Chapter 68

She had constantly tried to convince herself that Neil wasn’t showing favoritism and that he had been supportive of her since her mother’s passing.

However, the kindness he extended to her paled in comparison to the adoration he showered on Cristina’s kids.

The fact that she was still burdened with the stress of buying a house while Neil readily gifted Glenn Pennyfeather a multimillion-dollar mansion seemed absurd to Maja. Soon enough, Neil

and Cristina noticed her presence.

Cristina furrowed her eyebrows. “What are you doing here?”

Neil also turned to Maja, noticing a real estate agent in the same uniform standing beside her, feeling a twinge of embarrassment.

‘Maja, are you looking for a house?”

Disappointment surged within Maja, but her face remained impassive, “Yes, my apartment was burgled, so I’m looking for a safer place.”

Neil hesitated for a moment, guilt gnawing at him as he recalled Maja living on her own all these years.

“Well…”

His words were abruptly interrupted by Cristina.

to go, why don’t you just move there? It would bring you closer to lan. You two

“Ms. Perkins.”

shot Cristina a cold, warning

mansion worth millions to someone else’s son. Are you going to stop him from buying a house for his own daughter? Plus, he didn’t say he was going to buy me a house,

taken aback by Maja’s verbal onslaught.

uneasy. He felt Maja was being a bit harsh. After all, Cristina was

it to heart. Which one do you like? I’ll

the money to compensate for his guilt

smiled faintly, lowering her head, “No need, you and Ms. Perkins carry on. I’ll go

in the

expression on

us family anyway. If it wasn’t

not make this anymore awkward. I moved out because I didn’t want to live under the same roof as him. Now that he’s moving in here, I’ve decided

must’ve died because of you! Today, I’m going to give you the lesson you deserve

and indifferent. She grabbed Cristina’s hand and, without hesitation, slapped her

shattering the fragile peace they had maintained

stood dumbfounded, her hand

if you laid a hand on me again, I

in, Neil shouted angrily,

hand was trembling. As her father, Maja knew she couldn’t retaliate, but from the moment he raised his hand, her heart ached uncontrollably.

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