The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1253

Claire smiled at the person who had just spoken. "That's different. Zara is gorgeous. Zoe is just average."

The guy choked on his words.

He had wanted to say that Zoe was actually pretty decent-looking and knew how to dress. While she didn't have Zara's radiant beauty...

She had her own unique charm.

But when he took a good look at Claire's stunning features... fine, she definitely had the right to call Zoe 'average.'

To exceptionally beautiful girls like them, everyone else probably just looked average.

This guy was a relative of the Zeller family, and he didn't care about the rivalry between the Zeller sisters.

He was a guy, and Zoe was always friendly to him.

So naturally, he wasn't about to go around badmouthing her.

It was clear that Zoe put genuine effort into maintaining these superficial connections.

Hearing Claire call Zoe average made the corners of everyone else's mouths twitch.

In their eyes, while Zoe couldn't hold a candle to Zara, she still had her own appeal.

She was delicate and sweet, and paired with her gentle temperament, she actually got along quite well with most people.

Take this younger Zeller cousin, for instance.

He used to fight with Zara all the time, but he was always perfectly well-behaved around Zoe.

When they were younger, he would constantly follow Zoe around, sweetly calling her by her name.

He and Zara were actually born in the same year, just months apart.

He rarely ever gave Zara the respect of a polite title.

Provoked by Claire's bluntness, he instinctively defended Zoe. "Actually, Zoe isn't that bad, she's..."

Before he could finish, Claire cut him off. "Whose relative are you exactly?"

"Are you from Zoe's grandmother's side of the family?"

The interrupted teenager was instantly struck speechless.

It hit him that he wasn't technically related to Zoe at all; he was Zara's biological cousin.

But because he was always closer to Zoe, his first instinct had been to defend her.

Being called out so bluntly by Claire was incredibly humiliating.

The boy's neck flushed with embarrassed anger. "I stand up for what's right, not just for family."

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