Take Revenge After My Rebirth

ind to me-always generous with money

hesitate to choose my father. I even hel

me a traitor and said

led and sa

eady regr

justice, fall to their knees in shame, and pa

my father got caught cheating. Soon

es full of hope. "Ariella.

alia Johnson, then shook off my mom's hand. "I'll go with Dad. He

m went

lways treated me the best. Talia was clearly uncomfortable. And

with the divorce papers and a card loaded with

ere clenched tight. Memories of

back. Go live you

ke them pay-every last one of

atson, and three mont

company. To make sure my mother left the marriage with nothing,

artbroken. She didn't take a single cent. She just walked

for the trap set by Talia and her daughter, failed the exam,

r followed m

mother walked in on my dad

n filed a lawsuit in court t

and calculated betrayal to

, she could finally live

nd take my time ruining

, I turned around and threw my arms around

ld her too tightly, and she had no choice

is whole scene, look

hand to her. "Mom, I called you

ing toward my father l

nudged her with a look. "Ariella called you 'Mom'-

uctantly, she pulled out her pho

usly? That's it? You c

there, sta

!" Louder and louder, until my voice ec

the table. "Send 5, 000! Right now! Haven't I

mmediately sent o

'd just taken a massive hit and couldn't e

m like that? Pur

made it my mission

andbags? I took them and sold

game skin

top running s

sed her of abusing me, of being two-faced.

. She didn't dare fall out with me completely. So sh

squeezed 50, 000 d

d grinned. Then I invested the

less and let everything fall apart. Now, with all the memo

he smeared honey on my toast-kn

ed a half-hearted apology, he

. My father had finally agreed

I lowered my head in silence,

cared. She looked so

wasn't around, I sat down with my father for a heart-to-heart.

dy divorced your mother. You've even started calling Talia 'Mom'. As l

only saying this for your own good. Wouldn't it be smarter to wai

, it was only after Talia got pregnant with a boy that he sta

in this life. I was betting his feelin

gh, he he

y-five. That's a bit old, you know? Way past the ideal age

told me everything. He unde

g my father out to get married. But only a few hours late

e marriage ne

out of the biggest bedroom and redecorat

married into the family, her daughter w

me a fake smile. "Ariella, you've had the best room for so long.

ently left in the corner, then nodded obed

, my father fixed up a previous

ght her a necklace worth fift

ought her daughter bac

ed at my father with sparkling eyes

with affection. "Megan, this is a

her voice got even more

iful on you. We're going out for dinner today. I bet

ned to glance at me with a smu

her hand, and said sweetly,

dress and held it out to he

She didn't move. It wa

ou like it? I saved up my breakfast money to buy it f

and looked at he

er. "Dad! You said she would like me a lot. But she won't even take my

good lesson if I wa

. "Now that I have a stepmom, even my dad doesn't love

wealthy families, most of who

scandal, it would ruin

the dress from me and shoved it into Megan's

at the end

ear the dress today so everyone ca

, but my father cut her off. "Ar

re that ugly dress t

by elegance and style, Megan's outfit stood out

ing their teeth to dust. Their knives and forks scree

mood. I even asked the waiter

he largest size available and hung o

a and Megan official

she became even more desperate to have a son, hoping sh

ility remedy she could find and

the sounds coming from their bedroom-sounds t

eep her on edge, finding new ways to

became to get pregnant. And the more desperate

ushed her luck further and further, he

ple dinner-some roasted chicken, m

the vegetables. I just picked

en on my plate with a smile. "Ariella, no need to

icken herself and chimed in

my father's plate. Then I smiled at the both of them. "I'm not refusi

er a long day at work, Dad deserves to eat well. And here you are, o

instantly, frozen mid-bite, not

a traditional man, self-

re than enough money each month. And this is all you can cook? It's barely enough for the kids. At least Ariella is thoughtf

stiff, and she replied with a soft voice, "I get off

"Then quit your job. It's not lik

She lowered her head

't that stupid. Without a ring on her finger,

she rushed around the hou

the knife a little deeper. "Mom, this dress is mad

e handmade from Yandoria. They gather dust e

ushed with a special tool. You need to clean

e asked my father if she

of all these chores herself. I'm sure Talia can too. You're running a busine

and turned Talia dow

went pale and tired, a far cry from the glamo

she started visiting psychics and so-called spiritual healers, drin

ave me the kind of satisfaction tha

though, was for my mot

ow you. You've always been a kind, loyal girl. There's no way you

ed. She had fina

fort her. "Mom, I'm doing really well, I promis

y becoming the confident, independent w

ve in with her. I turned her dow

e line, she said softly, "Ariella, stay safe. One day

r I belie

p easily. If it hadn't been for me, she never would'

Soon, the night would br

ther had transferred Megan to my school, a

t like me, she was sta

little speech. "Ariella, you're older tha

ct same thing in

still had the audacity to ask me to ta

e me hate M

of the whole class. But I didn't want anyone to know she was my step-sister, so I stayed quiet. Natural

loved to side

o play it smart. Let them

, and when she wouldn

y and said, "No problem, Dad.

etely missing the flash of

our homeroom teacher walke

he entered, everyone's eyes were on her. Sh

stantly targeted by her. My emotions spiraled out of control, and w

by my classmates, gave up on myself,

econd life, the ro

give her any chance

exquisitely than in my previ

uple of boys whi

's totally going to be th

class rep's da

an her introduction in her soft, su

as my

ey everyone, maybe you don't know this yet, but Me

ass turned to

pale, her expressi

mom is my new mom. They just moved into our

l over the

hild. Now, suddenly I had a step-sister a

he way everyone looked a

her up suddenly shut their mou

arly unsure what to say. "Well... let's al

walked over to the boy who'd been praising he

't even flinch. He didn't offer a h

he daughter of a homewrecker, especially not in a pr

floor, stunned. She loo

o scramble up on her own and return to her seat, her eyes burn

my desk was

ned in, concer

gan's mom... th

our step-mother ever

ything's going on at ho

he charge in isolating me...And now, h

thout a flicker of emotion

them. They'd be the pe

ked visibly uneasy. And that was