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Chapter 248 Apologise to Milly

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When Stephanie spoke again, she had adopted a pitiful, hurt expression. She bit her lip and trembled slightly. “Milly, please don’t misunderstand me. I didn’t mean anything bad. I’m just afraid you might miss. out on your acceptance letter and end up without a university to attend. All your hard work over the years would be wasted. It’s my fault for raising my voice, but I really care about you, Milly. You don’t blame me, do you?”

Her voice choked up, and tears welled up in her reddened eyes, making her look utterly pitiful.

Immediately, Matthew and Xavier, who had always doted on her, were enraged. Their protective instincts flared up instantly.

They glared at Milly, their eyes filled with a desire to tear her apart. Stephanie was so kind, always thinking of Milly, yet Milly hadn’t offered a single word of comfort. She just stood there, watching Stephanie with a detached expression.

It was too much!

Xavier angrily confronted Milly, “Stephanie is only looking out for you. She genuinely cares about you like a sister. It’s not her fault if she got emotional. Can’t you at least comfort her? Is your heart made of stone?”

Matthew also voiced his indignation, “Exactly. You don’t act like an older sister at all. Stephanie is clearly the more mature one here.”

Milly listened quietly, not rushing to explain herself.

Meanwhile, Stephanie felt a surge of joy upon hearing Matthew and Xavier defend her. After they finished. scolding Milly, she pretended to intervene. “Matthew, Xavier, don’t speak about Milly that way. She has her

reasons.”

“Reasons?” Xavier scoffed, full of disdain. “Stephanie, stop defending her. She knows perfectly well if she has any reasons. She’s just wasting your kindness.”

Milly couldn’t help but laugh.

If someone else had said this, she might not have minded, but Xavier said it was just stirring up trouble. He worked in this field and knew that her program didn’t issue acceptance letters. Students were admitted based on recognition alone.

someone to back her up, no matter how senseless her

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so furious he was about to slam the table and stand up, but Milly quickly held him back, signalling with her eyes for him to

play along. Ifit was a competition of acting skills, she wasn’t going to lose,

Burnetts‘ rule of acting:

looked up again, tears glistened at the corners of her eyes, her lips tightly

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meant no harm. Stephanie started crying so suddenly that I wasn’t prepared. And I was just telling the truth–the acceptance letter really hasn’t arrived. If others don’t know, that’s

stunned by Milly’s sudden tears, forgetting to

also taken aback, confused by Milly’s unexpected crying.

Xavier remained calm, pulling out a notebook from somewhere and frantically taking notes. This natural performance

face. She looked at him with a pitiful, helpless expression, and when he met her gaze, she quickly

a strange pang in his

position as her brother. But now she was quietly

forgotten that the special program at Crestfallen University didn’t issue acceptance letters. Because of

speak the words of comfort forming

a loss, stammering. “If you have something to

was like a bomb exploding. Milly looked up, her eyes red and teary, pointing a slender finger at Matthew’s nose. Her voice trembled with the remnants of her sobs. None of you wanted to listen. You both stood there, criticising me

can’t I cry? I come back and get unjustly accused by you all. I was telling the truth, but no one wanted to listen. You two stood together, pointing out my faults. I know

you must have your reasons. I’ve gotten used to it. Normally, I wouldn’t say these things in front of Grandpa because he’s old and wants us to get along. But today is supposed to be a good

if she could no longer hold back her overwhelming sense of grievance, finally breaking down into full–blown crying.

room fell

was twisted

That bith Milly!