Episode 5

The following morning, very early, Susana rose from bed and left her room without anyone noticing.

She descended the stairs stealthily until she reached the outside. It was winter, and white snow covered almost the entire mansion.

A gust of wind lifted Susana's blonde hair. The biting cold momentarily froze the girl's body.

Despite the cold, Susana pressed on. She walked up to the pool, regarded the incredibly icy water, and a sinister smile spread across her lips.

Susana plotted to drench Diana with a bucket of frigid water. Only this way would the girl miss her wedding to Edwin.

After filling a pail with enough water, Susana returned inside the mansion… Her body shook uncontrollably; it was impossible for her to take one more step.

Yet, her hatred for Diana was deeper. Susana left the pail beside the stairs and hurried to remove her fur coat…

Feeling even colder, the girl approached the fireplace to warm up her body… For a moment, Susana sat by the fireplace until she felt no more chill.

Ready to ruin Diana and Edwin’s wedding, Susana went back to the pail with water, dipped a finger to ensure it was still sufficiently cold.

Noticing that it still contained pieces of ice, an enormous grin took over Susana’s lips.

She grabbed the bucket, and hastened to the corridor leading to Diana’s small room…

Upon reaching the most hidden room in the mansion, Susana slowly opened the door, doing it so gently that Diana remained unaware of her cousin’s intentions.

Seeing the girl fast asleep, Susana didn't hesitate to throw the icy water over Diana.

Diana woke instantly, the water shockingly cold. Even if she wanted to scream, it was impossible. Not a single sound escaped her.

"Can't scream? What a shame for you, wretch!" Susana mocked her cruelly.

Diana felt like she was drowning, her hands trembling violently as she tried to wipe the water from her face.

Unable to clear the water completely, Diana got out of bed, which, like her, was soaked through.

Diana wrapped her arms around herself, trying to warm her slender body. However, seeing the girl try to survive her cruelty,

Susana tossed the bucket aside, approached Diana, fully intending to hit her and disfigure her face.

However, Teresa had seen Susana enter Diana's room. Knowing it bode no good, while she hadn't stopped Susana from dousing Diana with cold water, she did prevent her from inflicting further harm on the girl she considered her granddaughter.

"ENOUGH!"

"You have no right to treat this poor child so cruelly!"

Teresa grabbed Susana’s arm and with all her might pushed her back, completely thwarting any harm she might have done to Diana…

Yet, Susana took little pleasure in Teresa siding with Diana…

Susana raised her hand and brought it down hard across the elderly lady’s face, who was over fifty years old.

"Who do you think you are to lay your filthy hands on me?!"

"Have you forgotten who stands before you? You’re nothing but a servant, a wretch like her!"

So enraged, Susana didn’t stop striking the old woman before her. Seeing Teresa fall to the cold floor,

Diana could bear no more. She approached Susana and delivered a strong slap. Susana lost her balance and fell to the floor, alongside Teresa.

Diana was terribly frightened of the consequences, but she didn't care. She helped Teresa to her feet and walked beside the bed.

Susana also stood, furious. She approached Diana with the intention of making her suffer.

Susana grabbed Diana's forearm, twisted her body with a single tug. But Diana was tired of the abuse she endured from her cousin; she slapped Susana again and then pushed her out of the room.

Stunned, Susana stood outside for a short while, it was the first time Diana had dared such a thing...

She began pounding at Diana’s door and screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Open this damn door!!!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"You bitch!"...

Inside the room, Teresa covered Diana with a warm blanket. Because of the bucket of ice water that Susana had thrown at her; Diana couldn't stop sneezing, and her body was cold.

Her skin was as white as a piece of paper. Teresa tried to warm Diana with her body, yet the girl kept shivering from the chill.

Outside the room, Mateo and his wife immediately came down upon hearing Susana's screams. Seeing her hammer on the door, Mateo approached his daughter.

"What is this scandal?!"

"That filthy wretch hit me!"

The marks from Diana’s slap were evident on Susana’s pretty face.

Mateo, enraged, banged on the door furiously, unwilling to allow his daughter to be hit by someone he considered her inferior.

After listening to Mateo’s yells, Teresa moved away from Diana, opened the door. In seconds, the man entered the room…

He walked up to Diana, hitting her hard across the face.

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