When My Stepmother Mistook Me for a Mistress, My Father Went Mad

"Ladies, get the tools we used for the garden renovation from the car."

In no time, they all stood in front of Aria, each holding a shovel or a pickaxe.

Ignoring the pain on my face, I grabbed her pant leg and begged.

"Please, whatever you want, take it out on me. Don't disturb the dead, I beg you."

"Get lost," she snapped, kicking me aside.

A light rain began to fall.

She grabbed the pickaxe, glancing at the sky. "Hurry up, we can't delay my wedding."

I was pinned down by several people, struggling helplessly, sobbing.

The rain, my tears, and blood all mingled together.

I felt angry, helpless, and full of guilt.

The raised grave was slowly flattened, then dug into.

My heart plummeted into despair.

My grandmother's urn was exposed before my eyes.

Aria reached for it. I lost it, biting the bridesmaid who was holding me down with all my strength.

She let go in pain, and I stumbled forward, crashing into Aria.

Aria lost her balance, stepping on her wedding dress. She fell to the ground.

I quickly shielded my grandmother's urn with my body.

"You wretch! My custom wedding dress!" Aria screamed.

Covered in mud, Aria's eyes burned with fury as she grabbed a shovel and slammed it onto my back.

Then, a crowd of people started kicking and punching me.

I held onto my grandmother's ashes tightly as the beating continued, feeling like my soul was being ripped from my body.

"Don't be afraid, Grandma. Even if I die, I'll protect you."

The wooden urn was now stained with thick, sticky blood.

I thought, I might really die here.

With all the strength I had left, I raised my head and glared at each one of them.

"You... you... and you...

"Don't worry. I'll remember all of you. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go."

Maybe it was the sight of my bloodshot eyes and the rage in my face that scared them.

They stopped.

But Aria kicked me in the back, sneering.

"Even if a ghost showed up today, it wouldn't stop my wedding or keep me from doing what's right.

"Trying to scare us with ghosts? Why hasn't your mom come back to help you?

"Is she ashamed of you, or just too useless? Want me to ask her for you?"

Her eyes blazing, she stepped forward to grab the urn from me.

I backed up a few steps, then seized a pickaxe and started swinging it wildly at them.

I didn't have much strength left, but I swore the first person who got close would know what happens to those who stand out.

Even Aria hesitated.

But she wasn't ready to back down.

She turned to a red-haired woman behind her.

"Layla, forget the $30,000 you owe me. Today, I want her to kneel and beg for forgiveness.

"Lily, didn't your husband need an investment for his project? I'll talk to Grayson about it later.

"Mila, your kid wants to get into that top school, right? I'll take care of it."

...

She rallied the group one by one, and just like that, they were all fired up again.

I swung the pickaxe, but they seemed to feel no pain.

In the end, during the struggle, Aria snatched the urn from me.

She raised it, ready to smash it to the ground.

I begged her desperately.

"No, please... I'm begging you..."

I dropped to my knees in front of her.

"I'm kneeling. I'll do anything you want.

"Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Please, give it back. I'm begging you."

Aria looked smug.

"Oh? Not so tough now, huh? Where's that fight you had earlier?

"But it's too late now."

She kicked me to the ground, but her phone rang.

It was my dad.

"Aria, you could've at least told me you took my phone.

"Do you even know I've got important news to share?

"Stay where you are. I'm coming to meet you right now."

As soon as the call ended, everyone around her started panicking.

"Aria, let's get out of here! If Mr. Perry finds out what we did to his daughter, he won't let us off easy."

Aria stood frozen, not moving an inch.

"She's just a bastard. A homewrecker. If I let her go, do you think she'll leave me alone? She'll ruin my wedding for sure.

"This wedding is my dream. There's no way I'll let her ruin it."

She stared at me, thinking.

"Didn't you just say you'd give me whatever I wanted?

"Well... I want you to disappear."