My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

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?"

direction to begin with, and Nerissa's condemnation turned even more heads; some even began to record the scene on their phones. Many of the onlookers were convinced by

to whisper. "No wonder Yohannes abandoned her! She's too cruel to be

I can't believe she

she's

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

a straight face. But as the voices became louder, his face turned cold. He glared at the crowd with a darkened face and

Get lost!"

Irvin, her arrogance from earlier quelled. No one would be able to endure the disdain and revulsion from others, and

tugged on Nerissa's hand, saying, "Aunt Nerissa, we should

but she didn't say anything else since Helen was

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

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

nodded and got out of the car. "Hendrix should be back. Please join us for dinner before you go home!" I said while lowering my body to look at