Chapter 98 Annoying owns © this.

Angie ignored them and looked up at Madeline. “Maddie, I’ve given things a lot of thought. I know you don’t like me, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Cameron is my mother. She might have never raised me, but I am her daughter. Of course you hate me, but Maddie, I beg of you, please don’t take my family away from me. I was born and raised here, and they are my everything. I’ll lose everything if I lose them. I cannot lose them. I can’t. Maddie, I beg of you, please let me stay. Please let me remain a part of this family. I promise I’ll listen to you. I won’t try to take anything, I swear. Just treat me like a maid and let me serve you.”

“Angie, please don’t do this.” Heartbroken, Cedric crouched down and helped her up. She’s supposed to be the family’s princess. She’s this city’s princess. She should be our pride, and that’s how it has been for years. But now she’s on her knees and begging Madeline just so she can stay? But this is her home to begin with. She was born and raised here. She can’t leave just because she’s not Dad and Mom’s daughter. She’s still in school. If we chase her out, how is she supposed to survive?

Angie broke into tears. “Let me do this, Cedric. I can’t lose you. I can’t… The thought of losing you, losing Dad, Mom, and this family? It hurts me worse than death ever could. Just let me do this, Cedric. I want to beg for her forgiveness. I want to stay here and be a part of the family. Please, Maddie, I beg of you!” She put her hands on the ground and banged her head against the floor tile.

As Madeline looked at her, she was reminded of karma. Back when she first came to the Taylors, Angie and Isabel cornered and abused her just because she was Cameron’s daughter. She didn’t even do anything wrong. They then insulted her, whipped her, and pushed her head down into the pond. They would cut the heater off in winter and drench her blanket with cold water. When it was summer, they would sabotage the AC and fill her room with mosquitoes. Then they would lock all the exits. She wouldn’t be able to sleep, and the mosquitoes would fill her whole body with bite marks. They did that a lot of times.

Fortunately, Sam came back from his studies and saved her, or those two would have killed her. Isabel was the perpetrator, while Angie was the accomplice. Angie was more of a fake b*tch than Isabel was. Whenever Isabel would pull her horrible pranks on Madeline, Angie would always stand beside her. She would look like she was dissuading Isabel, but in reality, she was fanning the flames and would make Isabel hate Madeline more.

They even tried to ruin her face before, and Angie goaded Isabel into it. She told Isabel that Madeline was pretty, and she might seduce Dan or Sam when she grew up. She said that cousins could marry each other in ancient times, and she was worried that Dan or Sam might fall for her and eventually marry her.

Because of that, Isabel tried to ruin her face and turn her into an ugly monster. But fortunately, Madeline wasn’t a pushover, and she always resisted. Sure, she was tortured, but at least her face wasn’t ruined. Sam eventually came back and kept her safe. He even hired a master to tutor her. Thanks to her training, she seldom came back home, and the two witches couldn’t torment her anymore. It had been a long time since then, but the memories were still fresh.

Angie was still the princess of the Wendels at that time. She was arrogant, haughty, and condescending. Anyone would think she was an aristocrat, but now she was on her knees, begging for mercy. Madeline smiled, and she crouched down to look at her with amusement. “Angie, you should know what you have done to me, right? So why are you kneeling? You yelled at me, abused me, insulted me, and you goaded Isabel into ruining my face. This bad blood between us? It’s as big and deep as an ocean. I’ve told you that the only reason I’m not kicking you while you’re down is because I’m kind enough not to. So why do you think I would defend you?”

“I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry,” she apologized through tears. “I was young and stupid, but I’ve never done that after I grew up.”

“Because you couldn’t, not because you wouldn’t,” Madeline said calmly. “I could protect myself after I grew up. You and Isabel were no match for me, and Sam protected me, so you couldn’t do anything about it.”

Angie was still crying. “But that was when we were young, and it’s been a long time since. I’m sorry. I know what I did was wrong, and I will never do it again. Please, Maddie. Have mercy on me. I beg you, please forgive me. Please don’t take my family away from me.”

Madeline looked at her, smiling. “Angie, you might think of my abuse as an interesting little story that happened during our childhood, but all the whip scars left by you and Isabel? They never did fade. I still have them. Angie, I’m not as kind as you think I am. I will never forgive you, so take that kneeling attitude to someone else. See if they’ll save you.”

Sebastian’s eyes darkened when he heard that Isabel and Angie left whip scars on Madeline.

He was sitting far away from the Wendels and playing with the boys, but now he looked at Madeline. For some reason, he wanted to see her scars. Her skin was fair, flawless, and glistening, as if it was milk done to perfection. He couldn’t even see an enlarged pore. Her exposed skin was perfect, but he thought, What about her covered skin? Is it full of scars?

She was the boys’ mother, and the thought that she could have whip scars on her otherwise flawless skin made him squirm. He really wanted to take her clothes off and see the scars left by Angie and Isabel, and then he’d pay them back tenfold for what they did.

Michael was even more direct. The fact that his adopted daughter whipped and abused his own daughter broke his heart, and he also felt humiliated. He thought he was a smart man, but he couldn’t even keep an eye on his own daughter and had allowed her to suffer.