Todos os capítulos de I’ll Take The Love You Don’t Want: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

Observing my fawning demeanor, Cassie Bailey curled her lip in disdain. “Selling your dignity for a little money and calling a stranger your mother? How avaricious.”As she spoke, the Bulgari bracelet on her slender wrist caught the sunlight and threw sharp flashes of light in every direction.[Why is this side character trying so hard to steal the spotlight? So desperate for attention. When will she be written off?][Relax. The moment she leaves the orphanage tomorrow, she’ll get hit by a car and torn apart in the crash.]Reading those words suspended in the air, I shuddered and clutched the hem of Ann Moore’s jacket even tighter.The orphanage had a rule. Upon turning eighteen, one must leave. It so happened that Cassie and I were the same age. If I wanted to live, there was no other way.Before me stood my only chance.At the very least, I had to get into Ann’s car and change the fate that was waiting for me at the end of the road. Many people had gathered on site, all hopi

Ann decided to adopt me.Upon hearing the news, Cassie rolled her eyes and took the hand of the man who was living on government assistance beside her. “Dad, even if you can’t give me great wealth, I believe you can give me a lot of love.”[Oh my God, our girl actually called him “Dad”! The fact that she values love over money makes her one of a kind. I’m obsessed!][Exactly. Our girl’s nothing like that gold-digging side character who only cares about wealth.]There was a lot of paperwork for the adoption process, so no one could leave just yet. To break the strange tension, Sophia suggested that everyone stay for dinner before leaving.The kitchen staff went off to prepare the meal, while those of us being adopted returned to our rooms to pack. Calling them rooms was generous. Mine was little more than a shelter thrown together from scrap metal on the empty patch of ground beside the pigpen.Other than Cassie, who had a proper bedroom, the rest of us lived like strays, curled

The phone hit the asphalt and was crushed to pieces under the tires. “That phone was bought with Mom’s money too. Since you despise her money so much, you shouldn’t use it either.”The window rolled shut, sealing us off from the noise outside.Ann leaned back against her seat and closed her eyes. Her silence marked her stance.“You have so much money. What harm is there in letting me spend some of it? This SUV costs millions, but you suddenly draw the line over a phone? Money is all you care about. No wonder you turned forty and found yourself all alone!”Before she could continue, the driver had heard enough. He pulled the car over to the side of the road.“Miss Cassie, since you’re above all this filthy money, perhaps you shouldn’t ride a vehicle purchased with it. Feel free to walk yourself back to school.”Cassie’s face turned crimson. Seeing that no one spoke up to stop her, she climbed out of the car with visible reluctance.“You old, barren thing. Don’t come begging for

I had never sat for the full exams.It was all because Sophia said no one was allowed to outshine Cassie.No matter how gifted I might have been, missing one entire subject left my final score stuck at the undergraduate cutoff line, and I lost my chance at Orktan University.“A near miss doesn’t matter. I’ll donate a building to make up the difference.”Money could not buy everything, but without money, one could do nothing. At the very least, it could clean up a mess in an instant.On the day I went to register for classes, I saw Cassie again.She was wearing an outdated, ragged floral dress and an apron stained with grease. Beneath the apron, her hands were chapped, red, and swollen.She had clearly been doing intense manual labor, such as washing dishes, scrubbing, and cleaning.Through the floating comments, I learned what had happened.The loan sharks had tracked Cassie down using her information.Just before the debt collectors came knocking, Rob and Lisa had grabbed th

Of course, there was another reason behind my little performance.Shamelessly taking the handout would have gotten me torn apart.However, if I borrowed just enough of Cassie’s whole “money wasn’t everything” act, I could win people over instead.Sure enough, the very next second, Ann appeared moved by my words. She slipped the ring that symbolized the heir’s identity onto my finger.The press conference ended on that perfect image.One of the loan sharks spotted Cassie in the crowd during the broadcast. Using the chaos after the press conference, they slipped into the crowd and grabbed her.Just before she was dragged away with a hand clamped over her mouth, she screamed my name. “Ellie! Everything you have now is thanks to me! You wouldn’t be standing where you are if it weren’t for me! You can’t just stand there and do nothing. You have to save me!”I suddenly recalled a question Ann had asked me a few days ago.“Do bad people know they’re bad?”No. They did not.Just li