Black Rose: Revenge Of The Callous Heiress novel Chapter 20

"Thank you. You see, she's my only sister. As long as she's happy, I'm happy. Mother, please, let Sophia have it. And in case you're worried about spending money on me, don't worry , you don't need to get anything for me. Just for Sophia." Rose added a little touch to spice what she was cooking.

Beatrice's face instantly froze. What did she mean by 'worried about spending money on me?’

It brought some murmuring discussion in the crowd. Mrs. Will, who is the blunt person among the group of women that came with Beatrice. She was known to always say whatever came to her head, interrupted straight away without waiting for Beatrice to say anything.

"That's unfair, dear. You two are both Mrs. Gray's daughters. Mrs. Gray, you love them both equally, don't you?" She asked, turning to look at Beatrice with a questioning gaze.

Beatrice forced an awkward smile and replied the best she could as she gently stroked the tip of Rose’s hair. “Oh, definitely. I've always loved Rose, even more than Sophia over here. Whatever Sophia has, I make sure Rose has the same and even more."

Seeing where Beatrice was trying to divert the matter to, Rose moved discreetly slightly away from her step-mother as she defended herself.

"No, mother, it's alright. I don't need any jewelry. Besides , I'm not invited to the party tonight anyway. Please, just buy it for Sophia.” Rose waved both her hands while shaking her head. At first, It sounded like Rose was just understanding, but she surely meant more than that.

Beatrice was starting to get furious, not knowing why Rose had been going against her.

Mrs. Phillip reached out and took Rose's hands and said gently, "Roseline, dear, you are a sweet girl. So why don't you come to the party tonight and meet some new friends? It will do you good. Besides, you just arrived back. It would be nice to get to know more people that you can reach out to, huh?” Mrs. Phillip looked at Rose with a hopeful expression on her face.

Beatrice frowned as her face turned all red with anger. What's that supposed to mean?

‘ Is she implying that I've been mistreating my step-daughter?’

"But…er…" Rose lightly bit her lower lip, indicating indecisiveness, and threw a fearful glance at Beatrice.

Everyone watched with pity for Rose and they were all in disapproval of Beatrice. Poor girl who can't even express herself without her step-mother's consent. They were already starting to guess that Roseline hadn't just gotten back to the country normally, there seems to be something wrong somewhere.

At this moment, Beatrice was outraged. ‘You little pretentious bugger! What the hell are you doing? What games are you playing here?’ She screamed furiously in her head. However, she couldn't really say anything in front of the crowd but cast a warning glance at Rose.

Witnessing how the situation was turning, Sophia reacted quickly and put her arms around Mrs. Phillip’s arm, smiling at her, and said with a put-on loveliness, "Mrs. Phillip, please don't make it difficult for my sister. You know she doesn't like to be with many people, that's even why she has stayed locked in her room ever since she arrived."

"It's not that I don't like to be with people. It's just…" Rose defended herself cleverly just to the right amount. However, just when everyone was expecting her to finish her words she paused, looked at her step-mother and step-sister worriedly, and shook her head, pretending to negate herself. Then, she continued,