“Is it a crime for me to dress well? You only wear what you do because your husband doesn’t make enough to buy you nice clothes, right? Is that why you want my brother to give you money–so you can go out and buy yourself something pretty?”

Alessia blinked, and tears spilled down her cheeks.

She already had that innocent, heartbreaking face, and the sudden tears caught everyone off guard.

“I… I didn’t… That’s not…” The woman faltered, completely thrown by Alessia’s words. What had they even started out trying to do?

Alessia wiped at her face, but the tears kept coming.

Her slender shoulders trembled, and the way she tried to hold back her sobs–stubborn, but hopelessly overwhelmed–made her look even more fragile, tugging at the hearts of everyone watching.

“Lessie!”

The woman was stunned by the sudden reversal, but she wasn’t the only one panicking–Zachary looked just as shaken.

Alessia was always so strong, so proud. If something had made her cry like this, she must have been deeply wronged.

as he pulled Alessia into his arms,

her back.

If we run out, I’ll just earn more.

wipe away the tears at

thought Zachary was just playing along with her little act–his words were too perfect. But when she looked up, she realized he was truly worried about

speechless, her emotions

poor kids–they must still be in

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adults picking on

you, didn’t I? The girl helped the old lady out of the goodness of her heart, and now she’s getting blackmailed for it. If this keeps happening,

nicely, they think they can wring money out of her.

own money instead of trying to scam a couple of

husband and wife sitting on the floor, their faces full of contempt, as if

woman looked at her husband, eyes wide with

explain, but somewhere along the line, they’d lost control of the

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