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!”

inside. He was the one who had been hurt, so why were Teresa and Hayes picking

to prove he wasn’t lying, his voice rose sharply, his words tumbling out amidst sobs, “Last night I saw your mom storm into my room, wearing a white dress, hair all wild,

thing 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

lifted his sleeve to reveal bruised skin, fooking rather shocking.

on Manley’s

her not to argue with Manley, she couldn’t stand him

lioness? I won’t let you talk about

Teresa rolled up her sleeves and

“Don’t do anything rash! Manley

was tense, and Hayes didn’t even realize that he’d managed to speak a complete sentence so smoothly! And Teresa, caught up

you doing? How could he not be lying? My mom would

serious and defiant, “Stay