Crystal's POV:

I was so scared that I couldn't help but shout, "Rufus, get away from Beryl!"

Rufus' eyes darted from Beryl, who was in his arms, and then at me. With a serious look on his face, he asked grimly, "What's wrong?"

Then I looked at Beryl again. The devious smile from earlier was completely gone, and her childish face was full of grievance and sadness. She wrapped her arms around Rufus' neck and looked at me in fear, as if what I saw just now was just an illusion.

This was ridiculous!

I stepped back in a trance, not knowing how to explain.

Even if Rufus believed me, Laura was here and she didn't know what was going on. Naturally, in her eyes, I was being unnecessarily harsh with Beryl.

Neither Laura nor Arron noticed Beryl's abnormality, which meant that Noreen's disguise was flawless.

If I didn't notice the weird smile just now, I too would've fallen for her little act.

Noreen was so damn cunning!

Rufus seemed to sense that I was in a terrible mood, so he put Beryl down and pulled me into a warm embrace. He kissed my forehead and whispered in a voice only I could hear, "Calm down. We'll talk about this later."

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Sniffling, Beryl wiped her tears with the back of her hand and looked at me pitifully.

I returned her gaze and said nothing.

nose turned red. She squatted down and buried her face in her hands, sobbing, "Mommy, you don't

cries continued, which made everyone present feel sorry

felt a sting in my eye and a lump in my throat. For a moment, I almost believed that the girl in front of me was the real

knew I couldn't believe her. Noreen was a master at deceiving people. She

not

I said coldly, looking at

a moment, but then she started crying even harder. "You really don't love

in the pit of

you." Laura picked up Beryl

stopped crying under

Beryl to the small round table and gave her a slice of cake. Arron also followed

I whispered to Rufus, "When you were holding Beryl just now, I saw her trying to attack you with the

said gently, but then he gestured for

Beryl. After cooling down, we also walked to

help but ask, "What's wrong with you today? What you did was out of fine." "Crystal hasn't fully

al health

the rut," Rufus

covering for me flawlessly.

recovery. Don't worry about the

right. I wasn't fit to take care of

palace. After all, if anything happened, at least we were already in the area. The following morning, I woke up

gotten up and

it weren't for what happened last night, I might've just gone back to

to enjoy the thought of

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