The Real Heiress’s Sharp Words Unveil Her Pain Chapter 06

Chapter 6 The Million-Dollar Watch

“That’s enough,” Braxton said. “How long are you going to keep this up? Go to your room and think about what you’ve done.”

“Thinking isn’t enough,” I fired back. “They should kneel while they think. Both of them!”

“What?” Noelle and Gideon were horrified.

Noelle ran to Alana in tears. “Mom, I’m your daughter too. You can’t make me kheel to her”

Alana had been furious at her, but the tears softened her. She was about to speak when she saw me standing there, chin raised. She sighed. She knew she couldn’t make things right with me otherwise.

She gritted her teeth. “Kneel!”

Noelle turned desperately to Gideon. “Ask my dad to let us off!”

But Gideon only pleaded, “Braxton, I’m not part of your family. Surely I don’t have to kneel.”

Noelle was so angry she saw stars.

Braxton waved his hand. “If you want to stay with Noelle, you’ll kneel with her.”

It was also a test of their relationship. They had schemed together, so it wasn’t fair for only one of them to take the blame.

Noelle looked at Gideon expectantly. But he couldn’t even meet her eyes. He covered his face and ran, as if someone were chasing him.

Everyone looked at him with contempt. Noelle cried out and fainted from

rage.

I wasn’t about to coddle her. I pinched the spot under her nose until she woke up, dizzy with pain. Then I ignored her sobs and had her held down on her knees in front of me all night.

By morning, Noelle had no strength left. She didn’t dare say a word to me and went to school in tears.

After that, my life was peaceful for a few days, so I went out for a walk.

But the moment I left, Gideon showed up. He came straight to the Monroe house and started accusing me. The coward from that day was gone. Now he was all bluster.

“Braxton, Alana, when I got home that day, I found that the watch my family gave me was missing. It’s worth over a million dollars.”

He frowned, looking pained. “I remember her pulling at me that day. My wrist suddenly felt lighter. I never thought she’d steal it. You have to do something!”

Braxton and Alana slammed their hands on the table and shot to their feet, veins throbbing in their temples.

“That wretched girl! We’ve given her everything, and she still turned to stealing! Come on we’re going upstairs to look for it!”

While I was out, they searched my room. Sure enough, the watch was in a drawer.

Noelle stood nearby and covered her mouth. “Oh, my God. I knew poverty had pushed her to extremes, but I never thought she’d steal something this expensive.”

Gideon’s face darkened. “If I report this, she’ll be in prison for years.”

Braxton and Alana had planned to teach me a hard lesson. But the word “police” made them panic. Alana thought of the scars on my body. I had barely escaped that place and had only a few good days. The thought of me going to prison was too much.

“Don’t report her! We’ll pay you back.”

Braxton frowned but nodded. “If you agree not to go to the police, I’ll buy you an even more expensive watch.”

Noelle looked disappointed. She couldn’t believe our parents would spend so much on me after knowing me for only a few days. But she and Gideon had already agreed to split whatever money they could get. If that failed, they could always send me to prison. The thought seemed to comfort her.

Gideon looked smug. He was about to nod when I pushed open the door.

“Why would you pay him? I didn’t steal anything.”