The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

Mrs. Linderman said disapprovingly, “It was your fault that your fiancé moved on to someone else. How could you blame anyone else? I’m glad it’s your sister; otherwise some other woman would steal him away. Aren’t you happy that Ben will still be a part of our big family?”

Joey was speechless.

It was total nonsense!

She finally realized how partial, mean and unreasonable her mother had been.

She closed her eyes and sighed. Anyhow, it didn’t matter anymore.

When she opened her eyes again, she calmly signed the paper.

Her mother instantly put on a big smile on her wrinkled face. But she found it hard to take it back because it was held tight by Joey.

Joey started at her and asked word by word, “Mom, tell me, am I really your daughter?”

That was all she wanted to ask at the moment.

She had treated Joey more poorly than Vivian since they were little girls. Vivian had suspected it, so had Joey.

Joey had never been brave enough to ask the question until

Mrs. Linderman froze, and she instantly became very spiteful, just

She looked at Joey’s annoyingly beautiful face and suddenly had the urge to destroy her. To destroy Joey, she had

door was suddenly kicked open. Mr. Linderman showed up at the door with an angry face.

“Honey…”

Linderman was surprised to see him, “Didn’t

to break off her engagement with Ben today, Mrs. Linderman had deliberately sent him away, because she knew he had loved Joey too much to allow her to do such brutal things to Joey.

money and had to come back. Otherwise how would I know you’re so cruel and

and disappointed. Having been standing outside the door, he

wasn’t ashamed about it at all. I’m ashamed of the fact you’re my daughter. You went to school for nothing. Get out

He slapped Vivian hard in the face.

would hit her. She

and Joey were too shocked

good-tempered father in the past. He had never shouted at his daughters since they were

slap me? You slapped me…”

Vivian touched her burning face and looked at her father in disbelief. She suddenly turned around to yell at Joey with resentment, “It’s you. It’s your fault that