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?"

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and reached out to

silk, and he could feel her warmth even through

Walter was momentarily distracted.

a

d

illness, he woke up to find Shakira curled up in his arms, sleeping

his warmth. Her

pulled her easily into his arms, and she slumped against

Shakira's

were glazed,

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

tail stepped on. "I'm

pass out after one drink, but you also have terrible drinking habits!" He showed

something and flipped her palm over to

calluses, clearly showing signs of wear

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tried to pull her hand back, but Walter noticed redness on the back of her hand, squinting his eyes and pressing her hand down again. Stuck and unable to move, Shakira leaned in. "What

causing her to yelp. "Ouch!". Walter eased up and gently rubbed her injured

"Even

right. Instead

of staying at the villa, you

bit upset. "Someone

so, it's your fau

to come and help them; that's why I went out..." fault. If it weren't for Kyle, you'd be in real

even more, her face a rosy pink, looking like soft dough in his hands, completely

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

Pinching her every day was much

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

bit down hard on Walter's

driver slammed on the brakes, and Brian was shocked.

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"Keep driving, It's

patted Shakira on the head, then slid his hand down her

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