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.

go, why don’t you just move there?

“Ms. Perkins.”

a cold,

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

taken aback by Maja’s verbal onslaught.

uneasy. He felt Maja was being a

heart. Which

to compensate for

“No need, you and

the same neighborhood

a helpless expression

You never considered us family anyway. If it wasn’t for you, Tricia wouldn’t

the same roof as him. Now that he’s moving in here, I’ve decided to look elsewhere. Do you really need me to spell it out for you that I

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

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

slap left everyone in shock, shattering the fragile peace they had maintained over

dumbfounded, her hand

a hand on me again, I

her words fully sank in, Neil

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

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