The Heir's Secret Bride

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"Horace is going to take the college entrance examination next year. If he gets a criminal record, what if he can't get a good job in the future, let alone go to university?" Valda looked worried. "That boy's family is asking for too much. They're asking for 100 thousand dollars yuan as compensation before they will settle it privately. But you know how our family's doing. Perhaps even 20 thousand dollars..." Valda did not finish her sentence. She just looked at Maeve with a troubled look.

Maeve felt that something was wrong. She frowned and asked, "If that boy bullied Horace first, you should ask the school authorities to check the surveillance footage and prove that it's not Horace's fault. Why do you have to compensate that boy's family?" As she spoke, she looked at Horace, who was still eating with a fearless expression. "And I can't tell that he's been bullied." She thought with Horace's temper, how could anyone bully him?

Horace rolled his eyes. "I've got strong fists, and that weakling hit himself with them. That's not on me!"

Maeve's expression turned slightly gloomy. "How "How can you be so self-r If-righteous when you're in the wrong? Dad and Mom are spending over 200 thousand dollars every year to send you to the private elite school to study. How could you fight in school?" With a smack, Horace slammed his fork on the table and raised his chin high. "What's wrong with that? Are you jealous? Are you dying of jealousy because they didn't send you to a private elite school back then? Tsk." After saying that, he kicked the chair away and walked toward his room.

Valda quickly stopped him. "You've only eaten so little. How can you not eat anymore? This won't do. It will give you stomachache." The only response she got was the sound of Horace slamming the door.

"Horace is just unbelievable," Valda chided. However, she didn't seem to blame Horace. Instead, she still had a doting look on her face.

Maeve almost laughed. "Mom, aren't you spoiling him too much? If you don't teach him now, he'll go astray, and you'll regret it."

"He's still young. It's normal for boys to do this during their rebellious phase. Horace will behave." Valda didn't change her attitude. "Anyway, Maeve, you can't just watch as your brother gets arrested. You have to help him."

Scott thought for a moment. "You've been working for a while. You must have got more savings than 100 thousand dollars. We need the money for this emergency."

"If that's not enough, ask your husband for some. We're family after all," Valda added.

Maeve's hands on her knees clenched tightly as she listened to them decide on the whole matter.

She asked, "Aren't you going to ask me for my opinion?"

Valda was surprised. "Do you have a problem with this? He's your brother. If you don't help him, are you going to watch him be pushed by law?"

"He's your only brother," Scott said earnestly. "You're blood-related, so you should always look out for him."

Maeve's parents would always tell her, "He's your only brother."

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had been saying this to

older sister, she had to give in to Horace,

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the family, Scott and Valda were biased, believing that Maeve was supposed to give in to him since she was a few

ever asked if Maeve was willing to

her parents, who were only gentle to her when her brother

His heart ached, and there were tears in her

she asked. "In his eyes, I'm just a cash cow and an adopted outsider. Forgive me for not being able to do everything I can to help this kind of brother, because he's not worth my help at all." Maeve stood up and looked at Scott and Valda gloomily. "In the future, I will wire you the living expenses

had

when she was hospitalized.

her bag and left the

her back and

walked straight out of the door of the Reese family's place. Her slender back was

chased after Maeve anxiously, but by the time she reached the door, Maeve had already disappeared into

feet anxiously as she wondered, 'If Maeve refuses to

were slightly hunched due to the night

I over from the front and crashed

the bag in her hand

her elbow, so that guy failed to pull the bag over. He dragged her along the ground

"Ah!" Maeve screamed.

pain, and she subconsciously let go of

away with her bag and

had split open. Her ankles had been dragged along the asphalt by the motorcycle, and her light brown socks were covered in blood. She gasped in pain and could not sit up for

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voice sounded from behind her, followed