From Secret Wife to Queen of Her World by Anonymous

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When Brian’s mother heard the words, her face paled even further.

“What are you blathering about? I would never hit him! I’m his biological mother. How could I do such a thing? You shouldn’t be slinging this filth at me!”

Given Joshua’s identity, she dared not utter anything too extreme, yet her guilty expression betrayed her inner disquiet.

Joshua sneered, “I’m lying? I witnessed it myself. Brian had wounds all over his arms, and he even had burns. Despite his tall stature, he falls ill frequently. He’s such a weakling, always fainting at the slightest provocation.”

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have managed to defeat Brian.

When Gabriel heard Joshua mention “fainting,” he furrowed his brow, experiencing a sense of familiarity.

The woman grasped Brian’s arm tightly, fearing that the secret beneath his clothes would be exposed. The pointed tip of her high heels kicked Brian’s shin, and she lowered her voice to caution him not to speak out of turn.

Brian hung his head mournfully, the bones at the back of his neck jutting out conspicuously. He stole a glance at the children being safeguarded by their parents and blurted out feebly, “It was Joshua who initiated it first…”

The woman’s mouth curved upwards in satisfaction, but then she heard Brian’s subsequent words. “But it was indeed me who provoked Joshua.”

He lifted his head and looked at Joshua, saying, “So we’re even now.”

Joshua glanced at him, feeling somewhat at a loss for words.

“If Brian couldn’t defeat someone shorter than him, it would be understandable. But, astonishingly, he couldn’t even overcome Leila, who wasn’t even two years old. Do his parents not feed him properly? Else, how could he be so frail?”

Reflecting on this, Joshua felt a tinge of sympathy for Brian’s plight.

Although his parents were divorced, they were kind to him and his brother. Brian’s parents, on the contrary, were not divorced, but his father never returned home and his mother frequently

assaulted him.

In comparison, he was already extremely fortunate.

Joshua looked at Gabriel and felt the gentle stroke of Gabriel’s large palm through his hair, while Gabriel’s words filled his ears, offering an overwhelming sense of security.

Gabriel said, “Joshua, how do you propose to settle this?”

In his heart, although Joshua was mischievous, he was very kind, and Gabriel was willing to safeguard this kindness within him.

“Dad, can you have Dr. Martin examine Brian’s wound? He looks truly pitiful.

“Once, I saw him crying in pain.”

hearing Joshua’s words, Brian flushed with embarrassment and hastily

“Yes, yes, you didn’t cry. It’s just that snot

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okay?”

was left speechless.

behind him and instructed them to sit on the

she saw him approaching and said, “Mr.

be accountable for all of Brian’s subsequent medical expenses until his injuries

was that Brian needed to undergo a medical examination first.

examination truly necessary? Brian has had a doctor overseeing his health since he was young, and I will take him to tend to the injury

offer some financial compensation.” Greed for wealth flickered in her eyes, bearing no resemblance to a well–bred

they conversed, Brian picked up the candies from the ground and carefully placed them

awkwardly turned his face away but

Joshua all the

wonderful parents but also such an adorable

noticed Brian’s wrist when he picked up the candies, and it was marked

“Did Joshua truly speak the

mother seems like the wolf grandmother

ran to Brian’s side and, to his astonishment, rolled up his sleeve, revealing a dense pattern of red marks

up his sleeve, and

And then…

blew on his wound and said, “If I blow on it,

of his

“Leila!”

over to check on Leila’s

they approached the woman. However, they held a dreadful impression of Brian’s mother. She rose and walked up to the woman, saying

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spoke, Gabriel wisely remained

to the child. You won’t receive

was incensed by her words that her eyes turned

instant, upon seeing Brian being led away by the police, panic intensified in her eyes and she hurriedly lunged

the police halted her.

body marred with whip marks and cigarette burns, the police were astounded.

grandmother arrived with the assistance of

informed the kind–hearted old lady about Brian’s situation, and within the entire White family, apart from her, everyone