The Real Heiress's New Family Adored By All novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121 Stubborn Pride

Yale felt a heavy tightness weighing on his chest.

They were blood relatives, yet Zora looked at them like complete strangers.

“Jolie, is this how we raised you?” Yale frowned sharply at her.

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This sister of his had become so defiant. She had been clearly in the wrong from the start, dragged the whole mess in front of teachers, and still refused to apologize.

She was running them ragged with worry.

She never stopped to think about her family’s standing. Right now, the Knoxes only ranked among Seacrest’s second-tier social circles. The Sloan family’s foundation was not rooted in Seacrest but in Gildcrest, yet their influence still ran deep. A direct confrontation with them. would leave the Knoxes with nothing to gain.

On top of that, the Sloans were backed by the Pierce family—a household sitting at the very top of the social pyramid, the kind of power Yale spent his whole life striving to get close to.

Though the Knoxes were related by marriage to the Marlows, Opal and the rest of the Marlow clan had always looked down on Wayne. The Knox Group had never built a solid enough status. to stand beside old-money families like theirs.

Not long ago, Jensen had taken Zora back to the Marlow Manor, and the Marlows surely held quiet resentment toward the Knoxes. Otherwise, Opal would not have kept Zora from returning home twice in a row.

Yale made up his mind to pay a formal visit to the Marlow Manor sometime soon.

“Apologize to her.” Yale’s tone turned cold.

He stared at Jolie, her lips pressed shut in stubborn silence, and felt a throbbing headache. It was just one simple apology. She was clearly at fault-why could she not own up to it?

“Why are you being so harsh?” Wendy could not stand by and watch any longer.

She then turned her sharp gaze straight to Zora.

“Are you satisfied now? Our whole family has been utterly humiliated because of you!”

Her words dripped with bitterness and blame.

If Zora had never slapped Jolie first, none of this chaos would have happened.

“I am.”

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Under Wendy’s furious glare, Zora’s eyes stayed perfectly calm as she spoke the plain two words.

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She no longer cared about their attitude. The moment Wendy had raised her hand to strike her, any sense of belonging to this so-called family had shattered completely inside Zora’s heart.

From this day on, she would never concern herself with the Knoxes again.

Their fortune or misfortune, their life or death-none of it would ever matter to her.

“Zora!” Wendy raised her voice sharply.

Zora was being utterly insolent and disrespectful.

“What now? Are you going to hit me again?” Zora lifted her gaze to meet hers. Her crystal-clear eyes were unnervingly pure, yet ice-cold all the same. She lingered heavily on the word “hit.”

Wendy froze mid-breath, anger trapped tight in her throat with nowhere to go.

“Mom.” Yale winced as Wendy kept targeting Zora, his temples throbbing with frustration.

It was obvious Jolie was in the wrong. Why keep shifting the blame onto Zora?

Rage still burned bright in Wendy’s eyes as she continued staring daggers at Zora.

A cool voice suddenly cut through the tension.

“Oh, so now it’s ‘harsh’? Mrs. Knox, you were just about to lay a hand on Zora a moment ago. Why didn’t you think you were being harsh then?” Leighton drawled with obvious mockery.

“Mr. Pierce, must you be so unrelenting?” Wendy snapped, overcome with pent-up irritation.

With Leighton inserting himself into their family business, she threw all caution about his status aside and glared at him resentfully.

He was infuriatingly arrogant, just as the rumors said-sharp-tongued and unyielding. High status meant nothing when he was this unpleasant. No wonder her father had sent him overseas

years ago.

“Oh? Unrelenting already? You’ve already painted me as the villain. If I don’t live up to the title, wouldn’t I be letting you down? Since you’re so eager to hear more, I’ll gladly oblige and give you a few more honest words.”

Leighton slipped one hand into his pocket, a faint, empty smile playing across his handsome face, never reaching his eyes.

“Mr. Pierce, my mom didn’t mean it that way.” Yale stepped in, knowing the argument would

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drag on endlessly now that Leighton was involved.

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Though older than Leighton, Yale still addressed him with proper respect, fully aware of the Pierce family’s unmatched prestige.

The Knox Group was still trying to secure a major business deal with the Pierce Group, and this ugly confrontation today might ruin any chance of cooperation.

He glanced over at Zora, standing close beside Leighton.

He had never imagined Zora would grow close to Leighton.

It dawned on him how little he had ever truly paid attention to this younger sister of his.

“You say she didn’t mean it, and that makes it true?”

When Leighton chose to be stubborn, he respected no one’s social standing or feelings.

He had heard from Jensen how poorly the Knoxes treated Zora, but he had never expected them to act so unreasonably and heartlessly.

Zora had endured two long months under their roof, suffering through who knew how many hidden grievances.

The thought of the quiet, gentle girl beside him bearing so much unfairness twisted Leighton’s mood into quiet anger.

She was so mild and quiet, yet the Knox family had treated her so cruelly.

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It had almost come to physical violence today. If he had arrived even a minute later, Wendy’s raised palm would have landed hard on Zora’s soft cheek.

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