The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 467

After she finished speaking, she casually tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

There’s no way Beverly wouldn’t notice the ulterior motive behind her daughter’s move, and she asked, “Why is your hair wet too?”

“It’s ‘cause it’s so hot out; I’m just sweating! Anyway, it’s got nothing to do with Serena; let’s just eat!” Alma tried to divert the topic and added in a low voice, “Let’s not embarrass Bella.”

Serena was ticked off. Wasn’t Alma’s comment a sneaky way of implying that her wet hair and the mark on her face were Serena’s doing? And she had the nerve to pretend to be considerate. What a joke!

Serena couldn’t hold back and blurted out, “Mom, I swear I didn’t hit her. That mark must be something she drew on herself. Martha can back me up!! didn’t lay a finger on her!”

adamantly denying it, and on the other side, Alma was seemingly covering

sympathies were leaning towards Alma!

was right there. Surely they couldn’t just accuse Alma of making a

want to say, let’s talk about it after dinner!” Arabella smirked, seeing right through Alma’s act. The whole thing could be solved with a simple bottle of makeup remover to see who was lying. But Serena, in her anger, wasn’t thinking

their sisterly spat and merely commented,

hearing this, everyone quickly shifted

of such deception. He shook his head, not knowing what to think, and decided to plate food for them instead. “Let’s eat first; we can talk

her!” Serena had never felt so wronged!

me. Let’s drop it!” Alma continued to whisper as she ate, serving food to Serena in an