Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 575

Teresa sighed heavily, her reluctance softening into a pout. She puffed her rosy cheeks and asked with earnest, “Manley, why did you say my mom hit you?”

“I saw her hit me, my skin turned red where she pinched me, that’s the proof!” Manley’s eyes were stubborn and livid, his little chubby body shaking with the intent to usher Teresa and Hayes out.

“We’re not friends anymore! Don’t come looking for me! I don’t wanna hang out with jerks!” Hayes and Teresa were pushed towards the door, both of them clinging to the doorframe, refusing to leave.

Teresa rolled/her eyes cunningly, a shrewd glint passing through them as she decided to provoke Manley, “We’re not jerks! Liars are the real jerks! You lied! And you pinched yourself and then blamed everything on my mom! That makes you the jerk!”

Teresa hadn’t spent much time with Manley, but she had noticed one thing at the hospital last week-Manley hated being called a jerk.

As soon as someone described him with that word, he would argue his case fiercely,

Sure enough, as soon as Teresa finished her accusation, Manley’s eyes brimmed with tears, “I didn’t! I did not pinch myself! I didn’t lie, and I’m not a jerk!”

had been hurt,

sharply, his words tumbling out amidst sobs, “Last night I saw your mom storm into my room, wearing a white dress, hair all wild,

I knew, your mom was pinching my arm and spanking me! I was hurting all over, my head was throbbing! Your mom hit me so hard I started seeing stars! And… and her face was so, so scary! She was all snarling and hissing, like

spoke, he lifted his sleeve to reveal bruised skin, fooking rather

fixated on Manley’s bruises and his tear-streaked face.

her not to

are you calling a lioness? I

that, Teresa rolled up her sleeves and charged

urgently, “Don’t do anything rash! Manley might not be

complete sentence so smoothly! And Teresa, caught up in her

not be lying? My mom would never hit him!” she stomped

and defiant, “Stay back, I’ll handle this.”