265 You are My Mother, That's All!
"Who said the piano was for the DeRoss family?" Keith stopped in his tracks, turned around, and asked slowly.
His dark eyes were calm, yet Emily could swear she spotted a hint of iciness.
She took a deep breath. "If not the DeRoss family, who are you giving it to?"
Keith fixed her with a gaze. His lips pressed into a thin line.
"The piano is a gift for Angela."
Emily's eyes widened in shock. "What? Angela? Haley's daughter? Keith, have you lost your mind? Why would you give such a valuable gift to that little bastard?"
Keith's eyes grew even colder when he heard the term "little bastard."
"If I ever hear you refer to Angela with those words again, Mother--"
Emily's sharp voice cut him off. "What? Will you disown me? After I carried you for nine months and gave birth to you, is this how you honor me? Does a child born out of wedlock deserve this much fuss? What on earth has she done to bewitch you?"
Emily was furious.
Keith had always been unwaveringly on her side. Now, he had suddenly switched allegiance to Haley in just a few short days.
She didn't understand the reason. She refused to accept this.
Keith gave Emily a cold, dismissive glance.
This was the second time he had to remind her, but instead of heeding his words, she had intensified her insults.
"If you insist on being this way, Mother, then there's nothing more to say."
He turned and walked away.
The iciness in his eyes sent a shiver down Emily's spine.
He was showing complete disregard for her as his mother now.
If Keith didn't care about her, there was no way she could hold her place in the Winston family.
"Keith, stop right there!"
Emily was on his heels again.
She grabbed his slender shoulders tightly.
Her eyes were brimming with tears. "No matter what, I am your mother. You have my blood running through your veins, and you’ll never be able to deny my existence!"
Keith raised his hand and methodically pried her fingers off.
His expression was calm, his voice disinterested. “Yeah, you are my mother. That's all.”
She was unquestionably his biological mother. He couldn't deny.
From now on, he had withhold any emotional investment in the DeRoss family as if he had never had a mother.
Keith swiveled and climbed into the car. The driver, wary of Emily approaching again, hit the gas and drove away.
Watching the car vanish, Emily collapsed to the ground. She wrapped her arms around her knees and tears fell uncontrollably.
She couldn't control it anymore. She couldn't control anything, not even Keith. There was nothing she could do.
Blood was really thicker than water. Haley managed to win the hearts of those two bastards.
She had always heard about the bond between twins, how Owen and Keith could often sense each other's emotions.
In reality, they were quadruplets. It was impossible to break the connection between the siblings no matter what she did.
She didn't want to sit and wait for the truth to come out, only to be exiled from Cuenca by Ivan.
She wouldn't leave Cuenca.
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