Chapter 152 The Carrot and the Stick

Erin stared fixedly at Serena's cold profile, silently mulling over that warning of hers again and again. So, Lila, who, in her eyes, had always been worthless and only fit to carry her shoes, had now become someone the entire Hart family needed to curry favor with. Hatred and jealousy coiled densely around her heart, squeezing until she could barely breathe. Why did Lila get such Heaven-defying luck? Erin refused to accept it, but she also knew this wasn't the time to challenge her head-on. She'd been kicked out of the Hart residence without any money to her name. Even her personal freedom had only been won back through threats. She had nothing to fight with Lila, so she had to endure the torment for now. She would endure this until she took back everything that belonged to her. The malicious and twisted expression on her face quickly smoothed away in just a few seconds. In their place appeared a frail softness tinged with sycophancy. "Mom, I know that I made a lot of mistak