Chapter 245

The door slammed shut, snapping Penelope out of her daze. The moment she realized what had just happened, she clutched her head and let out a sharp scream. She never imagined that even at the very last moment, Sebastian would still recognize she wasn't Julia. Not only that, he rejected her without the slightest hesitation and even warned her outright. "How could you do this to me, Sebastian?" Her shrill cries went unanswered. She had thrown away her dignity, swallowed the shame of being nothing more than Julia's stand-in, and endured humiliation after humiliation… only for this? How could she possibly accept it? "No… I won't lose. I won't." While staggering to her feet, she stumbled to the bed and shoved aside the pillows until she found her phone. After unlocking it with shaking hands, she pulled up the camera and replayed what it had recorded. The corner of her lips curled upward. "Sebastian, you look down on me and think Julia is more dignified than I am, right? Let's see if