Chapter 484 Who’s Gonna Want Me Anyway


    “I know I was wrong.” <ol><li>c. Ste said. </li></ol>


    “Hmph…”


    Evelyn let out a proud little huff, though she clearly hadn’t meant to scold Ste at all.


    After all, these <b>past </b>years, they’d been busy dealing with all the lingering mess left behind.


    Otherwise, they would’ve gone to bring Ste back long ago–no way would they have let her be bullied by the Reed family.


    Becausepared to those real dangers, the Reed family’s tricks barely counted for anything.


    And this time… though things <b>still </b>weren’t fully resolved,


    The moment Ste used the ck card <b>Abraham </b>had given her, they stopped feeling at ease altogether.


    Even if not all the problems had been cleaned up yet, they were afraid something might happen to Ste in Rivermount.


    “Right or wrong<b>–</b>eat first, talkter. Come on, eat up.”


    Evelyn ced a piece of beef into Ste’s bowl.


    That red wine braised beef had always been one of Ste’s favorite dishes. But after she’d gone to Rivermount, the vor hadn’t quite been the same over there, so she’d stopped eating it.


    Now, Evelyn’s attitudepletely set her heart at ease.


    She was just starting to eat when-


    Marie barged in <b>from </b>outside, cursing under her breath. “That damn Keene family! I swear I’m gonna get every bit of it back someday! Evie and Eddie are absolute garbage, total lowlifes! And Derrick–that snake–I won’t let him off either. Sooner orter. I’ll destroy him.”


    Ste and Abraham both went quiet.


    When Evelyn heard Marie’s loud, fiery cursing, the corner of her mouth twitched. Her own daughter… honestly, what a sight.


    Listen to that mouth…


    She’d told her so many times. <i>If </i>you’re gonna curse someone out, at least do it without being vulgar


    But no, every time she flew off the handle, it was straight to “destroy this” and “kill that. Honestly, who had she inherited that personality from!


    When she turned around and saw Marieing in from the foyer, she snapped, “Alright, enough with the cursing already. Do you


    have


    any sense of what ady should be like?”


    When it came to this daughter, Evelyn really was helpless.


    She’d raised Ste and Marie herself from the time they were little–same parenting style, same everything,


    <b>But </b>she never could figure out why Marie had always turned out more like a boy.


    All those pretty dresses she bought for her, she refused to wear. Designer heels, custom jewelry, handbags–<b>brand</b>–new, untouched


    Ste<b>, </b>on the other hand, was just perfect…


    Little girls were meant to be dressed like princesses, all soft and pink and adorable.


    Marie saw they were already eating.


    <b>Sull </b>furning, she <b>walked </b>over to the dining table and <b>sat </b>down.


    Chapter 1851 Robbed Them With Style and Taste


    Chapter 485 I Robbed Them With Style and Taste


    With Ste ard, Evelynster ided not to bring up anything about Marie


    Marichimed in, “And don’t start on meter either–Em still going after Derrick. Three years ago, he dared to take Star, you


    She repeated over and over, Abraham shot her a disapproving nce, but Marie showed no intention of holding back.


    When Evelyn heard she still nned to go after Derrick, her expression turned particrlyplicated.


    Mentioning Derrick gave Evelyn a headache too. She thought back to what he’d told her just two days ago.


    For a moment, she’d been stunned to learn that Derrick had carried such a heavy burden hark then.


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    At the time, everyone said Derrick was ungrateful–that he’d kicked his best brother when he was down.


    But no one knew if he hadn’t betrayed them in such an unorthodox way back then, the damage to the Dawson family


    After dinner, Marie brought Ste to her room, while Abraham followed Evelyn into the study.


    Marie yanked open the wardrobe, spread her arms wide, and scooped out an entire row of clothing, <b>tossing </b>it all onto the bed in one big heap


    Then she turned and opened a row of drawers, taking out each delicate box inside one by one–fancy gift boxes and clothes were now all jumbled together.


    A mountain formed on the bed


    Ste went quiet.


    Marie opened the boxes–inside were all kinds of jewelry, nes, rings, bracelets, earrings a huge collection.


    “My new creations<b>.</b>”


    The dazzling disy male Ste’s eyes widen in shock. “You made all of these too?”


    When did she learn to make jewelry! She’d only known Marie had learned to sew clothes because of Dan. But jewelry too? Did Dan have a thing for essories or something?


    If that were true, then Marie had changed for for him.


    Marie said, “It was on the way to look for you two years ago. I came across a mine. The stones inside were gorgeous, so I took them all. Their were too many, so I ended up designing and making all of this. It’s all for you.”


    Ste


    stunned. She came across me? You go out to find someone and casually stumble across a mine? How lucky can one person bet Honestly, you could say she was Mested <i>by </i>the gods and no one would argue


    Ste examined the rity and texture of the stones<b>. </b>She couldn’t tell exactly what kind of mineral they were–but they were. definitely beautiful.


    “You’re sure you took these from the mine yourself?”


    ven though Ste didn’t know much about gemstones,


    She could still tell from the texture in her hand–they were top–quality.


    Marie replied, “I stole them”


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