A Beauty With Multiple Masks

With that thought, he quit arguing with Malorie and simply reminded Arielle, “Just be careful.” Then he turned back to Malorie and began chatting with her about Shandie.

Without a word, Arielle picked up the basket beside the door and headed out.

She had barely taken a few steps before she remembered she would need a few tools for digging and turned back to obtain them.

However, as she approached the front door, she overheard the conversation between Malorie and Henrick coming from within the house.

“Mom, you never used to treat Shandie this way. What’s up with you now?” came Henrick’s puzzled voice.

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Hearing that, Arielle stopped in her tracks unwittingly and quietly shifted to a blind spot where no one would notice her.

Malorie let out a long sigh. “I hated that high and mighty mother of hers, and I hate her as well! You’re my precious son, whom I had worked so hard to raise and send to university in Jadeborough. You’d finally made it! Yet, that woman forced you into a matrilocal marriage, and you were silly enough to go behind my back and agree to it! Even though you’ve now gained full control of the Moore family, I still can’t stomach this humiliation! If that b*tch hadn’t died, I would still be a joke in everyone’s eyes till this day!”

“Mom, this is all in the past. What’s the point of bringing it up now? Besides, Arielle is nothing like her mother. She’s a very sweet and obedient girl.”

her fists just now? That girl may look docile on the surface, but her heart must be spilling with hatred for

With the way you spoke to her just now, it’s

can only hope so! It’s either you’re right,

on their conversation from the front porch, Arielle could not help being secretly

such sharp observational skills? She’s

her hands, she changed her mind about going in to grab the tools and went straight

despite being barely an acre wide, there seemed to be almost every type of

thought, she figured she could whip up some

the vegetables that she needed,

back, she happened to spot the little boy she had

in her tracks, she called him

a moment’s hesitation, the boy remained rooted in his spot as he stared at

went toward him. Bending down before him, she greeted him

nod, he asked timidly, “What about

apprehension toward her, she assured him, “You don’t have to be afraid

I don’t need you. I