Falling For My Ex's Uncle - Chapter 496: Chapter 496
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"Laurel, you've always surprised me. I also brought you a gift for surviving a calamity. I hope you'll like it when you receive it." Thinking of it, my hand holding the phone subconsciously tightened, and an inexplicable panic surged in my heart.
I thought that giving him something to do would make him behave. I didn't expect him to give me a shock.
After all, he was like a lunatic. How good could a lunatic's gift be?
The memories of our childhood flooded back.
I remember the day before my birthday, my mother told Jesse's mother early that she would pick me up early for my birthday.
However, when I arrived at Jesse's house the next day, I saw the little fatty who often snatched my food holding his bleeding head and running home crying.
Jesse stared straight at me without blinking, waiting to see my expression when I was frightened by the little fatty's bloody face.
However, I was good at controlling myself. Even if I was afraid, I could still pretend to be calm.
When Jesse saw I didn't show any fear, he smiled and told me he taught the fatty a lesson on my behalf because he snatched my food.
However, in reality, the person who bullied me and snatched my food every day was Jesse.
Since then, every time I celebrated my birthday, I couldn't help but think of the little fatty who was beaten up by Jesse and covered in blood. My heart was filled with guilt.
I had a feeling that if it weren't for me, the little fatty wouldn't have been beaten.
On that birthday, the little fatty deliberately tripped over by Jesse and injured his head. He almost couldn't even keep his eyes.
Jesse's mother chased him with a stick to hit him when she found out.
Although Jesse ran fast, he could not escape a beating. He screamed miserably when he was beaten up.
Hallie was also punished for not stopping Jesse from bullying the little fatty.
At that time, I was young and my heart ached for Hallie. I would even secretly send her food.
However, I later realized Jesse's evil was blatant, while Hallie's evil was sinister and vicious.
Hallie would put chili sauce in the food and pretend to be obedient and sensible before those who liked her. She would smear wantonly and sow discord among those who dislike her.
Who would have thought a child could lie so much and be difficult to discipline?
I suppressed my dissatisfaction and frustration and tried to sound gentle. "I'll wait and see," I told Jayden.
I knew there was no point in asking if he didn't want to talk about it.
The next morning, I came out of my room to see Alex sitting at the kitchen table and eating breakfast.
The sunlight shone on him through the window, coating him with a faint layer of gold. His expression was as calm as ever as if nothing in the world could stir him.
The urgent sound of the doorbell broke the silence of the morning.
Sophina opened the door and saw Leah rushing in angrily.
Her gaze was like a sharp blade, shooting straight at me as if she wanted to poke countless holes in me.
With a murderous look, she walked straight to the dining table and slammed the photos on the dining table. She roared, "Laurel Parks... What do you mean? You sent these photos to the magazine, right?
If I wasn't friends with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and him intercepting the photos in the first place, do you know how serious the consequences would have been?"
I slowly raised my head and looked at Leah. I couldn't help but sneer. I picked up a photo on the table and glanced at it gently. Then, I sighed deeply and said, "Leah, you came here so early in the morning to denounce me?"
"Don't tell me you didn't do it. Other than you, who else would have these photos?" Leah's tone was firm as she glared at me fiercely as if I was the one who had made a mistake.
"Leah, the photos haven't been leaked yet. Why are you so angry?" I looked puzzled and pretended to be innocent.
"It's fine if you don't want me to be angry. I'll forgive you if you kneel and apologize to me now!" Leah stared at me arrogantly. "I can let bygones be bygones, but I won't let you off easily if you ever act so arrogant again!"
Watching Leah grit her teeth, I secretly felt it was extremely ridiculous.
Those daughters of wealthy families were polite on the surface, but they secretly bullied and humiliated others.
However, Leah was the exact opposite. She seemed to be sure of herself enough to take me in her hands, but she had forgotten I was from a small family in the past. I had never been afraid of her. Why would I be afraid of her now?
"You want me to kneel and apologize?" I frowned and looked at Leah.
"Shouldn't you apologize for your mistake? I'm already being generous by not letting you kneel in front of me for a day!" Leah said arrogantly.
I sneered. "In that case, why don't you kneel and apologize to me first?"
"What do you mean?" Leah glared at me in exasperation. If Alex weren't present, she would have grabbed me and forced me to kneel on the ground.
Alex had been sitting calmly in his chair and watching everything coldly from the moment Leah barged in. In his opinion, our argument was like a boring farce that had nothing to do with him.
"Leah, don't you know? You colluded with others to kill the child in my stomach. I'll give you a chance now. If you kneel, I'll forgive you. How about that?" I looked straight into Leah's eyes and said word by word.
Leah's face turned awful when she heard that. A trace of panic flashed across her eyes, but she quickly regained her arrogant appearance. "Don't talk nonsense! What evidence do you have? You want to slander me with your empty words?"
"Evidence?" I smiled coldly. "What you've done will always leave traces. You think you've done it flawlessly, but the truth will always come out eventually. You must have known Liesel is dead, haven't you? Do you think Edwin knows something? By the way, is Liesel's death related to you?"
Alex was still sitting there quietly. His eyes darted back and forth between me and Leah as if he were waiting for the outcome of the farce.
"Don't talk nonsense here! So what if I did it if the child in your stomach is gone?" Leah suddenly said fiercely. "You're a woman from a small family. How are you worthy of entering the Herrera family? You're even pregnant with a bastard child. Do you think you can stay firm in the Herrera family?"
I felt a sudden pain in my heart at her words. Anger burned like fire in my chest.
I clenched my fists so tightly that my nails almost dug into my palms. I tried my best to remain calm. "Leah Herrera, you said the child in my stomach is a bastard? Then why don't you give birth to one to show me?
"I think you just can't give birth, so you don't want others to give birth. Just because you're so vicious, no child is willing to choose you as a mother."
I thought that giving him something to do would make him behave. I didn't expect him to give me a shock.
After all, he was like a lunatic. How good could a lunatic's gift be?
The memories of our childhood flooded back.
I remember the day before my birthday, my mother told Jesse's mother early that she would pick me up early for my birthday.
However, when I arrived at Jesse's house the next day, I saw the little fatty who often snatched my food holding his bleeding head and running home crying.
Jesse stared straight at me without blinking, waiting to see my expression when I was frightened by the little fatty's bloody face.
However, I was good at controlling myself. Even if I was afraid, I could still pretend to be calm.
When Jesse saw I didn't show any fear, he smiled and told me he taught the fatty a lesson on my behalf because he snatched my food.
However, in reality, the person who bullied me and snatched my food every day was Jesse.
Since then, every time I celebrated my birthday, I couldn't help but think of the little fatty who was beaten up by Jesse and covered in blood. My heart was filled with guilt.
I had a feeling that if it weren't for me, the little fatty wouldn't have been beaten.
On that birthday, the little fatty deliberately tripped over by Jesse and injured his head. He almost couldn't even keep his eyes.
Jesse's mother chased him with a stick to hit him when she found out.
Although Jesse ran fast, he could not escape a beating. He screamed miserably when he was beaten up.
Hallie was also punished for not stopping Jesse from bullying the little fatty.
At that time, I was young and my heart ached for Hallie. I would even secretly send her food.
However, I later realized Jesse's evil was blatant, while Hallie's evil was sinister and vicious.
Hallie would put chili sauce in the food and pretend to be obedient and sensible before those who liked her. She would smear wantonly and sow discord among those who dislike her.
Who would have thought a child could lie so much and be difficult to discipline?
I suppressed my dissatisfaction and frustration and tried to sound gentle. "I'll wait and see," I told Jayden.
I knew there was no point in asking if he didn't want to talk about it.
The next morning, I came out of my room to see Alex sitting at the kitchen table and eating breakfast.
The sunlight shone on him through the window, coating him with a faint layer of gold. His expression was as calm as ever as if nothing in the world could stir him.
The urgent sound of the doorbell broke the silence of the morning.
Sophina opened the door and saw Leah rushing in angrily.
Her gaze was like a sharp blade, shooting straight at me as if she wanted to poke countless holes in me.
With a murderous look, she walked straight to the dining table and slammed the photos on the dining table. She roared, "Laurel Parks... What do you mean? You sent these photos to the magazine, right?
If I wasn't friends with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and him intercepting the photos in the first place, do you know how serious the consequences would have been?"
I slowly raised my head and looked at Leah. I couldn't help but sneer. I picked up a photo on the table and glanced at it gently. Then, I sighed deeply and said, "Leah, you came here so early in the morning to denounce me?"
"Don't tell me you didn't do it. Other than you, who else would have these photos?" Leah's tone was firm as she glared at me fiercely as if I was the one who had made a mistake.
"Leah, the photos haven't been leaked yet. Why are you so angry?" I looked puzzled and pretended to be innocent.
"It's fine if you don't want me to be angry. I'll forgive you if you kneel and apologize to me now!" Leah stared at me arrogantly. "I can let bygones be bygones, but I won't let you off easily if you ever act so arrogant again!"
Watching Leah grit her teeth, I secretly felt it was extremely ridiculous.
Those daughters of wealthy families were polite on the surface, but they secretly bullied and humiliated others.
However, Leah was the exact opposite. She seemed to be sure of herself enough to take me in her hands, but she had forgotten I was from a small family in the past. I had never been afraid of her. Why would I be afraid of her now?
"You want me to kneel and apologize?" I frowned and looked at Leah.
"Shouldn't you apologize for your mistake? I'm already being generous by not letting you kneel in front of me for a day!" Leah said arrogantly.
I sneered. "In that case, why don't you kneel and apologize to me first?"
"What do you mean?" Leah glared at me in exasperation. If Alex weren't present, she would have grabbed me and forced me to kneel on the ground.
Alex had been sitting calmly in his chair and watching everything coldly from the moment Leah barged in. In his opinion, our argument was like a boring farce that had nothing to do with him.
"Leah, don't you know? You colluded with others to kill the child in my stomach. I'll give you a chance now. If you kneel, I'll forgive you. How about that?" I looked straight into Leah's eyes and said word by word.
Leah's face turned awful when she heard that. A trace of panic flashed across her eyes, but she quickly regained her arrogant appearance. "Don't talk nonsense! What evidence do you have? You want to slander me with your empty words?"
"Evidence?" I smiled coldly. "What you've done will always leave traces. You think you've done it flawlessly, but the truth will always come out eventually. You must have known Liesel is dead, haven't you? Do you think Edwin knows something? By the way, is Liesel's death related to you?"
Alex was still sitting there quietly. His eyes darted back and forth between me and Leah as if he were waiting for the outcome of the farce.
"Don't talk nonsense here! So what if I did it if the child in your stomach is gone?" Leah suddenly said fiercely. "You're a woman from a small family. How are you worthy of entering the Herrera family? You're even pregnant with a bastard child. Do you think you can stay firm in the Herrera family?"
I felt a sudden pain in my heart at her words. Anger burned like fire in my chest.
I clenched my fists so tightly that my nails almost dug into my palms. I tried my best to remain calm. "Leah Herrera, you said the child in my stomach is a bastard? Then why don't you give birth to one to show me?
"I think you just can't give birth, so you don't want others to give birth. Just because you're so vicious, no child is willing to choose you as a mother."
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