Chapter 180 No More Pretending
No wonder she always felt so familiar and close to Caroline.
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“Teresa, Caroline was the one who attacked me first. Look at my face. It’s all swollen from her hitting me. Helen said, tilting her face toward Teresa, tears streaming down her cheeks in distress.
Teresa only glanced at her briefly, showing no sympathy despite her crying. “If you hadn’t insulted her so badly, why would she have hit you? Honestly, even if someone insulted me like that, I’d probably hit them
100.”
Hearing Teresa side with Caroline, Helen was deeply frustrated. “Teresa, you can’t be biased against me and blindly defend Caroline. Don’t you know Caroline is a woman with no morals? She’s a mistress to an older man while also seducing…”
“Enough!” Teresa cut her off sharply. “Where’s your upbringing? Caroline is still your family. How can you slander her?”
Caroline was her best friend’s daughter. For that alone, Teresa believed in her one hundred percent.
On the other hand, since the first time she met Helen in the bathroom, she had felt this girl was no ordinary
person.
Now, not only did she think Helen was complicated, but also shameless and ill–mannered.
Seeing Teresa’s dark, sullen face, Helen dared not continue.
Helen bit her lip and glared fiercely at Caroline, trying to vent all her frustration from being insulted by her.
But Teresa’s eyes caught onto this. “I was the one who scolded you. If you’re angry, direct it at me–don’t take it out on the innocent.”
Hearing this, Helen withdrew her gaze, switching to a pitiful look. “Teresa, I didn’t mean that.”
If it weren’t for her plan to marry into the Graysons, she would have gone forward and kicked Teresa hard right now.
Just wait, Teresa!
When she married into the Graysons, the first person she’d get rid of was Teresa.
Teresa had lived long enough to meet all kinds of people. There was no way she couldn’t tell Helen was pretending to be weak.
She hated hypocrisy the most and frowned. “Enough, stop pretending. Just leave already!”
Helen was stunned for a moment and wanted to explain something.
But Teresa gave her no chance to speak and repeated, “Go. I don’t have the patience to listen to you anymore.”
Those cold words stung. Helen tried not to care, but hearing them still hurt.
In the end, she said nothing and ran out crying.
Only Caroline and Teresa remained in the kitchen.
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Chapter 180 No More Pretending
Caroline stared blankly at Teresa.
Usually, Teresa always had a smiling face, so she thought she had no temper.
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But Teresa’s stern expression toward Helen just now made Caroline realize she had been wrong before.
Teresa noticed Caroline was spacing out and patted her arm. “What are you thinking about?”
Caroline came back to herself and smiled. “Nothing.”
Teresa didn’t press further and instead sized her up from head to toe as if meeting her for the first time.
“So you’re Caroline Somerton. Why didn’t you tell me?”
Caroline’s tone was calm. “You’ve always been kind to me. Does it matter if I tell you or not?”
She wasn’t planning to marry into the Graysons, so there was no need to tell her.
But Teresa thought differently.
She smiled and sighed. “Such a foolish kid. That’s not the same at all.”
If Caroline wasn’t her best friend’s daughter, she’d treat her just like a friend. But since she was her best friend’s daughter, Teresa would treat her like her own child.
Seeing the joy in Teresa’s eyes, Caroline felt grateful and said, “Teresa, thank you for being so good to me.” Teresa was the first person–no, the second–outside of the Somertons to treat her well.
The first was Blake.
Speaking of which, it had been a while since she’d seen Blake.
Stella said he went on a business trip. No one knew when he would return.
“Don’t be so polite with me. Your mother’s gone, and I’ll take good care of you in her place.” Teresa frowned suddenly. “Why don’t you want to marry Linden?”
Before, when Teresa heard from Miguel that she had a boyfriend, she thought that explained it.
But the Caroline she knew didn’t have a boyfriend.
-That reminded her of the day they met with the Somertons at the hotel.
That whole family seemed uneasy, especially when Caroline was there. It looked like they didn’t want her presence.
She hadn’t paid much attention then, but now she understood.
The Somertons was ruled by Edward, and Helen was his daughter.
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