The Daughter She Never Chose Chapter 09By Novel7s / June 23, 2026 The Daughter She Never Chose Chapter 09Julian panicked. “Mom!”Mom turned back to me, jaw clenched, scrambling for control.“Fine! I lied! So what?”“You think I had a choice? You were born cold-blooded. You’ve never cared about anyone but yourself!”“If I hadn’t found a way to keep you in line, would you have lifted a finger for us? Would you have cared whether we lived or died?”“And lie or no lie, I’m still your mother! I raised you all these years!”“You’re handing over that house and that money whether you like it or not!”“If you don’t, I’ll pretend you were never born. I’ll disown you. I’ll write you out of my life permanently. You’ll be dead to me!”I almost laughed.Even now, she thought she could hold our relationship over my head like a weapon.Which proved she knew. She’d always known I did those things out of love, not to show off.She just refused to admit it.As if the real crime was being more successful than her son.It didn’t matter anymore. I was done compromising.“Fine. Disown me. Let’s do it.”I didn’t even hesitate.That wasn’t the answer they expected. The air in the room vanished.“You can’t be serious…”Mom’s hand was shaking so hard she couldn’t keep it straight. Her breath came in short, ragged bursts.Dad grabbed her arm to steady her and glared at me.“She doesn’t mean it. She’s just upset! Why do you have to provoke her like this?”“We’re family! Does everything have to be a business deal with you?”“Are you going to keep going until you’ve destroyed this entire family?”“Family?”The word almost made me laugh.“When have you ever treated me like one?”“You lie to your family? You threaten to disown them every time they don’t give you what you want?”“You take everything your daughter does for you and twist it into something ugly?”Dad’s mouth clamped shut.I didn’t give them time to regroup.“If everything I’ve done was just an act, then you don’t need any of it.”“Give it all back.”
