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Zoe’s smile froze at the corners of her mouth.
Nathan was stunned, too, followed by overwhelming fury.
Meanwhile, Aria stood there calmly, even smiling. “Can’t do it? Then leave!” She made a move to close the door.
Zoe quickly grabbed her. “Aria! We’ve raised Silvia for twenty–two years—”
“Then don’t bother me here,” Aria cut her off. “Mrs. Saxon, you can’t be so greedy. You were always meant to have just one daughter. You have feelings with Silvia and can’t bear to part with her. I get it.
“But I can bear it. I have no feelings for you. Just treat it as if you never mixed up the babies. Leave me alone.”
Zoe shook her head, tears smearing her face. “No, no, Aria.”
She had raised Silvia for over twenty years, pouring all her love into her.
That was her own daughter, raised by herself. There was no way she could. bear to let her go.
But Aria was the daughter she had carried in her belly for ten months, and she had already lost her for twenty years. She couldn’t lose her again.
Zoe felt utterly desperate.
“Mom!” Nathan’s eyes turned red with anger. “Aria’s intention is to kick my sister out. Don’t you get it? Let’s go! Stop begging her!”
Nathan went to pull Zoe, but she stubbornly held onto Aria. “No.”
“Mom, let’s go!” Nathan insisted.
In the tug–of–war, a sharp slap sounded.
All three froze.
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Zoe stopped crying.
Nathan widened his eyes, staring at his hand in disbelief.
‘How did I end up slapping her? When did I even touch Aria’s face?‘
Nathan subconsciously looked at Aria, his palm felt numb.
Meanwhile, Aria had turned her head slightly to the left, her cheek faintly
red.
“I-”
Before Nathan could finish, he was slapped back.
Due to inertia, he staggered to the side, his feet tangled, almost falling.
Aria returned the slap, looking at him coldly. “We’re even now.”
With that, she turned around and slammed the door shut with a bang.
Nathan’s head was buzzing, and he gently touched his cheek.
He winced in pain, his chest heaving with anger. “Aria, damn you!”
He kicked the door hard, shouting, “I didn’t mean to hit you. It was an accident! An accident! Why’d you hit me back? And so hard too!”
Just as he was about to kick the door again, Zoe stopped him.
Crying as if it were the world’s end, Zoe calmed down now, wiping away her tears. “If you kick Aria’s door again, I’ll tell your dad when I get back.”
Nathan wanted to cry, complaining, “Mom, she hit me!”
Zoe glanced at his face and looked away. “So she hit you. Didn’t you start it?”
“I didn’t mean to!”
“But you did hit her?”
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“Yeah, but it was just a light tap!”
“Well, hitting you probably made her feel a bit better.”
Hearing this, Nathan widened his eyes, unable to believe that his usually gentle and loving mother, who was always claimed to be the most doting parent in the world, could say something so cold.
Zoe sighed softly, adding, “Let Aria be for now. Your grandpa and Uncle Luke don’t welcome her, so what can I do, even though I beg her to come back?”
Calm now, she carefully wiped away her tears, took out a small mirror to touch up her makeup, and became the dignified Mrs. Saxon once again.
Nathan was left stunned.
After tidying up, Zoe looked at the door again, saying, “Aria, it’s really Mom’s fault. Once I handle things at the Saxon family, I’ll come back to
take you home.”
Aria leaned against the door, silent.
Only when the outside quieted down did she sit blankly in the chair, staring into space for a long time before letting out a sigh.
‘Be it! I’ve always been alone and have long gotten used to it,’ she murmured inwardly.
At the same time, Nathan was so frustrated. After entering the elevator with his mom, he saw his face in the mirror.
He couldn’t help but want to explode, but it hit a sore spot, forcing him to calm down.
“Mom! My face is swollen. How can I go back to school like this?”
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With this face, he was sure he’d be laughed at by his buddies for half a
year.
Zoe was fixing her makeup again, glancing at him briefly before looking away. “Aria is a girl; how much strength could she have? You are a real man, yet with tender skin like a girl’s. Who’s to blame for that?”
Nathan was left speechless.
“Oh, and if you tell everyone
what Aria said, I’ll tell your dad that you hit
Aria and that I cried because of you.”
“She even pressured you to get rid of Silvia, yet you still protect her?”
Zoe started feeling sad again. “Aria doesn’t want to come back to the Saxon family or accept us, so she said that on purpose.
“Didn’t you see the surveillance footage? When Silvia was being taken. advantage of, Aria noticed immediately and retaliated for her.”
Only when she saw the footage did Zoe realize how wrong she had been.
Her good daughter was misunderstood by her as someone who would harm others.
‘I truly wasn’t fit to be a mother.’ With this thought, tears welled up again, but Zoe held them back.
When Nathan thought about Aria’s kick on that guy, he let out a cold humph, not saying anything more.
‘Well, I’d let the slap go as repayment for Aria saving Silvia,‘ he thought stubbornly.
Later that night, Hannah received a call from her aunt Carmen.
“Hannah, Delilah injured Ms. Saxon and was taken away by the police for
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intentional harm!”
“What?” Hannah exclaimed in shock, her expression changing slightly. “Which Ms. Saxon? Is it Silvia or Aria?”
When Liam heard Aria’s name, he looked up..
After she heard the whole story, Hannah’s face instantly turned cold. “Delilah is so innocent, those sisters must’ve set her up. I never thought. the Saxon family would do something so dirty.
“Hannah, what should we do now? If the Saxon family doesn’t accept a private settlement, Delilah and her boyfriend will both end up in jail.”
“This mess started because of us. Don’t worry, Aunt Carmen. I’ll handle it.”
After hanging up the phone, Hannah told Liam what happened and scolded coldly, “I didn’t expect the Saxon family to stoop so low. They set up my cousin just to target me.”
Liam wasn’t as angry as Hannah, asking, “Aunt Carmen said that Delilah’s boyfriend was harassing Silvia. Is this true?
“Of course it’s fake. Delilah is the heiress of the Marshall family, while Silvia is just a fake heiress with peasant blood in her veins. Anyone with half a brain wouldn’t bother with her when they could have Delilah!”
Hearing these words, Liam wanted to say something, but seeing Hannah’s cold expression, he changed his mind halfway through his sentence. “I’ll go to the Saxon family tomorrow to see my… I mean, Mr. Saxon, to find out what’s going on. The best outcome would be a private settlement.”
Hannah’s voice was icy. “They did this just to target us. They won’t agree to a settlement. Leave this to me. I refuse to believe the Saxon family can control everything here!”
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