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Yannis frowned and pulled Zinnia behind him to shield her.

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He looked at Maelis across from them, utterly bewildered by Maelis’s accusing Zinnia without even asking.

“Are you saying it’s Betty’s fault? Mr. Perkins, this is my family matter. Should you really be meddling?” Maelis asked.

Still unsettled by Yannis’s earlier intimidation, Maelis instinctively snapped at him.

She thought, ‘Why is this outsider butting in? Does he think I’m making false accusations against Zinnia now?‘

Ever since she returned from the Lynn residence and was forced to make a choice, Maelis had given up on herself.

The tug–of–war between Betty and Zinnia had left her unable to eat or sleep well before. When Sofia pressured her to choose Betty, Maelis finally gave in. She couldn’t believe that the daughter she’d raised with such care could be any less than Zinnia.

Now, whenever she saw Zinnia, bitterness welled up inside Maelis. She was angry that Zinnia never gave her any respect, never saw her sacrifices, and instead even sided with outsiders to push her into a corner.

Whenever she saw Zinnia, Maelis’s chest tightened with an uneasy mix of panic and discomfort.

Yannis shot back, “Who says this is just your family’s business? Right now, you’re the other child’s guardian, and I’m Zinnia’s. You protect your kid, and I protect mine.

“And how do you know it’s not the one on your side who’s at fault? Mrs. Shaw, you sound so self–righteous. Aren’t you afraid of getting proven wrong?”

Facing Maelis’s accusation, Yannis showed a mocking smirk. He shot a cold glance at Betty across from him.

He couldn’t even bring himself to say Betty’s name. He felt dirty on his tongue if he did it.

Betty felt his icy stare, and her face went pale. A shadow of bitterness clouded her features.

She thought, ‘He hates me all because of that bitch Zinnia. If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t hate me.

“Zinnia, why did you hit Betty?” Yosef asked.

Zinnia nestled in Yannis’s protective embrace. He was disappointed that Zinnia completely ignored Maelis

thought, ‘How could

barely remembered much about Zinnia. Most of what he knew came from stories about her fighting with,

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with icy detachment. Facing their accusatory tone, she retorted bluntly, “Because she’s got the mouth of

surprised by their unhesitating accusations, nor did she feel particularly

it.

us? What on earth did your grandmother teach you to make you such a disgraceful creature?” Maelis

but also at Sofia for raising Zinnia to be even more unruly and

said, “Mrs. Shaw, to be honest, it really was Betty who started this

a word in, William felt his head spinning. He wondered, ‘Why can’t they just have a little patience and let me finish

and Yosef dumbfounded for

especially when she caught the mocking look in Yannis’s eyes. She felt her shame laid

had to admit to herself

Zinnia would call Yannis over, Betty would never have kept up her stubborn act. She should have

turn to for help, but never once did she imagine it would be Yannis, the untouchable man who answered

thought Yannis was still abroad. Never in a million years did she imagine Zinnia had somehow gained

Shouldn’t she be the

tolerate anyone else saying a bad word about Maisie, especially not from a family that

such an unreasonable and shameless

of shrews.

Yvette declared and lifted her chin. Her delicate features were stripped of

fight even without justification, and with good reason, she would stand her child’s ground

party was Zinnia’s family, Yvette had originally wanted to let things

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