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Skylar smiled and said, "Let's go to bed. I'm tired."

As soon as Elsie stumbled home in a daze, her father grabbed her arm.

"You said Joe likes you and that he'll help our family so we don't need to fear Alban anymore, right? So what did Joe say? How is he going to help us? Will he give our company some big contracts?"

If it were Alban asking her this, Elsie wouldn't have minded as much. But it was her father.

This made Elsie feel like nothing more than a cheap commodity, traded at will.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Didn't you confidently tell your elder brother about it yesterday? I couldn't believe it when he told me that Joe actually took a liking to you!

"Do you have any idea how many people in Jipsburg have tried to cozy up to him using women, only for that to fail? But it looks like my daughter pulled it off!" Gary Shepard, Elsie's father's face lit up with excitement.

His words carried the joy of someone believing that their family was finally about to climb to a higher social class, no longer at the mercy of Alban Rowe.

Elsie's face turned pale, her mind blank. "No, no! Joe doesn't like me at all! He treats me like a joke! Are you satisfied now?"

How could she have a father like this? A father who encouraged her to become Joe's mistress!

No, it didn't start with Joe. He had first pushed her toward Alban!

Knowing full well that she would just be another plaything to Alban, her father had still sent her off without hesitation for the sake of the company and his own gains.

"What? What are you saying? Didn't you tell me you had already made Joe fall for you?" Gary was taken aback.

He had been dreaming about it the whole day. But now that dream was shattered before it could come true.

"Are you even my father? Are you? When you pushed me toward Alban, did you ever consider that he's even older than you? How could I have a father like you? You're willing to sell your own daughter for your own gain!" Elsie shouted angrily. But as soon as the words left her mouth, she was slapped across the face.

"Have I ever wronged you? I sent you to a private school! If you hadn't been so disappointing, I would've sent you to study abroad! It's your own fault you failed to win over Joe!

"Now, when I ask you to contribute

to this family, you refuse? You even insult me! If you're okay with all of us cramming into a tiny rental room in the future, then go ahead and don't meet with Alban!"

Gary, humiliated by his daughter's accusations, was flushed with anger and gave Elsie two more slaps.

Elsie's lips started bleeding. She clutched her face, glaring at the man before her with hatred. "I'm not going to see Alban!"

After meeting someone like Joe, how could she lower herself to be with Alban?

She could endure hardship. She could find a job. But she wouldn't degrade herself like that again.

Maybe, just maybe, if Joe saw her working hard and struggling, he would finally fall for her.

Besides, she firmly believed there were no such things as negative items.

She had been reborn. The heavens had given her a second chance so she could turn her life around!noveldrama

"I'm cutting ties with you! I won't rely on you anymore, and I'll never come back to this house!" Elsie shouted her final words in fury before pushing the door open and running out

....

A few days later, Aiken sent over a file with Raven's personal information.

Raven Garrett, a native of Craestin, was 29 years old and graduated from Craestin University. She had worked in sales at a foreign trade company for several years.

A few months ago, she broke up with her boyfriend of eight years Then, she left her job and came to Jipsburg six months ago, where she started selling women's clothing through online live streams.

There wasn't much else.

Raven wasn't fond of socializing and didn't have many friends. She now ran her own live-streaming business with seven or eight employees, often hosting the streams herself. "I also found surveillance footage showing that she met with Elsie."