Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
Cynthia then gave her a hard slap across the face.
Cherry was stunned, looking at her mother in disbelief.
“Is this how I have raised you all these years? You can dislike someone, avoid them, not befriend them, but you absolutely cannot harm them! Today, not only did you try to harm someone, but you also did it through despicable means! How could you turn out this way? At eighteen, you’re an adult, yet you’re doing these irrational things!”
Cherry was scared by her mother’s anger and started crying.
“Foolish! Anyone would think this is the Evert family’s usual behavior!” Cynthia made her apologize again.
This time, Cherry couldn’t brush it off and apologized sincerely.
“What about you guys?” Jennifer angrily looked at Cherry’s friends.
The girls were terrified and hurriedly apologized.
“We’re sorry, Jennifer, sorry, Mirabella. We did see Cherry knock the cupcake over but didn’t stand up for Mirabella, that was wrong of us.”
“It’s all my fault, please give me another chance.”
“We’re sorry, truly sorry.’
Seeing how scared they were, Mirabella and Jennifer decided to let it go and went upstairs for afternoon tea.
Cynthia quickly arranged with the restaurant manager to have a tab, meaning that any expenses incurred by the McMillians or Mirabella in the restaurant would be charged to the Everts.
After that, she dragged Cherry home for a stern lecture.
A few days later.
After wrapping up his work, Romeo decided to take Mirabella out for a movie night.
But as soon as he got home, he found Mirabella all dressed up, ready to go out.
“Out with Mom again?” He asked.
“Yep, Aunt Jennifer asked me to accompany her while shopping,”
She replied.
That had been going on for days!
Once Mirabella had left, Romeo couldn’t help but call Jennifer, “Mom, when are you and Dad leaving for your trip?”
“We decided not to go; Jennifer’s voice sounded cheerful, “I realized that I have more fun with Bella.”
Romeo asked, a hint of frustration in his voice, “Don’t you love traveling the world? Weren’t you supposed to set off right after visiting Grandma and Grandpa?”
“No, I prefer spending time with Bella than looking at the beaches of Maldives. Bella won’t be home for dinner tonight, you’ll have to manage on your own. I must hang up now, Bella might try to call me.”
Exasperated, Romeo recalled how a couple of days ago, he wanted to take Bella to see the waterfalls, but his mom whisked her away with a single phone call.
Yesterday, he planned to show Bella the rolling clouds at the sea, but again, his mom got there first.
And that day, he wanted to take Bella to a movie, but by the time he got home and was ready to ask her, she was already dressed and out the door.
Sitting on his couch in his empty house, Romeo felt frustrated but didn’t know who to vent to.
On the other side of town.
Mirabella, arm in arm with Jennifer, had visited several luxury stores.
Jennifer was a top-tier VIP customer of many high-end brands, so every store they walked into would close its doors to other customers, providing exclusive service to them to make them feel as comfortable as it can be.
At that time, they were in a top-tier fashion store, filled with all types of clothing.
The store manager, along with several employees, enthusiastically followed Jennifer and Mirabella around, introducing various items and curiously wondering about Mirabella’s identity.
“We’ve never seen this young lady before; The store manager complimented genuinely, “She’s incredibly beautiful and carries a unique aura.”
Jennifer loved hearing praises about her daughter-in-law, she chuckled and asked, “Do we look like mother and daughter?”
Mother and daughter?!
The store manager chuckled, “Mrs. McMillian, you are too young for that. More like sisters. But the young lady does have your extraordinary features and elegant demeanor, she does look like a family member.”
“We are family; Jennifer said, then turned to Mirabella and asked affectionately, “Do you like this dress?”
“I have too many dresses already; Mirabella didn’t want Jennifer to spend more, she had already bought her so many things. Anything that was good-looking and suitable, Jennifer had already bought it for her.
George couldnt even carry all the shopping bags, so he had the driver take a car full of shopping bags home.
No matter what, she didn’t want Jennifer to buy anymore.
However, the store manager and the employees all said, “Please accept Mrs. McMillian’s kind gesture.”
“We’ve never seen Mrs. McMillian bring any girl here before, let alone select clothes for her. She must really like you.”
“Your skin is so fair. Wearing this dress would make you look like a fairy descended from heaven.”
“If you wear this dress and walk with Mrs. McMillian, everyone can tell that you’re family.”
In the end, the last comment captured Jennifer’s heart. She generously said, “I’ll take this one in small.”
“Yes, Mrs. McMillian; The store manager was overjoyed and personally went to wrap it up.sea “Mrs. McMillian, your taste is impeccable. You’ve picked out the crown jewel of our store.”
“Mrs. McMillian must really care for you, splurging on such an elegant and expensive dress for you.”
“I’m so envious.”
“Yes, you are indeed fortunate.”
Compliments flowed around Mirabella. After a while, Jennifer had purchased quite a few items. George, unable to carry any more, called their chauffeur to ask where he was.
“Alright, I’ll be waiting for you at the entrance.”
After ending the call, George, weighed down by dozens of shopping bags, turned to Jennifer as he said, “Honey, I’ll bring these bags to Gene first, then I’ll come back to help you with your shopping.”
“Go ahead,” Jennifer picked a few more dresses, asking Mirabella for her opinion. She seemed intent on buying her the entire store.
Feeling neglected, George was about to take the elevator when a sudden pain shot through his back, his old ailment flaring up again.
Mirabella noticed and excused herself to Jennifer before rushing over to him.
“It’s nothing serious, just my old back acting up. I’m getting old. It’s only normal for me to have these kinds of problems.”
“I can carry it.”
Looking at George’s arms laden with over thirty shopping bags, Mirabella felt guilty.
“No need, I can handle it; George could never let his daughter-in-law carry the load.
“But your back.”
“It’s alright, really.”
Just then, a female voice squealed in disbelief, “Mirabella?”
Turning around, Mirabella saw Yolanda in a young man’s arm, looking at her in surprise.
“Bella, is this a classmate of yours?” George was about to greet them.
To his surprise, Mirabella averted her gaze and said to George, “We’re not close. Let me carry the bags.”
“But you’re still young, we can’t let you carry these.”
“lL insist.
“No, really, I can.”
Seeing Mirabella still being her dismissive self, Yolanda felt a pang of irritation.
“Yoli, is this the sister you’ve mentioned before?”
Gerald had heard Yolanda talk about Mirabella before, a woman who enjoyed being spoiled by older men, using their credit cards to fulfill her vanity, and scheming to put Yoli’s parents in jail. She was a woman who looked down upon others and carried an air of arrogance.
He didn’t expect to run into her that day!
“Some people spend their lives relying on men to buy them luxury goods, and not just any men, but married, older men. Yoli, don’t you think she’s pitiable?” Gerald added, placing a supportive hand on Yolanda’s shoulder, looking down at Mirabella from his high horse.
Mirabella and George were both speechless. Both had the same thought, “What’s his problem??”
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