Chapter 533 Intentional
She thought she would never have a chance to make things up to Sophia in this lifetime, but then, unexpectedly, Isabella appeared.
After Isabella went to prison, she figured out a lot of things.
For example, Isabella was imprisoned for drugging Sophia, and two years ago, when Seraphine died, Isabella had a hand in that, too.
She had watched Isabella grow up. Back then, she was tricked by Hayden into choosing to bring Isabella home, precisely because Isabella looked somewhat similar to Sophia.
She never imagined that from that moment on, she had already been manipulated by Hayden.
Later, when Sophia was brought back home, she originally felt guilty toward Sophia.
But Isabella would quietly come to her crying every day. When she asked Isabella what happened, Isabella would just shake her head and put on a pitiful look, saying, "Mom, don't blame Sophia, she didn't mean it."
She had raised Isabella for over ten years, so naturally, she was closer to Isabella and never doubted whether what Isabella said was true or false.
She didn't want to make excuses for herself—wrong was wrong. She had hurt Sophia, and she would spend the rest of her life repenting.
But the reason she hurt Sophia was mostly because of Isabella.
So she hated Isabella!
Every day when she opened her eyes and saw Isabella putting on that pitiful act in front of everyone, she couldn't help wondering if Sophia felt the same despair back then that she felt now.
Maybe Sophia was even much more desperate than her.
Two years had passed, and Isabella hadn't changed one bit.
When Isabella first entered prison and saw her, joy immediately flashed in Isabella's eyes, and then she came over to complain about her grievances.
Isabella said these two years hadn't been easy for her, and that she didn't mean to abandon Olivia back then.
But Olivia would never believe Isabella's words again.
Olivia had been deceived by Isabella too many times, and her heart had gradually grown cold.
Olivia originally thought that since Isabella was already locked up in prison, she had received her punishment.
Didn't Isabella want to become someone important? From now on, that hope was completely gone.
Probably nothing could hit Isabella harder than this.
But Olivia never expected that Isabella would badmouth Sophia in front of others, even saying that Sophia had stolen the identity and marriage that should have been hers.
Later on, Isabella acted close to her on the surface, but would often speak badly of Sophia in her ear.
She spoke in a very low voice, probably only the two of them could hear.
Olivia held back again and again, until Sophia's wedding day, when she really couldn't take it anymore.
There was a TV in the prison, and she didn't know if Benjamin had specifically arranged it, but the prison TV was actually broadcasting Sophia's wedding.
Olivia watched with tears streaming down her face, and then she heard Isabella muttering quietly beside her, saying many things, cursing Sophia.
From that moment on, she began her plan.
Actually, the injuries on her body weren't caused by Isabella at all—she did them to herself.
Didn't Isabella know how to fake things?
She could do that too.
It just so happened that when they fought, it was in a surveillance blind spot—a place she had scouted for several days to find.
Just four or five years in prison was too easy on Isabella.
A woman like Isabella, so calculating and vicious, should stay in prison until she dies.
Heath let out a heavy sigh. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. Sawyer and Flynn also fell silent.
Olivia's face was weak, but her expression was relaxed, without no resentment or unwillingness in her eyes.
"You don't need to worry about me. Being able to see Sophia once is already an unexpected joy for me. I'm very happy and already satisfied."
She originally thought she was going to die. Although she still had many regrets left unfulfilled, the moment she saw Sophia, she felt her whole life was complete.
Her only regret was that she hadn't earned her forgiveness yet.
Maybe it would never happen in this lifetime, but that was okay—as long as Sophia was happy, that was enough.
She wasn't a good mother.
She hoped that in the next life, she could still be Sophia's mother, and she would do everything in her power to make it up to Sophia.
If there was a next life.
Chase investigated what happened in the prison and compiled the information into a report for Benjamin.
Benjamin immediately guessed Olivia's intentions. He stared at the materials Chase sent and fell into silence.
His impression of Olivia remained from long ago—Olivia didn't hesitate to hurt Sophia for Isabella's sake. She had even come to the White Manor specifically to find Sophia, wanting to ask for her forgiveness.
But while Olivia said she was asking Sophia for forgiveness, she actually acted all high and mighty.
Olivia, that such a fool, who had been played for a fool, could have the courage to do something like this was really beyond Benjamin's expectations.
Sophia came out of the lounge and saw him staring blankly at the computer screen. She curiously walked over.
"What are you looking at? You're so absorbed in it."
Benjamin immediately turned off his phone and pulled her into his arms. "Nothing, just browsing the news."
Sophia looked at him suspiciously: "Really?"
Benjamin's expression didn't change: "Really."
Fortunately, Sophia didn't press further. She thought about Olivia and Sawyer and the others, feeling a bit uncomfortable.