My Substitute Wife is a Bigwig novel Chapter 174

Susan had invested a lot of effort in raising Shannon into a refined young lady. Her beloved daughter shouldn't be such a vindictive and evil person.

However, she couldn't pretend that she hadn't seen the contents of the video. She had remained silent, hoping that Shannon would explain herself.

She never expected Shannon to admit her wrongdoing publicly.

"Why?" Shannon smirked coldly. "It's because Jason was the son of Dad's first wife! The whole family had high hopes for him. Every time we went out, all eyes were on him. No matter how hard I tried, all of you couldn't see me."

She picked up a glass of red wine from the nearby table and took a sip. Then, she laughed aloud maniacally with tears swimming in her eyes.

"Grandma, Dad, you both favor boys over girls. Since I was born, you've never cared for me. In these years, if it weren't for my relentless efforts to excel, would you have acknowledged me as the young lady of the Martinez family?" Shannon asked rhetorically.

"No!" she answered her own question and drained the wine in one gulp.

Then, she slammed the glass down and shouted, "You won't acknowledge me as the young lady of the Martinez family because my mother came from the countryside! She's a stepmother and the second wife, so we don't deserve your recognition!"

Julia and Liam looked at her coldly.

After a while, Liam said solemnly, "I've never shown any preferential treatment toward Jason. You had a share of everything he had. I've never mistreated you in any way."

"Yes, you didn't mistreat me. But how you treated me was even worse than mistreating me!" Shannon bellowed, her face twisted with ferocity.

She ranted, "Every time I came back from school, you only spoke to Jason. Whenever exams were over, you only asked about his grades. Even if I ranked first in class, you just casually asked me to continue working hard."

Tears welled up in Shannon's eyes. "Dad, I'm also your child. Why do you only see Jason and never me?"