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.

say more, Ileana’s incredulous

wide and desperate, but he cut

is Alessia.” His words were icy, and though his face was unreadable, there

looked after all 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

stranger.

neck-” Ileana pointed

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

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bruised!”

voice cracking, but it only

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

flatly. “Maybe take a good look at yourself and

Alessia away,

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

the Morton brothers, and of course they’d have her back, just like always. So why–why were they taking Alessia’s side? What had Alessia done to win them over? Before, no matter what happened, they’d always

Why not

down

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…