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Natalie rolled her eyes. “Who cares if she’s pretty if she’s a total witch inside? If it weren’t for her, Emma wouldn’t have been ignored by her parents. Can’t she just stay in her own lane? But now that she’s back, whatever. How could she bully Ernma?”

“Natalie, you don’t have to defend me, Emma said. “She is the Resewood family’s real daughter, so it makes sense she gets some attention.

“What do you mean that? Now that the Rosewood family has adopted you, they can’t ignore you.”

“Thanks, Natalie. Honestly, I don’t know how to get her to like me. I thought bringing her to meet you guys today would help.

“After all, she grew up in ta poor village and hasn’t seen much of the world. But she wouldn’t even come. She said Emma’s voice faded away.

you

all…

Natalie frowned, “What did she say about us?”

“She you guys aren’t worthy of being her friends,” Emma whispered.

“What?” Natalie exclaimed, her anger flaring. “A country bumpkin thinks she can look down on us? No way! I’m going to teach her a lesson.”

Just as Natalie was about to storm off, Emma grabbed her arm, saying with a pitiful voice, “Hold on, Natalie. If we upset her, Dad’s going to punish me again.”

Mia gave her a gentle pat on the back. “You’re just too nice, girl. That’s why Elysia’s always stepping on you.”

Natalie nodded. “Exactly. You can’t be too nice, or people will take advantage of you. But don’t worry, I’ll make sure she gets what’s coming to her.”

Mia echoed, “Just watch how Natalie and I serve her up a slice of her own pie.”

With that, the two headed inside together. Emma watched them leave, a small smile creeping onto her lips.

As Elysia was about to swipe her card, Natalie suddenly stepped in her way and asked in an unfriendly voice, “Are you Elysia

“Yeah, what’s up?” Elysia replied flatly.

sized her up and sneered, “Do you think a country bumpin like

she’d done to deserve this. After quickly taking in the scene, she glanced at the doorway and spotted Emma–everything clicked

together. Well, since they seem to be bored and looking for trouble, I might as well play along, she thought

said, Elysia said, placing her handbag on a nearby

as I thought, you’ve got zero manners:

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rude. If that’s what you call minners, then I

her

“If it weren’t for your fancy clothes, Td think you just escaped from

then turned to the shocked shop assistant. “Is your store that cheap, letting anyone wander in? It’s best to keep

quickly said, “I’m sorry. I’ll ask her to leave

fuming. “Who are you calling a barking dog?”

responds,” Elysia shot

anger. Seeing the shop assistant about to kick them out, she spoke up. “How dare you! I’m the heiress of Smith Real Estate, and this is the heiress of Moore Group. If you lay a finger on us,

you both have impressive backgrounds. No wonder you’re looking down on us

preened a bit at the flattery. “Well, we city kids are just different from you country

the difference?”

yourself?” Mia

now. Your family’s got some unique teaching methods. While most families raise their daughters to be classy ladies, yours must be

know small habits reflect big outcomes. I’m honestly curious

red with anger, and she lunged to hit Elysia but a nearby sales associate stepped in to stop her. Elysia looked at them with amusement and pretended to sigh. “How pathetic. You’re out here defending her

you talking about? Emma’s super sweet. She just didn’t want to show up because she’s worried Scott will punish her,” Mia hurriedly explained.

‘You’re more of

quickly realized her mistake and clamped her hand over her mouth.

nodded, a light bulb going off in her head. “So that’s the case. But who told you Dad would punish her? He loves her too much

“Why wouldn’t he? Elysia, if it weren’t for you, Mr and Mrs. Rosewood wouldn’t be

I come back? Emma lived

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listening to the argument, her body shaking. Tm undeserving? Eve lived in the Rosewood mansion for eighteen years, getting all the