Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 15

Chapter 15:

Realizing she couldn’t escape easily, Marissa glanced back at Derek with narrowed eyes. It seemed he had grown more audacious now that he was a member of a wealthy family. In the past, if someone had beaten him up like that, he would have avoided them for years. But today, he actually dared to retaliate. It appeared she hadn’t instilled enough fear in Derek moments ago

She turned to face the bodyguards in black who were now blocking her path. She rolled her wrist in preparation for defending herself. Though the bodyguards were clearly well-trained, she was confident she could escape them eventually, albeit not without causing a commotion

Just then, the door to the dining room swung open. Several people in lavish attire stepped out to assess the situation, led by Connor’s eldest brother and sister-in-law, Neil and Lorna

“Ah!” they exclaimed and rushed towards Derek

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Marissa blinked in confusion and looked at them

“My dear son, who did this to you? Tell me. I won’t let

dared to cause trouble for the Daniels family? Who hurt

were Neil and Lorna. Now it made sense why Derek had become so wildly arrogant. He had transitioned from a poor village boy to a member of the

this city as he would handle any fallout for her—except for offending Connor. Yet here she was, having

face bruised and eyes teary, Derek pointed at Marissa and

were all shocked. Wasn’t she the Nash family’s heiress? Why was she here? Their last memory of her was

then angrily asked,

you don’t explain yourself

strongest dignity in his life. His expression was particularly arrogant. His eyes were full of provocation

he make sense of her words? Why was she addressing his

in a bad environment and hadn’t received any good education. Judging from his behavior, they could guess that he might not be a decent man. Just yesterday, he had molested a female servant at home. This made them somewhat inclined to believe Marissa’s

Everyone respectfully cleared a path for him. Connor, dressed impeccably in a tailored black suit, approached the center of the gathering and asked in a low tone, “What’s going