The relatives looked embarrassed and tried to change the topic.

But Linda continued to criticize me relentlessly.

Even Sarah added fuel to the fire on the side.

"My mom doesn't care if I'm happy or not. She just wants me to get good grades so she can show off. Unlike Kate. She genuinely wants me to be happy."

Sitting next to Linda, Kate lowered her eyes, but her words revealed her satisfaction.

"Sarah, please don't say that. Alice is just busy with work and doesn't have time for you. If you say that about her, she will be upset."

Sarah glanced at me disdainfully.

"If she is upset, then so be it. If she dares to do it, why would she be afraid of what others say?"

Kate sighed, seemingly feeling guilty.

But she smiled faintly.

In my previous life, I was constantly stressed because of my relationship with Linda. I didn't have time to pay attention to Kate.

She was a few years younger than me. She was hired as a nanny by Jack, Jack Lee.

Per Jack, I was too busy with work, and I didn't have time for the family.

With kids and elders at home, he needed a woman to take care of the family.

So, Kate was responsible for cooking and most of the housework.

"Now think about it, what Kate does is exclude me from this family."

In my previous life, I was instantly furious upon hearing such words.

I questioned Linda why she repeatedly instigated the relationship between me and Sarah.

Sarah was the kid I gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy. I couldn't accept that Sarah thought of me like this.

After I defended myself, Sarah took a video of me secretly finding a private fitness instructor, maliciously edited it, and posted it online. She even spread a false scandal about me.

The painful experience of being cyberbullied in my previous life made me tremble uncontrollably.

Thinking of this, I suppressed the emotions in my heart and pretended to agree, saying, "Sarah is right. I'm usually too busy to take care of her, let alone Jack. Thanks to Kate for taking care of the family. I may have to trouble you in the future."

...

Kate got up a little flattered and quickly raised her glass to toast me.

"Alice, you're too polite. These are all things I should do. Sarah is still young. If you don't have time to take care of her, I'll treat her as my own Sarah."

I smiled and drank the wine.

"Kate, will you treat Sarah as your own Sarah when you have your biological daughter in the future?"

At this moment, Sarah stopped eating snacks and pricked up her ears, waiting to hear Kate's answer.

Kate was stunned by my question. She glanced at Sarah, who was full of expectation, and then at Jack, Jack. A hint of shyness suddenly appeared on her face.

And Jack understood what was going on. He glanced at her belly as if there were some rare treasures hidden in Kate's womb.

Not only me but also the relatives around me noticed Jack's abnormality.

Everyone cast glances at me sympathetically.

Combining this with my experience in my previous life, I suddenly realized something.

Jack had been together with Kate. They even had a child.

He brought Kate home, pretending to make her a nanny and letting her take care of Sarah. He was trying to ruin the relationship between me and this family, which was to make me give in to Kate.

"No wonder shortly after Kate came to this family, everyone in the family unanimously wanted to kick me out."

"So, it was all to make way for Kate, a pretentious mistress?"

Just at this moment, Kate spoke with a gentle smile on her face.

"Sarah is the cutest girl I have ever seen. Even if I have my baby in the future, I will treat her as my own Sarah."

Hearing this, Sarah instantly breathed a sigh of relief. The snacks in her hand became even more delicious. But there was a hint of sarcasm in her words.

"Some people tried to sow discord between me and Kate, but they failed, right? If Kate were my mother, that would be great."

As soon as she finished her words, everyone at the dining table was silent instantly.

Everyone wanted to see my reaction.

But I pushed the drink on the table to the front of Sarah.

"Sarah, don't you like this juice? Drink more."

Sarah was a little impatient.

"I'll drink whatever I want. You don't need to worry about it."

I smiled.

"Don't worry. From now on, I won't interfere with you anymore."

"Since you like Kate so much, why don't we let Kate live with us directly? You are in a key high school now. You are under a lot of academic pressure, and you need to keep up with nutrition. With Kate here, Mom will feel more at ease."

Sarah, who had been frowning, was instantly relaxed. There was some excitement that she couldn't hide in her eyes.

"Really?"

I nodded to indicate my agreement.

Sarah immediately hugged Kate's arm excitedly and shouted, "Great, now I can see Kate every day!"

...

But Jack, Jack, looked troubled.

"But Kate is pregnant. Will it be too much trouble for her to move in and take care of you?"

Kate quickly replied, "I'm fine. I can take care of Sarah and this family."

...

At this moment, Linda spoke up.

"Kate graduated from a prestigious university. With her taking care of Sarah, Sarah will be able to get into a good university."

Looking at the whole family getting along with Kate, a mistress, I suddenly felt nauseous in my stomach.

They probably don't know that Kate did graduate from a prestigious university.

However, she was a worker in the cafeteria of the prestigious university, not a student.

Later, she was fired by the canteen because of messing around with various men.

To find a job, she forged her educational background and met Jack, Jack, while looking for a job. The two of them quickly got together.

After successfully becoming a nanny in my house, she used the excuse of attending a prestigious university to say that she wanted to tutor Sarah.

She was learning as she went.

Even though she was tutoring, she could only solve some very simple questions.

But Sarah had a serious problem of being weak in certain subjects.

I could only try my best to find teachers who could help her in those weak subjects. I asked them to pay more attention to Sarah's studies.

Because of this, I had to visit those teachers during the holidays. I even spend tens of thousands of dollars each month to get them to give her special treatment.

In the end, Sarah was admitted to a prestigious high school. All the credit went to Kate alone.

"Since Sarah trusts Kate so much, Kate will be the only one to tutor her in the future."

"I want to see if Sarah can get into her dream university without my support behind her."

In addition, I canceled the international dance training class that I spent 80 thousand dollars on for Sarah.

With this money, I enrolled myself in a special class and booked a luxury tour for my parents.

As I recalled my previous life, my parents ran around to help me seek justice. In the end, they were depressed to death due to online bullying. I was so sad that I couldn't breathe.

"In this life, I want to make it up to them and myself."

"I will never spend money on unworthy people again. After all, I earn money the hard way!"

I said it, and I did it. After I stopped taking care of Sarah's life, she became more and more reckless.

She ate snacks and drank coffee every day. She stayed up all night playing games.

The dance that she used to be proud of was neglected by her.

Several times in the middle of the night, I heard Sarah frequently getting up to go to the bathroom.

If it were in my previous life, I would take her to the hospital for a check-up, fearing that there would be the slightest problem with her body.

"But in this life, I don't want to bother with her."

I started to put all my energy into my work and self-improvement, going early and returning home late every day.

Finally, someone couldn't hold it in anymore.

The first one to make trouble for me was Linda. Seeing me coming back from overtime again in the middle of the night, she didn't care if I was tired from work. Instead, she questioned me with a stern look.

"Why are you back so late again? Do you have another man outside? You don't do any housework at home. Do you want to rebel?"

I was speechless,

"Who said that I have to do all the housework in this family? Are you all disabled? Besides, isn't there Kate? We hired her to do these things, right? Or is she here to take care of you in your old age?"

At this time, Sarah came out of the bedroom.

She seemed to have gained a lot of weight again. Her face was revealing an abnormal flush.

"Mom, why did you cancel my international dance training class?"

I looked puzzled.

"Didn't you tell me not to interfere with your life anymore? I did it according to your request."

Sarah stomped her feet in anger.

"I told you not to cancel the training class for me. Hurry up and re-register for me while there's still time!"

I let out a derisive snort.

"I spent the registration fee. If you want to go to the training class, let your dad pay for it, or ask your grandma or Kate."

Sarah was furious.

"What? You spent the money for my training class? How could you do this? I'm your daughter. Isn't it natural for you to spend money on me? You're so unreasonable. You don't deserve to be my mom!"

Seeing that Sarah looked at me as if I were an enemy, I was helpless and disappointed.

I remembered I quit my job that paid me tens of thousands of dollars a month when she was born. I did so to take care of her and became a full-time housewife.

The disdain of Linda and the indifference of Jack almost made me depressed.

It felt bad to ask Jack for money. It was probably at this time that I saw the true colors of this family.

Later, Sarah started to go to school. I went out to work, hoping to regain the past glory.

But I had a difficult time.

Currently, Linda and Jack didn't show me any consideration. Instead, they said that I only knew how to be wild outside and forgot that I had a family to take care of.

I knew that work and family couldn't be balanced, so I wanted to make up for Sarah in material aspects.

From her childhood to adulthood, I always tried to give her the best.

But when it came to myself, I saved money in every way.

After she started to go to school, I enrolled her in the best special classes.

To enrich her extracurricular life, I took her on an international trip every year.

No matter how expensive the toys or clothes were, if she liked them, I would grit my teeth and buy them.

But in Jack's eyes, my behaviors were a waste of money.

And in Linda's eyes, I was being extravagant.

When I was not at home, Linda and Jack talked bad about me behind my back every day.

They even invited the pregnant mistress into our home under the pretext of taking care of Sarah.

And in my previous life, I didn't have the slightest clue.

Sarah thought that I was not a competent mother.

She enjoyed the benefits I gave her, but she looked down on me at the same time.

Thinking about this, I was so furious.

"Since you think I'm not worthy of being your mother, then I won't be. Find someone else who is suitable to be your mother!"

Sarah's face turned red when she argued with me.

In my previous life, I always went along with Sarah. I never raised my voice at her like this.

She incredulously shouted at me.

"If you don't want to be my mother, then don't! I don't want to see you anymore!"

"Sarah killed me in my previous life. In this life, I have decided to live for myself."

Hearing her say such words, I was extremely disappointed.

Sarah was like this, which was closely related to the education of Linda and Jack since her childhood.

"Since they want me to give up my position for the pretentious mistress, I will fulfill their wish."

"I want to see what kind of life they can have without me in this family."

With such a thought in my mind, I spoke expressionlessly.

"Sarah, as long as I'm not divorced from your dad, I own half of this house. You have no right to kick me out! If you don't want to see me again, find a way to let your dad divorce me! After the divorce, I promise that I won't give you an opportunity even if you want to see me!"

After finishing my words, I left the house, leaving the stunned Linda and Sarah behind.