Reclaiming Her Crown, One Step At A Time

round to look at Willa, h

le sister he'd always protecte

eyes and she quickly tried to save herself. "Gerar

e about her excuses. It kept

m but with a hint of warning. "Willa

ven if you try to stop me, it's useless. You know Ger

s trying to push me down the stairs! She said I don't deserve to be part of the Moss family,

re, everything finall

purpose, faked fear, and used it all to frame Noelle. Noelle had been innocent from s

wned, his voice came out defensive. "Noelle... even if I got

rse. Her brother had finally figured out he was wrong, yet s

ur memory's giving out

d his mouth, bu

er, Noelle had tried to speak up. She had

a word she said. Instead, he lost his temper, grabbed a glass, and threw it at her in

izzled inside him as he sl

ng. "Gerard... I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied about Noell

d. "What are yo

ybe she could still fix this. Her expression grew even more pitiful, and

lle came back, I've been scared. I thought you'd stop loving me. That all of you would push me aside because she's the real daughter... because she's more beaut

crying tugged a

e touched. How could someone like Willa mean any real harm?

scared of losing her family. You didn't really get seriously hurt. Can't you be

tter laugh build

and still, instead of defending her, he aske

s abs

house. The Moss family's double standards

like he was above it all. "Noelle, if you're going to stay stuck on this and r

ed blank, her beautiful features u

From this moment on, I have nothing to do with the Mos

, she turned and wal

whole years under this roof, and she bare

ed a tissue to wipe away the blood. There wasn't time to treat the cuts properly, so she just stuck a few Band-Aids over them. She change

im. She wasn't just angry. She wasn't bluffing. She was leavin

fully. If you walk out that door today, don't e

t even turn around. Her voice w

ith her gone, everything that was supposed to be Noelle's would belong to her-the

t putting on the worried act, she said, "Gerard, go after her! What if som

disdain. "She'll be begging to come back in a few days.

rushed inside, out of

house knew the truth-Noelle didn't really matter. She had no status here. She wasn'

Moss! An important guest has just arrived! Their car is par

rtin f

tunned glances, their excite

at the very top of Cie

and status, but compared to the M

ched back generations. They were

onnect with them, dreaming of a business

ne from the Martin

shaky with excitement as he hurriedly smoothed hi

h anticipation as she followed. She couldn't help but wonder-who