won't change.
I didn't argue or fight.
After enduring heartbreak and finalizing the divorce, I packed my things and left with my daughter.
The butler urged George to persuade me to stay, but George dismissed him. "She is nearly 40 with a child in tow. Does she think another man will want her?"
What he didn't know was that my long-lost first love came back last month.
The man was still single, waiting for me all these years.
Chapter 1
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As I dragged my suitcase toward the front gate, Emma suddenly grabbed my sleeve. "Mom, are we really leaving? But Dad finally promised to spend my birthday with me."
Her pitiful look brought tears to my eyes.
For seven years, George Quinn only promised to celebrate Emma's birthday because she agreed to play the "adopted" role.
George's anxious shout came from behind us. "Emma, come back here."
Emma, thrilled to hear him call her, ran back.
When I caught up, I saw him roughly yank the pendant off her neck. Ignoring her shocked expression, he put it on his and Lily's son.
I was furious. "That pendant was your father's final gift to Emma. She is your only daughter. You can't..."
Before I could finish, Lucas stormed forward and shoved Emma to the ground.
He screamed through tears, "Dad, I'm Grandpa's real grandson. She can't take my stuff."
Emma's knee was scraped, but she bit her lip and stayed silent.
When I touched her trembling hand, I felt bruises on her palm.
I remembered a week ago when Emma shyly handed George a Father's Day card she made in art class. She'd spent all afternoon on it.
But George didn't even glance at it, tossing it in the trash.
"Don't waste my time with this junk," he snorted. "You're at school to study, not mess around with useless stuff."
Yet he framed Lucas's sloppy, scribbled card and hung it proudly in the living room.
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