Helen was displeased, and she remained her arrogance. "You filthy women aren't worthy of my apology!"

At that, Nerissa raised her hand and gave Helen a slap so loud that it silenced the crowd.

Helen's hand clasped on her cheek, and she looked at Nerissa in disbelief. "How dare you hit me?"

Nerissa suppressed her anger and hissed, "Helen, I have never done you any disservice for the past few years. You know very well why Yohannes and you get to this state. I didn't control my temper and tolerate you because I'm afraid of you. Instead, I feel sorry for you! You have lived half of your life, but you still couldn't find a purpose for it."

"I don't mind that you're rude and overbearing to me. You can shout at me for all you like, but at least you must be able to differentiate between the rights and wrongs. You shouldn't have laid your finger on a pregnant woman!" Pointing at my baby bump, Nerissa spat out the words through her gritted teeth.

"Arianna is already seven months pregnant. If

Irvin didn't catch her in time, what do you think would happen? She could be seriously injured, or worse, die! Are two lives worth nothing in your eyes? Do you think you can do anything you want just because you're from the Miller family that is oh-so-powerful?"

even more heads; some even began to record the

"No wonder Yohannes abandoned her! She's too cruel to be in the Granger

believe she

my, she's truly

grew louder, some didn't even bother to conceal their despise and

Irvin only listened in on the bad language with a straight face. But as the voices became louder, his face turned cold. He glared at the crowd with a darkened

Get lost!"

from earlier quelled. No one would be able to endure the

I sighed and tugged on Nerissa's hand, saying, "Aunt

she didn't say anything else since

no longer in the mood to continue shopping after the ruckus at the

at me and said, "Rest early tonight. You must be exhausted since you were out for the whole day and

be back. Please join us for dinner before you go home!" I said while lowering my

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