Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

74 Welcome to the Cortez Household

74 Welcome to the Cortez Household

The next morning, the entire family sent off Nina with a somber look. Nothing much was said, but everyone's mood was enough to fill the house with silence. Despite this undeniable silence in the house, Slater insisted on studying with Penny and Atlas joining them in the library. Meanwhile, Hugo volunteered to take care of her pets and he took them out in the garden.

As for Nina...

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When the car pulled over a small street in front of a tiny gate, Nina's face crinkled in dismay.

"This is the house I'm supposed to live?' Bitterness filled her heart at the sight of the house before the door was opened from the

outside.

"Miss Nina." the driver smiled as he offered his hand to her.

The dismay on her face quickly disappeared, and she smiled back. Like a princess, she clasped the driver's hand and stepped out. Looking around the street, Nina's heart sank. The houses stood close to each other and most of them were too shabby for her taste. When her eyes fell on the open trench gutter, she quickly stepped away upon seeing a small rat run out of it.

'No,' she gasped inwardly. 'I can't live here!"

Suddenly, the gate made a sharp sound before it opened. The second Nina looked up and saw this woman with big curlers stuck in her hair, her surroundings suddenly dimmed. Jessa was still wearing her favorite granny dress and, by the creases on her face,

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one could tell she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

She looks like an evil stepmother,' was the first thing that came

into Nina's mind.

Jessa arched her thin brows and looked down at the beautiful girl looking up at her. She snorted the second they locked eyes

each other.

with

in mockery. "How could they not see you're not their child when you

take them in?" Jessa moved her attention to the driver before her eyes fell on the five big luggages on

"Uh."

to Nina. "Just pick one

speak for a moment.

not hear

all of these are important to

her. "The space in my house is also important to me. You can't take all of those things in my house. This is not a mansion and there's not enough space for all of that. Unless, of course, you want to compromise your bed

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her eyes. But alas, her pitiful look didn't move Jessa one bit. Hence, she

and jewelry for all occasions were in there. Since she could only go to the Bennet Mansion on the weekends, she wanted to

pointed at

in and watched the driver. She was hopeful the driver would tell her she should just come back with him, but alas, all he did was offer her a meek smile before he got

'Nina wished as

but it didn't stop.

there?" Her dramatic moment halted when Jessa's annoyed voice rang behind her.

inside the house and looked around

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a huge driveway before they could reach the main residence. She followed Jessa inside and her mood

thought in dismay. I can

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to the

once glance.'

where the kitchen, the dinner, and even the toilet were. There weren't any intricate partitions,

Jessa yelled, making Nina flinched. "Come down

'What else is here to show me around?' she could literally see

time, two children around her age dragged their feet downstairs. Yugi snorted the

and Yugi, they're my kids," Jessa introduced irritable. "Kids, this is

"Ni - Nina."

Jessa snorted but said nothing. "Take her to her

that, Jessa showed no interest in Nina anymore and left her twins