The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 2727

"Mister Vince, it's a downpour out there. Miss Rita will get sick if she runs around outside," said Donna.

"It's her own fault if she gets sick," remarked Vince stiffly. "No one told her to go out."

Sensing a slight softening in his tone, Donna quickly interjected, "Why don't I help her? That painting is a cherished memento for her, so it's understandable for her to be so anxious about it."

In the end, Vince sighed and waved. Donna immediately followed Rita outside.

It was partly the servants' fault that the painting went missing. They only knew that the painting, which had been hanging for over a decade, was suddenly being taken down, but they completely overlooked where it had been put.

'Oh, what a mess this has turned out,' thought Donna.

distressed. Thus,

Rita found her painting in a small building next door, used for storing junk. She saw the usually clean frame carelessly thrown on the ground and completely covered in dust. It was as if she alone

any longer, Rita lowered her head and burst into tears. "Mom,

in a daze. Only Donna was there to accompany her. Not even

wiped Rita's soaking wet hair. "Goodness, Miss Rita, you're soaking wet, and you've always been easy to get

tears or rain. She watched how Rita remained silent and completely blocked out the outside world. "If only your mother was still alive...you wouldn't

she would never have allowed anyone to mistreat

like the Russell

had no choice. Her resistance was seen as nothing more than troublemaking in her father's eyes; she

Only in her room would the painting cease to

it up. Instead, she hid the painting in the deepest corner of her closet. The painting depicted the warm family bond

thought him undeserving of