Chapter 152

Dorian's face turned a tad icy. "What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Arabella wiped away her tears, looking like a complete mess. "You all just can't stand that I'm not your real daughter anymore!"

With that mix of anger and hurt, Arabella ran upstairs, slamming the door behind her. It was her go-to move ever since she was little.

Usually, to coax her back out, the whole family would brainstorm ways to make her feel better, with each brother armed with gifts to win her over. It was her way of testing her importance in the Hawke family, to see if they still cared about her.

But this time, the men in the living room stayed put, not budging an inch.

Alistair's expression was grim. "How dare she say that? If it wasn't for her back then, why would..."

hung in the air. Everyone knew he was referring to the incident two years ago, when Miranda, their biological sister,

looked equally displeased. "Talk

nerve within the Hawke family, especially for Alden. No one wanted to raise an ungrateful

And Arabella can't do anything. She doesn't fit in

somber silence. Clearly, the dynamics in the Hawke

family, and

campus, she was intercepted by Theo, and her displeasure

a year ahead of Arabella in school, and due to their

same university. They'd been engaged for two years, so it made sense to keep

grades were mediocre, and she couldn't

they ended up at the same

her How her prison history was erased, she wasn't sure. To persuade the school to accept

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