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.

incredulous voice

eyes wide and desperate, but he

one sister, and her name is Alessia.” His words were icy, and though his face was unreadable, there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes as he looked at

the kids, but he’d always had a special soft spot for this little sister. Seventeen years of care, of protecting her, and yet she’d grown up to be so cold

stranger.

my neck-” Ileana

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

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bruised!”

voice cracking, but it only

the gym felt any sympathy; in fact, everyone instinctively took a step

a reason,” Ethan said flatly. “Maybe take a good

took Alessia away,

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

of course they’d have her back, just like always. So why–why were they taking Alessia’s side? What had Alessia done

not this

floor, tears streaming down her face, her chest tight with

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