Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Chapter 609

Yvette approached Alice while Leilani and Amanda pretended to just notice her arrival.

Leilani greeted cautiously, "Hello, I'm Leilani, the eldest daughter of the Markos family. Are you both guests of the presidential palace?", Leilani was not clueless. She knew she needed to assess a person's status before deciding how to treat them.

Anyone visiting the presidential palace would surely be of wealth and importance, with a notable status that she could not afford to offend.

As Emmett stepped forward, Leilani's eyes immediately fixated on his clothing-an exclusive.collection from Vibe of only 15 pieces worldwide.

She had tried to buy one for Demetrius, but even she was powerless to obtain it as she had been told they were all sold out.

Neither Yvette nor Emmett spared Leilani a second glance, their attention elsewhere. Yvette's eyes darkened like the abyss, narrowing slightly. "Turn around," Yvette's voice cut through.

Alice jerked back to reality. As she turned and locked eyes with Yvette, her sobs halted immediately. Alice hastily wiped her

tears.

"Y-Yyette, I didn't mean to cry. I'll stop. You told me not to cry in front of others," she mumbled.

The shift in Alice's behavior stunned everyone but Yvette and Alice herself. No one had expected such a clear, coherent response from Alice, especially given her intellectual disability. Leilani, for reasons she could not explain, felt a sudden pang of anxiety.

Her mind raced. 'Alice is mentally impaired, incapable of speaking up, but can someone like her really say something so coherent?'

Her usual impulsiveness betrayed her, and she instinctively took a step back.

Amanda quickly steadied Leilani, giving her a reassuring look. Only then did Leilani regain her composure and put on a polished smile.

Emmett's gaze lingered on Alice biting her lip, holding back her tears. Her innocent expression, those wide, untainted eyes, struck him unexpectedly hard, like a physical blow to the chest. He lowered his head, struggling to control the unexpected stir in his chest. The awkwardness swelled, and a faint flush crept

the tip of his ears.

up

her eyes, her expression indifferent, her voice cold. She reached out and gently wiped the tears from

you that if someone hurts you, you retaliate. If they insult you,

the sound of Yvette's chilling voice, her eyes wide with disbelief. 'Is she out of her mind? How can she be so

form, a sense of

idiot. There's no way someone like her can explain things clearly.

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believe a fool like her, she

eyes

daze as she stammered, "Yvette... She was behind me. I turned around, and I bumped into her. It wasn't on purpose. I'm not

attempted to hit her own head. But Yvette swiftly seized Alice's wrist. Her eyes glowed a deep, almost sinister red, and the tension around

really told a mentally impaired girl she was a burden?

off guard by Alice's unexpected attempt to explain herself. Her expression, faltered, turning into one of

Yvette's gaze made her heart race, and she stammered out

her!

its barrel directly at Leilani. Shock

was frozen. Then, Yvette's lips curled into a casual smile as she holstered the

momentarily taken aback by Yvette's actions, thinking, 'Why stop now? Yvette's infamous for her temper, and being in the presidential palace shouldn't have stopped her from going through with it.' Seeing Yvette put the gun away, Leilani, now recovering from her fear, took on

shoot in the presidential palace? That would be

so easily reassured. She knew that after clearing four levels of security, there was no way a dangerous item should have slipped through the cracks, let alone

that Yvette had managed to bring one inside spoke volumes about her

Amanda could make a suggestion to get Alice away from

light as she addressed Alice, "Handle it yourself

the tears from her eyes,

She

spun

Leilani's stomach with shocking force, followed by a brutal kick to her shin. Leilani gasped, completely stunned by the sudden assault. She had underestimated Alice's ability to defend herself, especially with such power. Amanda attempted to