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    Realizing she couldn’t escape easily, Marissa nced back at Derek with narrowed eyes. It seemed he had grown more audacious now that he was a member of a wealthy family. In the past, if someone had beaten him up like that, he would have avoided them for years. But today, he actually dared to retaliate. It appeared she hadn’t instilled enough fear in Derek moments ago


    She turned to face the bodyguards in ck who were now blocking her path. She rolled her wrist in preparation for defending herself. Though the bodyguards were clearly well-trained, she was confident she could escape them eventually, albeit not without causing amotion


    Just then, the door to the dining room swung open. Several people invish attire stepped out to assess the situation, led by Connor’s eldest brother and sister-inw, Neil and Lorna


    “Ah!” they eximed and rushed towards Derek


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    Marissa blinked in confusion and looked at them


    Lorna helped Derek up and cried, “My dear son, who did this to you? Tell me. I won’t let them get away with this!”


    Neil was visibly furious, his temples throbbing. “Who dared to cause trouble for the Daniels family? Who hurt my son? I’ll make them suffer!”


    Marissa didn’t know what to say. She hadn’t expected Derek’s parents were Neil and Lorna. Now it made sense why Derek had be so wildly arrogant. He had transitioned from a poor vige boy to a member of the wealthiest family, which certainly exined his newfound arrogance


    She remembered that before she left for Blebert, her teacher had told her she could do whatever she wished in this city as he would handle any fallout for her—except for offending Connor. Yet here she was, having crossed the Daniels family, a line even her teacher wouldn’t dare cross. Why had she not steered clear of Connor?


    With his face bruised and eyes teary, Derek pointed at Marissa and said, “It’s her!”


    At his usation, everyone turned to stare at Marissa. Until then, no one had really noticed her amidst the chaos, assuming she was just a hotel employee. Now, with Derek pointing her out, they were all shocked. Wasn’t she the Nash family’s heiress? Why was she here? Theirst memory of her was her clumsy attempt at saving Arabe with her poor acupuncture skills, followed by news that she had left the city to study medicine. So how did she end up as a hotel waitress just dayster?


    Lorna was stunned and then angrily asked, “Miss Nash, what is this about?”


    Neil gritted his teeth and said, “If you don’t exin yourself today, you’re not leaving!”


    Derek didn’t notice the unusual atmosphere. With the support of his rich parents, he just thought he had the strongest dignity in his life. His expression was particrly arrogant. His eyes were full of provocation when he looked at Marissa. “Lorna, Neil, is this the son you’ve just acknowledged? There’s been a huge misunderstanding. He was drunk and molested me. I just defended myself.”


    Derek was dumbfounded. What was she saying? Why couldn’t he make sense of her words? Why was she addressing his parents so informally?


    Neil and Lorna exchanged worried nces. They didn’t know much about Derek. They only knew that he grew up in a bad environment and hadn’t received any good education. Judging from his behavior, they could guess that he might not be a decent man. Just yesterday, he had molested a female servant at home. This made them somewhat inclined to believe Marissa’s words


    Just as Derek was about to defend himself, seeing his parents swayed by Marissa, a tall figure emerged from the room. Everyone respectfully cleared a path for him. Connor, dressed impably in a tailored ck suit, approached the center of the gathering and asked in a low tone, “What’s going on?”


    “Uncle Connor, she…”


    As a recent addition to the Daniels family, Derek hadn’t known much about the detailed situation among the family members. He was unaware of the strained rtionship between his parents and Connor and had been naively basking in his newfound status as the wealthiest man’s nephew


    At that moment, Derek was eager toin to his Uncle Connor about Marissa, hoping Connor would punish her severely. Ideally, Connor would have his injuries verified and have her arrested! But before Derek couldplete his sentence, Marissa quickly approached Connor, took his arm, and called him sweetly, “Honey!”


    Derek stood there, speechless


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