Chapter 168

"Why the sad face? You already tried that before but the only difference between you and I is that I didn't fail!" Madison deadpanned. "So now, I'm the problem?" Riley asked again. "If you had succeeded in your quest for power, you wouldn't be here, cowering behind my back like a mommy's pet!" Riley's eyes turned red and she immediately wiped the tears off the corner of her eyes. "No! No! No!" Riley shook her head vehemently as she pointed her index finger towards her. "You don't get to turn this round to me! Never! I tried my best okay! I did everything I could..." "But you failed!" Madison cut in. Riley scoffed; "You saying it like you're the perfect one. If you were planning to hide the secret of my lineage forever, you should have done better!" "Did you have any idea what I had to pass through in this family, in your hands?? Every minute of my life, I had to live up to you and that damned man's expectations!" "I've always had to surpass that bitch in his eyes but how could I? I can