Chapter 15

North grabbed Linda by the neck. “You threw my mother’s possessions away?”

Melinda started crying while shaking her head. “Don’t do this, North! Your mother passed away young, so her things bring bad luck! If we had kept them, they would’ve brought misfortune to Grandpa! We got rid of them for your sake t—”

Linda started yelling at North. “Yeah, I threw them! So?! Are you going to hit me?! You’re just a b*tch who took Melinda’s place as the rightful heiress! You have no ri—”

North moved her hand to Linda’s chin and slapped her with her other hand.

North’s grip was so strong that Linda felt like her chin was about to be crushed. “North, how dare you?!”

“Grandpa! Come here! North is going to kill us!” Melinda cried out.

Hurried footsteps came from above. When Ian saw what was happening, he spoke without thinking. “North, what are you doing? Let Linda go. She’s your stepmother. How could you do this? Apologize!”

Linda immediately stopped acting arrogantly and began crying. “It’s f