Chapter 39: 039. Meeting With that Pretentious Woman Again Chapter 39: 039. Meeting With that Pretentious Woman Again Editor: Henyee Translations Elly Campbell was the favored daughter, blessed by everything the world could offer, while Sophie was nothing more than an illegitimate child, unacknowledged by the Campbell family—an ant struggling to crawl on the ground. The deep-seated inferiority that ran through her veins only heightened her fear when faced with Elly.
She feared Elly, but at the same time, she envied her. Both were daughters of James Campbell, so why should Elly’s life be so much better than hers?
When Elly saw her, she merely gave Sophie a brief, indifferent glance before ignoring her completely, as if she were a stranger. Elly’s gaze stayed fixed ahead as she walked toward the hospital cafeteria.
Sophie Baker’s emotions churned within her. She feared Elly, but the cold dismissal stung deeper than anything else. The same blood ran through their veins, and though her mother was a mistress hidden in the shadows, she and Elly were still both daughters of James Campbell.
Why should Elly think she’s superior to her?
Sophie called out to Elly again, but Elly merely frowned in annoyance, continuing to walk without stopping.
The more Elly disregarded her, the more Sophie’s frustration grew. She quickened her pace and stepped in front of Elly, blocking her path.
Elly’s gaze sharpened, a flicker of danger in her eyes as they swept over Sophie’s anxious face.
Her voice was calm but laced with an icy threat that sent a shiver through Sophie. Yet, despite the fear, Sophie couldn’t bring herself to step aside.
If she couldn’t make Elly suffer, she would settle for at least getting under her skin.
With that thought, Sophie lowered her head in feigned submission, her lower lip trembling as if she had suffered a great injustice. She bit it gently, her uneasy eyes gazing at Elly with an innocent, almost pleading expression.
“Sister, one can’t choose their birth. If my mother was a mistress, I could only be an illegitimate daughter. If I could choose my fate, I certainly wouldn’t wish to be born either.
She gazed at Elly’s indifferent face with a look of quiet sorrow, her voice heavy with regret.
“I don’t expect to be accepted into the Campbell family or inherit Dad’s wealth. I’m not trying to compete with you. I’m just happy to know I have a sister… and I really wish…”
Her words were abruptly cut off by Elly’s cold, piercing gaze, followed by a mockingly surprised expression on her face.
“You still haven’t entered the Campbell family?”I’ve been gone for four years, and you’re still an illegitimate daughter, hidden away in the shadows. James Campbell’s ‘competence’… tsk, it’s truly beyond comprehension.”
The blatant scorn and disdain in Elly’s eyes cut through Sophie like a knife, sinking deep into her heart.
She longed to tear into Elly’s venomous words, but she didn’t dare—and, in that moment, she simply didn’t have the power to do so.
Sophie’s pupils shrank in fear, and she bit her lower lip as tears of grievance welled up in her eyes.
“Sister, I know I don’t have the right, but… I really do want to call you ‘sister’ sincerely.”
“You know you have no right and still cling to that? I don’t want to hear you call me ‘sister’ at all, understand? Even children know the principle of ‘do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you.’ Didn’t your mother teach you that?”
Every word Elly spoke showed no regard for Sophie’s feelings.
Sophie was so furious that her gums clenched white, but with her position still fragile, she couldn’t afford to completely fall out with Elly.
She hadn’t expected James Campbell to be so ineffectual. In four years, without Elly’s interference, he still hadn’t managed to get her through the doors of the Campbell family.
Bitter hatred gnawed at her heart, but Sophie’s face remained weak and submissive as she looked at Elly. The disdain in Elly’s eyes only made the tears in her own eyes swell, threatening to spill over.