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

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"Auntie, why do you hate me so much?" Nina covered her lips as soon as she realized the

question that flew out of her mouth. Her eyes shook while gazing at Jessa.

"What do you mean?" Unbothered by the question, Jessa simply arched a brow.

Nina cleared her throat and observed her auntie first before clarifying. "If you hate me so much, why do you want me here?" Did Penny ask her?

"Who said I hate you?"

"What?"

"You're a brat and everyone's annoying at your age, but I don't hate you."

Nina's brows knitted in confusion. "But even from the start, you kept calling me that "wench" child, and that I'm a bad fruit from a bad tree.

"I did because it's true."

"??" Nina tilted her head a little to the side, mystified by her auntie's answer. One thing, Jessa was saying she didn't hate her but then she also admitted to saying all those harsh things.

Giving up, she changed her line of questioning. Then, why did you slap me in front of many people?"

"Do you prefer to be slapped without anyone looking?" Jessa's already raised brows elevated

even more.

"No," Nina's voice was meek. "I don't want to be slapped at all."

"Then be nice, you brat." Jessa snapped her tongue and looked away. "If I hate you, you'd know I hate you. But I don't. The person I hate is that wench the one who gave birth to you. That bitch... she makes me angry even after death. What a talent.

Nina played with her fingers, now curious about her birth mother. "What is she like? My mother?"

"Hah. Don't ask. She's a thousand times worse than you."

blatant insult. "What did she do to you for you to be so angry at

sneered as a sharp glint flickered across her eyes. "That bitch... took everything away from

What did that mean?

she like Penny

glanced at her niece and scoffed. "No, she's

Nina blurted out and quickly

Did I say I can

lips and slid her eves to the corner. "Penny took

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from you,

narrow-minded! Auntie, why do you always say harsh

they're the truth, duh?" Jessa rolled her eyes again, rendering Nina speechless. "Deep in your heart, you know what I'm saying is the truth. Everything you had... isn't yours. Your family name, your clothes, your life, your everything

you. If

everything Jessa said was nothing but facts. Nina just didn't want to accept it because if she did.... then she had nothing to hold on to. If she accepted it,

want to

end up becoming like that wench. That woman, who gave birth to you, is so selfish and wicked. It's why I would not hesitate to humiliate

mother, she continued. "She's the worst of the

in the eye. "Be grateful for the thirteen years. you had with the Bennets. They saved your life... just like how their daughter saved mine. So, if you truly

don't, you'll end up regretting it. Trust me." She nodded mildly. "Holding on to them, scheming, and letting yourself get drowned by hate and denial without taking accountability for your actions and thoughts

truly care for you!"

coated Nina's eyes until her vision blurred. "But I can't," she

that they're abandoning me just because I'm not their

misunderstanding in the family. Second, you tried to kill someone. Even if you failed, you tried. No one told you to do all of that but yourself. Now, who is miserable? Greed will take

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words struck her straight into the heart. Was it because she didn't expect Jessa to speak so kindly

down Nina's cheeks. Jessa might not

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carry such warmth? Earlier, she was skeptical when Jessa said she didn't hate her. But right now, she believed it. Jessa's warmth

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