Love Knows No Bounds

---

"I do have Dylan on my side, and that's why I cozied up to him the moment I came back. Call me useless, call me a manipulator, I don't care. I would do anything to foil your plans." Kendall shot Kelly with a look of hatred. "If Dylan's men weren't keeping an eye on you, your plan would've gone through." Charlotte believed Kelly and secretly went ahead with the maternity test. Kelly did want to tamper with the results, but with Dylan's men keeping an eye on her, she had no chance at all.

Something in that statement alarmed Kelly. Came back? She asked, "Who are you? What do you mean you came back? You changed ever since you returned from the Colemans. I knew you weren't the real Kendall. I knew it."

"Oh, I'm as real as it can get." Kendall got up and leaned over until she could almost touch Kelly. She smirked. "Do you want to touch and get a feel?"

Kelly extended her hand, but Kendall moved away. "Why aren't you letting me touch you? Oh, I know. You're guilty. Worried I'd tear your mask right off?"

Kendall smiled. "You want to know why I started acting differently, Kelly? Want to know why I didn't fall for your and Jackson's trap? Want to know why I hate your guts?" The smile was wiped off Kendall's face. She sat down and, with a voice dripping with the venom of hatred, started explaining the story of her grudge. "When I found out I was the Parkers' real daughter, I was shocked. I didn't really want to go back to them. I was perfectly fine staying with the Woodses. Yeah, they weren't as rich as the Parkers, but they were nice to me."

"However, Mom told me to go back to them, and Mrs. Parker wouldn't stop crying, so I relented. But the moment I did, I realized I couldn't blend in. Yeah, I'm educated, but compared to you guys, I'm a bumpkin. The isolation wore down my confidence, and my self-esteem took a hit. Then I met Jackson. Yeah, I fell in love at first sight and couldn't get him out of my mind. Because of him, I was grateful I came back."

"However, Jackson was hot and cold with me. I thought he didn't love me, but he assured me otherwise. He'd come over often just to see me, and he also bought me a lot of gifts. I didn't like some of the gifts, but I accepted them anyway because he bought them. Dad and Mom never liked me dating him, though. You were the only one who supported us and gave us alone time. I was grateful for that. The Colemans then came to ask for my hand in marriage. It had been a year since I came back then, and I knew Dylan wasn't someone I could easily get along with, even if he was my husband."

"So, you told me to harm myself to reject the marriage. Remember your reasoning? You said Dylan's a proud man who would never agree to the marriage if he was rejected in this way. I was madly in love with Jackson back then, so I did as you told me to. As you expected, Dylan refused to marry me. I starved myself, and when I went to a business dinner with Jackson, I got drunk and had sex with him. That was why Dad and Mom agreed to the marriage albeit reluctantly." She smirked. "Man, I was stupid."

Back in her last life, she willingly buried her potential and kept herself confined to the Whittle Residence's backyard, taking care of her daughter. However, that was just a ploy concocted by Kelly and Jackson. She was nothing but a joke. Her marriage proved that getting the parents' blessing in a relationship was important, or the relationship could end up as a living hell.

Kelly was filled with shock just listening to the story. That was the plan she and Jackson concocted. About one-third of the way through, Kendall changed. Suddenly, she refused to marry Jackson and quickly got married to Dylan instead. Kelly was sure no one besides her and Jackson knew of their plan. So how did she find out?

"And so, I married Jackson, thinking a happy life awaited me, but on the very night of our wedding, he left me alone in my room. He said it wasn't a good idea to do that because I was pregnant, and then he left. I was touched, thinking he was actually doing it for my sake, but then I found out he actually went to see you. You two had a great night."