Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
A/N: Marrying Edward Cullen was certainly going to help me get revenge against my arrogant step-brothers. But well, he found out about my 'plan', and unfortunately I've fallen for him.
BPOV
"Are you trying to get me fired from the board? How could you do it?" I said with disbelief to Emmett, my step-brother at Renee, my step-mother's birthday party. One of the other board members just blurted about this to me, and I was in shock. Probably I shouldn't be in shock. Emmett and Jasper were completely capable of doing this!
My father had an affair with my mother four years after his marriage, and I was born as a result of that shit. My mother was happily raising me alone as a single parent, but unfortunately, she succumbed to Cancer when I was two.
She had contacted my father before she died to give my responsibility to him, and that spoiled everything for Charlie Swan and his 'happy' family!
Renee didn't leave him because she said she 'loved' him, irrespective of what he did, but she could never accept me, and neither did their sons - Emmett and Jasper.
They had never missed a chance to make me feel how unwanted I was. I could never understand what I did wrong, but I knew everyone hated me, including my own father.
"Not really sure where you heard that..." Emmett said.
"If I had an ounce of self-respect, I'd have resigned by now!" Jasper said.
"No, I'm not going to go anywhere. It's my father's family business, and I've every right to be here. I'm not going anywhere. Just deal with it!" I said.
Yes, I could have gone away after my father's death and found something else and leave all this toxicity behind, but that would be everything these fucking assholes wanted! I wasn't going to let go of my rights easily and let them live in peace. Because I had faith I'd get a chance to get back at them some day!
"I think this is not the right place to discuss this," Emmett said, "It's our mother's birthday party, and if you don't mind, we really don't want to spoil the evening!"
I fumed with anger, but probably they were right... This was not really the right place to have this discussion. But I was going to have a showdown with them tomorrow!
They indulged in the conversation with other guests, but I just... kept drinking!
They were fucking assholes!
What if they really ended up firing me?
They would basically get everything they wanted!
Life was so unfair to me!
"What's up, Swan?" A voice interrupted my thoughts, "You seem angry as usual?"
If someone was a bigger asshole than my brothers, it was this fucking guy!
I had known him since we were six. He was in the same class as Jasper and I, and he was his best friend. I was twenty eight now, but I had yet to meet a bigger arrogant asshole than him!
"Fuck off, Cullen," I said.
"So who are you mad at today? Emmett? Jasper? Renee? Charlie? God? Your luck?" He chuckled.
"I said... Fuck off!"