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?"

turned even more heads; some even began to record the

abandoned her!

I can't believe she tried to

my, she's truly

discussions grew louder, some didn't even bother

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 face and bellowed, "Have you seen enough? sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

Get lost!"

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

I sighed and tugged on Nerissa's hand,

didn't say anything else since Helen

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

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

got out of the car. "Hendrix should be back. Please join us for dinner before you