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Caraline's rage slowly slackened. The light of the fire and Deric were trapped in her beady eyes. On the other hand, her chest warmed after hearing those words. It was true, the Wattson family tended to make money and wealth the standard of judgment.

Speaking of that, it instantly brought Caraline back to the reality of the life she had lived. Her father had to be evicted just because he chose to live with her mother who was a commoner. The bullying that happened to her was a result of that decision. To stand on equal footing with the rest of the Wattson family, Caraline had to pay for it all with hard work to get to where she was today.

"All I see is you try to get on their level," Deric said.

"Is that the wrong thing to do?" asked Caraline in a stern tone, "You never know what I've sacrificed to get where I am."

"You're way ahead of them. So don't even try to stand beside them because you're walking backward."

"What are you saying?" Caraline rolled her eyes.

"You're running on your