Chapter 62: Severance of ties,

Chapter 62: Severance of ties, Teaching her a lesson? Looking at Camilla’s haughty demeanor, Clara’s rage almost made her churn out blood. "Camilla! " She intended to advance, but was held in place by two servants and had her mouth gagged. Only her eyes, filled with resentment, glared at Camilla. "Clara," Victoria watched Clara sorrowfully, while glaring fiercely at Camilla. "You ungrateful wretch, remember she’s your cousin!" Ungrateful? The ’grace’ to consume the Rodriguez Family’s wealth under the pretext of adoption? The ’mercy’ to despise her every turn, pushing her to self-destruction? Camilla remained expressionless, her eyes seething with bone-chilling iciness. "I was so lost in dealing with Cousin earlier, I nearly forgot Auntie." She casually said, looking at Victoria. "Auntie Naomi, I have a bad memory, what was Aunt Victoria saying just now?" Aunt Naomi had a cool expression on her face. She repeated word for word what Victoria had berated Camilla about just a while ago. It seems the Sanchez family still dares to insult the young lady of the Luther Family. They really don’t know their place. "I am your aunt, your elder," Victoria’s eyes widened in anger. "What’s wrong with me telling you off? You dare to hit me? This is disrespect!!" "Aunt Victoria, you’re absolutely right, you are my elder, of course I won’t lay my hand on you," Camilla said calmly. Victoria huffed coldly. "This is almost....." Before she could finish her statement, she was interrupted by Camilla’s icy voice. "Auntie Naomi, you do it." "Yes, young madam." Victoria’s face stiffened and she stood frozen in place. Augustine’s face turned serious, stepping forward to intervene. "Camilla, you are actually letting the Luther’s servant fight your aunt? Stop it immediately!" Camilla didn’t even spare her a glance. Aunt Naomi walked up to Victoria with a stern face, and forcefully slapped her twice. "Ah, Camilla, you--" Before she could finish her sentence, her mouth was covered. Augustine’s face turned ashen, looking at Camilla as if she were a stranger. "Camilla, you’re being too much." "Too much? Uncle, you’re being unfair," Camilla said nonchalantly. "Aunt Naomi has taken care of Sinclair since he was a child. Besides my grandfather-in-law, no one dares to treat her unkindly, let alone hit her." While wiping her fingers that had touched Clara with a handkerchief, she took the main seat on the sofa. Augustine’s gaze was heavy. "First Clara hit Aunt Naomi, then she insulted the Lady of the Luther Family. Camilla threw the handkerchief she had used into the trash with a look of disgust. "If I don’t teach Clara a lesson, and it falls into my husband’s hands, it won’t be something that can be solved with just a couple of slaps." Sinclair? The image of Roman full of scars and looking utterly miserable instantly came to mind for the three of them. They had indeed personally witnessed Sinclair’s heartless and ruthless nature. A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of Victoria and Clara. Camilla caught their expressions out of the corner of her eye and a faint smile crept up her lips. Why not take advantage of her husband’s reputation when it’s there? "We are all one family, can we really fall out over a misunderstanding?" Augustine glared at his wife and daughter, sat back down on the sofa, and gently said, "Since you have already given her a lesson, let’s consider this matter over." "However, Sister Clara still owes an apology to Aunt Naomi and me," Camilla lifted her eyes to look at Clara. "If there is no apology, this matter cannot be laid to rest. By that time, I will have no choice but to leave the matter to my husband." She was hit by Camilla and now she has to apologize?! Anger and resentment surged in Clara’s eyes. Augustine heard the threat in Camilla’s words, a shadow quickly flashed at the bottom of his eyes. A moment later, he gritted his teeth and gave Clara a glance. "Clara, apologize." Clara shook her head. Having no other option, Augustine raised his hand and slapped Clara again. "Apologize!!" Tears streamed down Clara’s face, feeling wronged to the extreme, but she didn’t dare to defy Augustine, whose face was gloomy. "....I’m, I’m sorry." Camilla curved her lips. "Okay, that should settle the matter now, right?" Augustine took out two contracts from his bag and placed them in front of Camilla. "Uncle came this time, to deliver your dowry. A dowry? What nice sounding words. "This is the dowry Grandpa left for me," After Camilla checked everything, she gave it to Aunt Naomi. "Uncle was kind enough to bring this to me." Augustine’s face stiffened for a moment, but then he thought of the matter at hand and his expression softened. "Camilla, your uncle is here because there’s something I need to discuss with you." "Is there?" Camilla raised her lips slightly. "Coincidentally, I also have something to discuss with you." What could she possibly have to discuss with him? "What is it? Feel free to speak," Augustine dropped his contemplative expression, saying gently. "As long as it’s within my power, I will definitely not shirk." "You can do it, and only you can," Camilla placed a contract in front of Augustin. "I want to cut ties with the Sanchez family." "You, " Augustine’s pupils abruptly constricted as he looked at Camilla in disbelief. "What did you just say?!" He doubted his own hearing just now. "Mr. Sanchez didn’t misunderstand," Camilla’s lips curled into a slight smile. Word by word, she spoke clearly. "I, am severing all ties with the Sanchez family." Augustine’s pupils abruptly constricted again, standing still in shock. Clara widened her eyes looking at Camilla, with disbelief written all over her face. "Hmph, hmph," Victoria, choked with anger, glared at Camilla, continuously making whimpering sounds from her blocked mouth. "It seems Mrs. Sanchez has something to say," Camilla lifted the teacup in front of her and took a sip as she gazed at Victoria with her lukewarm eyes. "Remove the cloth from her mouth." She was curious to see what this woman had to say. "I DISAGREE!" Victoria, her mouth just freed from the gag, yelled at Camilla. "We, the Sanchez family, have painstakingly raised you all these years. You marry into the Luther Family, then you begin to exalt the high and trample the low, eagerly wanting to get rid of the Sanchez family?" What an ungrateful wretch, it would’ve been better off had they left her starved to death. "Strenuous effort?" "Boost up and belittle?" The smile at the corner of Camilla’s mouth turned colder, and her beautiful eyes were filled with continuous sarcasm. "Isn’t this description more suitable for the Sanchez family?" "Camilla, don’t be wilful," There was a gloom in the depths of Augustine’s eyes, but he pretended to look at Camilla with a concerned expression. ’It’s normal for family members to have minor conflicts, however, your auntie and I’ve always treated you like our own child," His eyes were slightly red, acting like a poignant elder. "Sure, our methods might be a bit severe, but all for your own good." Not a bad acting performance. Unfortunately, she had no interest in playing along. "Are you done?" Camilla’s gaze flitted over Augustine and Victoria’s bodies, her red lips pulling up into a sarcastic smirk. "Are Mr. Sanchez’s so-called good intentions for me involve making me wake up early every day to cook breakfast for the Sanchez family before going to school?" "Or perhaps, using the excuse that the commute to send Clara is inconvenient, to make me walk over an hour to school every day?" Camilla stated these points calmly, her brows and eyes echoing with a subtle, elongated mockery. "Or is it, when the Sanchez family’s business encountered problems, you wished for me to find part-time work to earn my tuition starting in high school?" With every word she said, the faces of Augustine and others grew darker. Yet, Aunty Naomi bit onto her lip, her eyes brimming with sorrow. The lady used to live such a pitiful life. These people from the Sanchez family truly broadened her horizons!! "If none of the above is correct," Camilla’s beautiful eyes held a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, but the chill from her gaze was enough to make one’s heart tremble. "Then does it mean you forced me to sell my dowry left by my grandfather to fill in for the Sanchez family’s debt? I didn’t agree, and that led to me being pushed down the stairs, almost to my death?" Her words rendered the atmosphere into an instant silence. Clara was unable to speak due to her mouth being covered, she could only glare resentfully at Camilla. This cunning girl seemed quiet and unobtrusive, but she didn’t expect her to be so manipulative. She actually remembered all these trivial and old-fashioned matters. "You," Victoria’s eyes gleamed with a hint of guilt, which instantly transformed into uncontrollable anger. "You’re just spouting nonsense!!" At that time, they did not know that the Luther Family had a marriage agreement with Camilla. They had also not expected that the Luther Family would actually fulfill this mismatched marriage contract. "There aren’t many servants in the Sanchez house," Camilla leaned against the sofa and looked at Victoria, speaking indifferently. "Just bring them all over for questioning, then we’ll know whether I’m talking nonsense or not, right?" In the past, Augustine and Victoria’s mistreatment of her were never concealed. "Camilla," Augustine’s face was indescribably unpleasant, his words turned harsh. "We may have not done enough in the past, but in the future, your Uncle..." His words were cut short before he could finish. "Mr. Sanchez, there’s no future between the Sanchez family and me, so there’s no need to continue with these hypocritical words," Camilla looked indifferent, a mocking curve raised at the corners of her eyes. "Also, this severance of ties, I’m not asking for your opinion, but notifying you," She pushed the severance document on the coffee table toward Augustine, her beautiful eyes cold and sharp. "This document, Mr. Sanchez, you have to sign it today, whether you want to or not."