Chapter 571 Not Every Apology Is Enough
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The moment the name “Abraham” was mentioned, the crowd that had gathered nearby collectively gasped.
Many of them had onlye to check out themotion, but the second they realized someone from the Dawson family was involved, they knew better than to speak casually.
Now that they’d heard what the two women had actually said, they couldn’t believe how reckless they were.
Sure enough, Marie’s gaze turned even darker after hearing Ste’s words.
The woman trembled under Marie’s re. “Ms. Marie, we… we really know we were wrong. We really do. We’re so sorry. So, so sorry.”
She kept repeating it over and over.
But Marie didn’t look at her–she looked at Ste instead. “Ste.”
Ste’s face was cold and unreadable. She clearly wasn’t buying their apology.
And how could she?
If it had been some other nder, maybe she would’ve let it slide. But when it came to the Dawson family, she had zero tolerance.
When Abraham and Abel arrived, they heard Ste say, “Not every mistake can be erased with a simple sorry.”
Her voice was chilly, dangerous. She went on, “We’re all adults here. Some mistakese with consequences.”
To Ste, the Dawson family and the Luke family were sacred ground.
Anyone who dared cross that line–she wasn’t going to let it slide.
“Tie a rope long enough and it can still be knotted. But a tongue? Guess it’s too slippery to tie, huh? If you had the guts to run your mouth, then why not have the guts to stand by it?”
A mocking voice rose from the crowd.
The two women turned toward it, shooting daggers with their eyes.
Ste and Marie followed their gaze-
And the moment Ste saw who it was, she froze.
It was Reba.
She was standing with her arm linked through that of a Falvarian man, staring down the two gossips with contempt. “What, still ying tough? Guess you weren’t all that sincere about apologizing, were you?”
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That one line-“not sincere“-made their faces turn even paler.
In front of the Dawson family, who would dare to fake remorse?
Reba met Ste’s eyes and offered her a kind smile.
Ste’s lips curved faintly in return.
Marie snorted. “Seems thatdy was right. You weren’t really sorry after all. In that case…
“Ms. Marie, we really were!” one of them cried.
“Please–you’re a bigger person, don’t drag our families into this.”
Even the one who had tried to hit Ste now looked panicked.
Marie replied coldly, “I’m not the one you should be begging.”
Not her?
All eyes shifted toward Ste again. But this time, the two women felt something bitter rising in their chests.
Especially considering Ste was just an adopted daughter–at least, that’s what they’d thought. They figured she’d eventually be used as a pawn in a political marriage for the Luke family.
Who would’ve guessed she’d end up with Abraham–the very man who had helped raise her?
That would make her the most powerful woman in all of Falvaria.
The same girl they used to look down on… the one they’d been waiting to see fall from grace…
Now-
Marie saw them hesitate and immediately understood what was going on in their heads.
Furious, she stepped forward and kicked one of them hard. The sudden pain snapped them out of their thoughts.
Both quickly turned to Ste and apologized. “Ms. Ste, we’re so sorry. Truly, we are.”
Ste’s eyes glinted coldly. “I don’t think I’m worthy of that ‘Ms. Ste.“”
A moment ago, they had mocked her for being nothing more than an adopted daughter.
If they’d only talked about her, she might’ve let it go. But they had dragged her mother–and Abraham-
into it.
Ste gave the woman a freezing stare.
The woman’s whole body went cold under that gaze. “N–No… of course you are. Everyone in Falvaria knows you’re the Dawson family’s little princess.”
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Ste let out a short, sarcasticugh.
Just then, an arm slipped around her shoulders and gently pulled her in.
She turned and met Abraham’s steely eyes.
He didn’t say a word to the women. He just looked away and tilted his head. “Abel.”
“Yes, sir.”
Abel stepped forward at once.
Abraham said only one thing: “Take care of it.”
“Yes, sir.”
With that, Abraham wrapped his arm around Ste and led her away.
The two women went ghostly pale as they realized what had just happened.
Even after Abraham and Ste were long gone, they were still frozen in ce–too stunned to even beg for
mercy.
Meanwhile, Reba leaned closer to the man beside her. “What a letdown. I was hoping they’d actually start swinging.”
Her voice dripped with sarcasm.
After all that trash talk behind people’s backs, they didn’t even have enough backbone to stand their ground. Cowards, the both of them.
Danny let out a smallugh and patted the back of her hand. “Let’s go.”
“Mhm.”
Reba nodded and nced onest time at the two women who looked like they wanted to eat her alive.
She responded with an even more vicious smile.
Once everyone was gone-
The two women slowly got up, trembling.
The one who <i>got </i>soaked turned to the other and hissed, “This is all your fault! Why’d you have to drag me into gossiping about the Dawson family?!”
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