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

198 Petty vs Pretty.

On their way home, Jessa and Allison were quiet in the backseat.

"That's it!" Jessa broke the silence when she couldn't take it anymore. "Say it."

She faced Allison, who had been giving her these looks since they sat in the car.

She

"Uhm." Allison cleared her throat, a bit intimidated that Jessa might just grab her hair. No one could fault her. Jessa really gave that energy. "Thank you."

"I thought you were going to say, "You didn't have to do that."

"I was planning to, but I thought you'd get angry if I did."

"Hmp! At least you know. Jessa folded her arms. "By the way, is that how you let people treat you? That's so pathetic."1

"No."

Jessa arched a brow. "But you let that woman talk to you that way?"

"What else can I say? Nina was in the wrong," Allison sighed. "I would've said something, but it's... it's the truth. No matter how harsh it is, it is the truth."

Bitterness shone in Allison's eyes as she thought of the exchange between her and Mrs. Miller. "No one can deny the truth. Nina framed not just anyone, but her best friend. Even if it's something else, it's still a horrible thing to do. And as the person who raised her, I am ashamed of myself.

Jessa bit her tongue and stopped herself from saying anything further. "Well: She shrugged. "What else can I say?"

"But even so, thank you for standing up for me. You weren't obliged, nor it is something you! should've stepped in, but you did, Allison expressed sincerely, smiling despite the bitterness in her heart. "And I also want to apologize about how I judged you before."

"Oh?"

you were a

a bit affected by Allison's gentle coaxing. "Forgiven, but just because you asked to be forgiven. Not that I care about your opinion." - she also had her opinion about Allison and Charles, and she would never apologize

her lips into a thin line. "Mrs. Cortez, I

but how

might be disappointed, but I can't help it,' she

good.

her

Trees nodded "She's no longer the

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198 Petty vs Pretty.

"She does that?"

days in their household. That little brat is probably the reason for the three wrinkles on my forehead." Allison pressed her lips, watching Jessa dramatically

her a look. "I'm telling you about a wrinkle. Did you hear

think we're completely abandoning her," Allison explained, completely ignoring Jessa's wrinkle issues. "I love Penny and I want to protect her from anything even from the other daughter in my heart. But at the same time, I want nothing but the best for Nina. If only she can... just see

way, she could sympathize with her. Allison might be annoyingly weak, but Jessa was also

complicated entirely, as none of them wanted

what they were

it happened and sadly."

Jessa broke the brief silence between them. "In a way, she reminds me of that woman - her real mother. But I can't also blame the child.

th

is still young, a new teen at that. Her hormones at this point are crazy and, with that confusing situation, she is acting

with a little bit of arch of her brow. "Just like you, I don't want her to be just like her birth mother.

"If she's not changing for the good, I'd slap her ten times.

smiled a little. "You