Meredith Ford remembered, she promised with conviction that she would be good to Poppy, with an additional sister in the family, everyone could pamper her together, and as one happy family, it would be wonderful.

At that time, she would certainly say so, because she knew Poppy was already dead and could never return.

A person who is dead, what harm is there in sharing a little affection?

After all, she would never qualify as competition to her.

But now, Celia Ford was right in front of her, a living person, and the words she once said only made her angrier and angrier.

She was unwilling to repeat herself, only shaking her head: "Big brother, you cannot treat me like this, I am your sister, the eldest daughter of the Ford family, doing this, isn’t it making a mockery for others to see?"

Maxim Ford coldly replied, "All of this, you brought it upon yourself."

"You can’t, even if you all abandon me, but I am Auntie’s daughter, Grandfather’s direct granddaughter, he wouldn’t allow you to do this to me, he wouldn’t..."

It seemed like she found a pillar of support, giving her heart a bit of reassurance.

Tiana Thorne didn’t pay any attention to her struggles, lazily curved her lips, her eyes dazzling and beautiful like starry stones, casually saying, "Don’t talk too early, the paternity test isn’t out yet, isn’t the bet from earlier still valid?"

Upon hearing this, Meredith Ford clenched her teeth tightly.

Right.

There was still a sliver of hope.

The result of the paternity test could save her.

She refused to live a life of obscurity, refused to live under Tiana Thorne’s brilliance.

She definitely wouldn’t become an ordinary person, enduring humiliation and bullying.

Even if she was removed from the Ford family, she was still the heiress of the Jarvis family.

Although the Jarvis family wasn’t as prominent as the Ford family, it was also a family no one dared to offend.

Thinking of this, she clenched her hands tightly, forcing herself to calm down, saying word by word: "The paternity test isn’t out yet, you have no right to do this."

No one was willing to say another word to her.

Because her fate was already sealed.

Tiana Thorne understood, what her brothers were doing was all to punish Meredith Ford, to truly reach her heart.

This time, Meredith Ford only had the charge of instigating someone else to commit a crime, which was entirely debatable in court, and the true criminal was Chloe Vance.

If imprisonment was inevitable, Chloe Vance would be imprisoned for many years, while she would at most serve one or two years.

Her actions shouldn’t warrant such a small price to pay.

Didn’t she value the identity of being the Ford family’s eldest daughter more than life itself?

Then strip her of that identity.

Didn’t she believe she had the Jarvis family blood in her veins?

Then let her realize that she doesn’t have any blood relation to either the Ford or the Jarvis families, but is merely an ordinary person.

She doesn’t want to be ordinary, yet she must be made to live that life.

This is what she deserves.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside.

Maxim Ford spoke up: "Come in."

The door opened.

Everyone looked up to see that Miles Xavier had returned.

He cast an indifferent glance over everyone, and finally, his gaze rested on Meredith Ford’s face, his eyes carrying a hint of coldness.

Then, he handed her a copy of the paternity test results: "See for yourself."

He walked past her, reached Rouge Jarvis’s side, handed her another copy, his gaze uncharacteristically gentle, with a trace of consoling emotion, softly saying, "Aunt, don’t be too emotional."

This sentence was spoken very gently.

Clearly, he had already seen the test results.

Rouge Jarvis took the results, thinking of her third sister’s sickly face, her hands trembling slightly.