So far, Meredith Rowan's plan had gone smoothly.
She never intended to stay for the recovery banquet in the first place.
Her target had always been just Shirley Thorne.
She wanted to win Shirley Thorne's favor—the kind born of pity.
She had done her research. Although Shirley Thorne had grown up in a family of Vampires, as the one being bled dry, she was still very empathetic toward ordinary people.
For example, she gave her resort island employees paid leave, promoted agricultural products from struggling farmers on her livestreams, and offered free critiques of art students' paintings.
'Theoretically, a person like that should sympathize with a strong woman like me, who was forced to be a mistress because of her trashy family, right?'
Meredith Rowan saw no flaws in her logic.
Therefore, she wasn't the least bit sad when everyone looked at her with contempt, when the old master glared at her, or when her own son ignored her.
