The Real Heiress's New Family Adored By All novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119 Family Clash at School

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Hallie: Huh? I have no clue either. Zora said she tagged along with Jensen to meet Leighton once. I guess that’s how they know each other.

Elara: Your cousin came back from overseas and suddenly got way nicer?

Hallie: …Last time, he still chewed me out for being reckless.

Elara: You had it coming.

Hallie rolled her eyes wordlessly.

The mother and daughter exchanged a silent look, both deciding to hold their tongues for now -they’d dig into the details back home later.

Clark listened to Leighton, hesitating to speak up but choosing not to undermine him.

“Since both sets of guardians are here, let’s talk this through calmly. None of the students meant any harm this time; they were only standing up for their friends. As teachers, we think the kids should just apologize to one another and put this behind us.”

“Zora, apologize at once! Did I teach you nothing? Refusing to own up to your mistakes is such a disappointment.”

The second Clark spoke, Wendy’s gaze locked straight onto Zora. Even though Zora hadn’t called her there, she snapped at her instinctively.

What stung most was Zora staring back at her with cold, unfamiliar eyes, completely emotionless. Wendy burned to pull rank as her mother.

She was her birth mother-how dare she look at her like an enemy?

All the surrounding eyes made her cheeks burn with embarrassment. She was always used to being praised whenever she came to Havenridge High; this was the first time she’d shown up over a school fight, and she was mortified.

To make it worse, her own daughter regarded her like this, leaving her seething with unspent

rage.

“Mrs. Knox, how can you be so quick to blame Zora without hearing her side?”

Leighton frowned and stepped forward, shielding Zora behind him. He stared at Wendy, utterly baffled by her reaction.

How could a mother condemn her own daughter without a single question?

“If it isn’t Zora’s fault, then is it Jolie’s? Mr. Pierce, this is a private family matter. It’s

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Wendy still felt intimidated from her last run-in with Leighton, and his words rubbed her the wrong way instantly. She shot back without hesitation.

This was their family business-why was an outsider inserting himself?

And what was he implying anyway? That she’d wrongfully accused Zora?

Ever since she’d been forced to pick a side after leaving the Marlow Manor, Wendy had grown bitter and resigned. Torn between two daughters for so long, she’d lost sleep and appetite. Then her mother had pressured her relentlessly to choose Jolie, so she’d committed fully to raising Jolie instead.

She refused to believe the daughter she’d raised with care could ever be inferior to Zora.

Now resentment simmered in Wendy’s heart toward Zora-annoyed that she’d humiliated her in public, annoyed that she never acknowledged all her sacrifices, and even teamed up with others to pressure her.

Wendy stared at Zora, her chest tight with unease and irritation.

“Says who this is only your family business? Right now, you are the guardian of the opposing side, and I am Zora’s guardian. You defend your kid, and I’ll defend mine.

“Besides, who’s to say the person standing next to you isn’t the one in the wrong? You sound so certain of your stance, Mrs. Knox-aren’t you afraid of being proven wrong?”

Leighton’s lips curled into a mocking smirk at Wendy’s accusation. He glanced coldly at Jolie, not even bothering to speak her name, deeming her unworthy of his words.

Beneath his frigid stare, Jolie’s face drained pale, clouded with gloom.

He hated her.

It was all Zora’s fault, that spiteful girl-if not for her, Leighton would never look at her with such disdain!

“Zora, why did you hit Jolie?”

Yale watched as Leighton held Zora protectively in his arms. She paid them no mind at all, never greeting her mother or her brother. Yet she leaned on and trusted an outsider far more.

His tone turned icy. He couldn’t believe she could be so ruthless toward her own family.

To be honest, Yale didn’t have much of an impression of this sister. Most of his memories were centered around hearing how she fought with Jolie, how she screamed, or how she bullied Jolie.

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It had only just come to light recently that Zora was the one who’d been making his nourishing soup all along. Confusion swirled in his chest; it felt like they’d never truly understood her at

all.

Zora met their gazes, her eyes utterly distant and detached. Faced with their hostile tones, she said plainly, “Because she ran her mouth.”

Their immediate, unthinking condemnation didn’t surprise Zora in the slightest.

It didn’t even hurt her-not when she’d long expected exactly this.

“Zora! How dare you keep picking on Jolie right in front of us! What on earth did your grandma teach you? Raised you to be this insolent and ungrateful!”

Wendy flew into a fit of rage, furious not just at Zora but at Opal, too, for supposedly spoiling her into such a stubborn, sharp-tongued girl who refused to admit fault.

Zora was even more willful and unyielding now than she’d been back at the Knox Villa, never backing down from an argument or owning up to her own wrongs.

“Mrs. Knox, the truth is Jolie was the one who instigated this whole incident first…”

Clark raised his voice, growing exasperated as Wendy and the others bickered over each other before he could finish speaking. Why couldn’t they have a little patience and let him explain the full story first?

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