A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 207

The two brothers rushed over. Alessia stepped aside to make room, but in the next instant, they surrounded her instead.

“Lessie, are you okay?”

“What happened to your hand?”

Their questions came at her one after another, so quickly that Alessia couldn’t even process them. She glanced down at the purplish bruise on her hand–the result of blocking the volleyball Ileana had hurled at her in the last play.

She pointed at Ileana, a little stunned. “She hit me with the ball.”

For some reason, her voice held a hint of wounded innocence, soft and pitiful enough to tug at anyone’s heartstrings.

Ethan gently ruffled her hair and pulled her behind him, shielding her from the others. Liam, meanwhile, examined her injury with careful hands.

“Does it hurt? We should get an X–ray at the hospital, just in case. You might have fractured something.”

Alessia shook her head. “It doesn’t hurt. It’s not that bad.”

“No,” Liam insisted, his tone stern. “We’re going.”

“But-” Alessia protested softly.

Ileana’s incredulous voice

and desperate, but

name is Alessia.” His words were icy, and though his face was unreadable, there was a trace of disappointment in his

special soft spot for this little

stranger.

to choke me! Look at my neck-” Ileana pointed at her own throat, her voice trembling with

at my sister’s hand?” Liam interjected sharply.

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bruised!”

cracking, but

gym felt any sympathy; in fact, everyone instinctively took a step back, as if afraid to catch

said flatly. “Maybe take a good look

Alessia away,

the spot. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. It wasn’t supposed to turn out

they’d have her back, just like always. So why–why were they taking

Why not

down her

was all Alessia’s fault–everything was because of her! Without Alessia, everything would have been hers: the Morton family, the Tate family, all of it. Alessia… Alessia should just