Chapter 58

He used to think just like his parents and grandparents.

He believed Shakira was always targeting Yvette, bullying her, and being too aggressive.

She

took advantage of the mix-up to do whatever she wanted after coming back, thinking the whole family owed her. But now, he was starting to have doubts.

Shakira seemed like she hadn't really done anything wrong?' thought he.

Mitchell didn't know why he was thinking this. After the plagiarism incident, he developed more empathy and started feeling sorry for Shakira.

He looked at things from outside his family's perspective. Clearly, Shakira hadn't done anything to provoke anyone.

Yet, just because Yvette mentioned her 'innocently,' Shakira suddenly became the target of everyone's anger. this happened before?

Shakira had suffered unjustly, and people's opinions of her had soured. So every time something went wrong, they'd instinctively blame Shakira.

But not every bad thing was Shakira's fault.

It almost seemed like Yvette was intentionally doing this, stepping on Shakira to win sympathy and attention from the family, creating a biased view against her. Mitchell frowned, looking at Yvette, who was smiling and massaging their grandmother's shoulders.

His beloved little sister, whom he had cherished and protected for years, suddenly seemed unfamiliar.

The Maybach glided smoothly down the road.

In

the back seat, Shakira sat upright, her hands neatly resting on her knees, her posture straight, eyes fixed ahead. Walter glanced at t her before turning his gaze out the window.

After a while, when they looked back, Shakira was still in the same position.

Walter snorted disdainfully and said, "You think flattering me and pretending to be nice will make me forgive you?"

Shakira didn't say a word; she just sat there like a statue.

Walter

r's patience was gone, and he warned sharply. "Shakira!"

The car was filled with an intense, icy atmosphere.

Brian, in the front passenger seat, wanted to suggest Shakira apologize, but when he turned around, he was shocked. "Mr. Lopez, Ms. Nelson..." "What, are you going to plead for her too?"

Ms. Nelson seems

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and reached out to

warm, like fine silk, and he could

Walter was momentarily distracted.

a

d

night, when he was hit by a sudden illness, he woke up to find Shakira curled up in his arms, sleeping

heat, absorbing his warmth.

He pulled her easily into his

Shakira's

were glazed, her cheeks

sneered. "With your low alcohol tolerance, how dare you

cat that had its tail stepped on. "I'm

but you also have terrible drinking habits!" He showed no mercy, holding her hand tightly to keep her

and

hand was covered in calluses, clearly showing

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tried to pull her hand back, but Walter noticed redness on the back of her hand, squinting his eyes and

the back of her hand, causing her to yelp. "Ouch!". Walter eased up and gently rubbed her injured hand. He continued to tinued to speak coldly,

"Even

right. Instead

staying at the villa,

bit upset.

so, it's your fau

went out..." fault. If it weren't

face a rosy pink, looking like soft dough in his hands,

had always wanted to strangle this sassy woman who talked back to

strangling her seemed too lenient. Pinching her every day was much more

the rearview mirror, quickly looked away. They thought, 'Probably only Ms. Nelson could make the Mr. Lopez act like this!' Shakira winced in pain and tried to fight back, but Walter had her firmly in

suddenly bit down hard on Walter's

on the brakes,

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"Keep driving, It's

the head, then slid his hand down her hair to

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