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.”

girl may look docile on the surface, but her heart must be spilling with hatred

you’re overthinking this. With the way you spoke to her just now, it’s

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

conversation from the front porch,

have thought this old woman possesses such sharp observational skills? She’s practically

she changed her mind about going in to grab

acre wide, there seemed to

some thought, she figured she could whip up

vegetables that she needed, she

back, she happened to spot the little boy she had encountered

tracks, she

hesitation, the boy remained rooted in his spot as he stared at her

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

nod, he asked timidly, “What about

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

head. “No. I don’t need you.