The Unwanted Daughter When Love Comes Too Late novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188 Confrontation

Chapter 188 Confrontation

Erin’s eyes turned red again.

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Seeing this, Daphne rushed forward, pulled her into her arms, and spoke with pity. “Erin, don’t cry. Let me stand up for you.”

Then Daphne spun toward Tracy. The pity in her eyes quickly hardened into blame. “Tracy, why are you harassing Erin again?”

Tracy was already used to this kind of reaction. She didn’t even bother to lift her eyelids.

Matthew, standing nearby, watched everything with a thoughtful look. Erin’s pitiful expression in Daphne’s arms-he had seen it all before.

Back at the Renault estate, this had happened often. But back then, the one getting blamed wasn’t Tracy. It was David.

Matthew’s gaze slid back to Tracy. His eyes gleamed with something sharp behind his smile.

He and Tracy were the same kind of people.

People like them were meant to cling tightly to wealth and privilege, meant to live their whole lives above everyone else.

They would never let an outsider, someone who just came crawling back, take what belonged to them.

Maybe his stare was too obvious, because when Tracy glanced up, she caught him watching her the way a predator watches its prey.

Tracy froze.

David had told her once-when someone like Matthew fixed their eyes on you, there were only two outcomes. Either you became a toy he’d toss aside when he got bored, or he’d destroy you completely.

Meanwhile, Daphne, annoyed at being ignored, grew sharper. “I’m talking to you. What kind of attitude is

that?

‘Erin’s health has always been weak. I brought her here today for a check-up, and here you are picking on her? How could you?

‘Don’t forget, if it wasn’t for her…”

“If it wasn’t for her suffering outside for 18 years in my place, her body wouldn’t be this weak. Everything would be my fault. Is that what you want to say?” Tracy cut her off

The harsh words, spoken with cold sarcasm, hit Daphne hard. It shut her up instantly,

Tracy frowned, impatience clear in her eyes. “I’ve heard this speech enough. Aren’t you tired of repeating it yourself?

“The hospital’s mistake back then wasn’t mine. Why should I carry the blame for a switched-at-birth mistake I didn’t cause? You raised me for 18 years-I don’t resent you for the hardships I went through.

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Chapter 188 Confrontation

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Even in the last two years, with everything that happened, I don’t hate you for that either. Isn’t it enough that we’re even now? Why can’t you just let it go?”

This was the first time Tracy had spoken so bluntly about her true feelings since coming back from the Angelic Etiquette Academy.

She was fed up with the Jackmans acting like they were always right.

Daphne hadn’t expected such a confrontation. For a moment, she just froze, shocked.

When she met Tracy’s distant, cold eyes, a strange panic gripped her heart.

It felt like the sweet, clingy daughter who used to hold her arm and call her “Mom” was gone forever.

“Tracy…”

Daphne’s voice was hoarse. She opened her mouth, but her throat locked up. No words came.

“Mom, don’t be mad at Tracy,” Erin suddenly spoke up. “You’ve always treated me so well. Of course, Tracy feels upset. That’s why she says things she doesn’t mean. I’m sure she doesn’t think that way.”

She turned to Tracy, her tone breaking into a sob. “Tracy, I know you still resent Dad and Mom for sending you to the etiquette academy. But they only did it for your own good.

“The Jackmans hold a powerful position in Cloudville. Everything we do reflects on the family. That’s why they sent you there-to learn and to represent us. Sending you away hurt them, too. They missed you.

“If you still hold resentment, then blame me. I’ll take it. As long as you can get along with the family, I’ll give up anything. It’s worth it.”

She made herself look selfless, as if she were sacrificing everything, painting Tracy as the unreasonable

one.

Daphne’s flicker of doubt toward Tracy vanished. Her heart swelled again with pity and love for Erin. “Erin, don’t you worry. She’s the one being unreasonable. We won’t let you suffer anymore.”

Her eyes shot back to Tracy, full of anger, just as Matthew, who had been quietly watching, suddenly spoke. “Ms. Jackman, this academy you mentioned-what is it?”

His polite smile had gone. His eyes went dark, his expression unsettling.

Both Erin and Daphne, caught off guard, froze at his question.

Before they could react, Tracy answered, “She means the Angelic Etiquette Academy. A place built to protect the image of high society. A place where they dump, train, and ‘reform’ the unwanted trash in rich families.”

Her fists clenched. She stared at Matthew, her voice sharp. “From the look on your face… You know exactly what that place is, don’t you?”

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