Talented Hairess A Rose with Thorns

Chapter 444

As soon as the bell rang, Yvette was swarmed by her classmates.

"Yvie, we're going to visit Madison at the hospital. Want to join us?"

Yvette shook her head, remembering her promise to wait for Adam after school. "You guys go ahead. I'll visit another day."

"Okay!" Her classmates nodded and didn't press her further. "Yvie, we're heading out now!"

"Mm."

Yvette lazily grabbed her backpack and started toward the school gate. As her classmates left, Alice quickly fell in step behind her, a self-satisfied smirk on her face. "Yvette, you might not know yet, but the Quinn family has invested in my family! Hahaha, with their support, how can the Murray family possibly bring us down now?"

"The Quinn family invested in the Robertson family?" Yvette mused to herself. Her eyes narrowed slightly. Noticing Yvette's lack of reaction, Alice's smugness only grew. She couldn't help but flaunt her victory. "I heard you're engaged to Mr. Wilson, but when Victoria spoke to him, he agreed to invest in my family. "It seems you're not as important to him as you thought. Clearly, Victoria means more to him than you do. It's only a matter of time before he calls off the engagement, and you'll end up as the joke of Jubilife City" The thought made Alice practically giddy with delight.

and nearly forced her into marrying that loathsome Benedict. Now, seeing

in her tracks and shot Alice a frosty glare. Despite her calm demeanor, an unmistakable air

trembled involuntarily, but she quickly masked her fear with an arrogant smirk,

handle the truth? Look at yourself -you're just a country bumpkin, far from

enrage Alice further. It felt like her words were bouncing off a wall-Yvette wasn't reacting as Alice had hoped,

you sent your adoptive parents to prison. You're such

her son and granddaughter behind bars.

sentence, she let out a shriek of terror

Alice's weak spot, any

but her air was suffused with

Yvette's voice was ice-cold. "I'll be

but with Alice actively seeking confrontation, Yvette

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doing?" Alice's voice trembled, her fear palpable as she tried to