C233 Destiny Was Such a Boring Thing

Upon hearing those words, the last flicker of hope in Margaret's eyes vanished. She collapsed to the ground, lost and forlorn, and whispered to herself, "I knew it, I always knew... I was never in your hearts. To the Cooke family, I've always been nothing but expendable."

Clifford responded with icy detachment, "Obviously, you're merely a concubine's daughter from a side branch