The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 668

Chapter 668 Pushed

Sue and Ann exchanged a glance, then ran forward, grabbing wooden poles and joining the fight.

"Go!" Una shouted, and the other girls quickly followed suit. "Go!"

The entire scene turned into chaos. The villagers had the advantage in numbers, but they fought clumsily and without coordination. In contrast, Natalie's group worked together seamlessly.

On top of that, the village women were visibly shaken. It wasn't long before the battle was over, and Natalie's side had won.

Maverick lay pinned under Marcus' foot, and his face was pressed against the dirt as he continued spewing curses.

Marcus pressed down harder, and soon enough, Maverick could no longer speak.

The other villagers had all been subdued. Natalie turned to the crowd, stepping under the red flag as she swept a cold gaze over all the villagers present.

"Anyone else not convinced?"

Her voice was cold as she continued, "If you're not convinced, step up. I'll beat you into submission myself. The days of you lot playing petty tyrants are over. Are girls' lives worth nothing to you?

"They are your daughters, not your enemies. What gives you the right to treat them like this? Do girls have to be born inferior? Do they deserve to be belittled and discarded?

"And you!" She pointed at the group of women in the crowd. "You've been through this suffering yourselves. So why would you force your daughters to endure it too?

"Instead of hoping for a better life for them, you're dragging them into the same pit of misery. Is that your idea of being a mother? Having mothers like you is the real tragedy in their lives."

"Natalie!" Maverick yelled. "Stop pretending to be so righteous! We all know you're just training them to be your maids in the future."

Natalie laughed out of anger. "My maids? Are you serious? Before I came, what kind of lives were they living? And since I arrived, what kind of life have they had?

"If not for Lynette and the other girls, do you think we would've stayed and helped your village? Scum like you don't deserve our help."

Her words were blunt and sharp-edged.

told her that the men here were selfish and arrogant. They treated women as

the younger ones would be thrown into the mountains

these.

a show of force

things had simply come full

the girls here had learned something. They had learned that men and women

just as capable as

could forge their own path

never sought anything in return for the children he saved. Who knew how many

had only hoped that his kindness could be passed on. That every child he rescued would save themselves

rescued by Federrick from the Langley family. She knew better than anyone how hard it was to survive as a girl in a

knees before Natalie.

sobbed. "Maverick isn't all bad! Why are you

Was it 'not so bad' when Dad got drunk and

though you knew I was innocent, you just stood there and let Dad beat me half

bad' when Natalie came to collect herbs, and I was burning up with fever, but you still forced me to hand over Martin's share

a high fever but still had to go out and pick herbs. I fell from the mountain and broke my leg, and what did you

at me for breaking my leg, for ruining my ability to make money for the family! If it weren't

medical treatment, helped me catch up on my lessons, and even gathered herbs himself to

Lynette's tears

drops. "You said that since

my leg, I was useless

mouth to feed. You told me

a burden, that I should never

that

to exist.

you remember what you

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