The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 518

Chapter 518 Letting Go

What a complete joke…

The man who used to live in her heart–the one she had guarded their memories with such care–had tried to kill her.

Was that not the biggest joke of all?

Marie took a deep breath. “I went to get something from him.”

“Derrick’s file? You think it’s still worth anything now?”

Marie shrugged. “Yeah, I don’t think it’s worth a damn either. But that lunatic Derrick keeps bugging me for it. He’s crazy and wants to drag me into the madness with him.”

The way Derrick had come at her yesterday–it was like if she didn’t get that file back, he’d never let her go.

Abraham asked, “Did you get it?”

“Nope. I knocked the guy out cold and still didn’t get the file.”

To be fair, Dan was tough.

She’d beaten him within an inch of his life, and he still wouldn’t give it up.

Now Derrick had even more reason to keep pestering her.

Abraham said, “Don’t go looking for him again.”

Marie paused at that, then nodded. “Yeah. I won’t.”

It sounded like a casual answer–but it wasn’t.

It carried a quiet, resolute weight.

A kind of release. A decision to finally let go.

That man had lived in her heart for years. And now, this was where things stood.

So she chose wrong. What else could she do? Hang on and keep humiliating herself?

No thanks. That just wasn’t Marie’s style.

Abraham left.

Marie turned back into the house. Stella was still on the couch.

As soon as she walked in, she saw Stella lying on the couch back, big doe eyes staring up at her.

Clearly waiting.

From Marie’s angle, Stella looked like a guilty little kitten, resting her paws on the couch in the most pitiful way.

That look…

Marie had originally wanted to tease her a little, but seeing her like that, she just couldn’t.

“Alright, I get it. My brother bullied you. What can you do? You’ve got no blood ties in this house.”

She’s just a little sister. How bad could her intentions be?

Marie walked over and gently ruffled Stella’s hair. “If he bullies you again, you tell me and I’ll… ah, never mind.”

If someone else bullied Stella, Marie would throw hands no problem. But Abraham? That was a different story.

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Chapter 518 Letting Go

No way she could win that fight.

Looking at Marie’s messy hair, Stella reached out to fix it. “You fought Dan last night?”

Marie nodded. “Yeah, we fought.”

“Did you win?”

That was what she really cared about. But seeing how disheveled Marie looked now…

Stella honestly worried she might’ve gotten the short end of the stick.

Before Marie could even answer, Stella noticed the marks on her neck. “Wait–did he choke you?”

“That probably wasn’t Dan. That was Derrick.”

Marie clarified.

She believed in giving credit where due–no false accusations. Dan hadn’t laid a hand on her neck last night.

But Derrick? Definitely.

The second she heard it was Derrick, Stella was even more upset.

She wrapped herself around Marie’s arm, pouting. “Don’t fight anymore, okay? You might get hurt.”

“Aaah–let go, let go!”

“Huh?”

“It hurts–ow!”

Stella instantly let go and took a full step back, watching Marie nervously from a meter away.

“Where does it hurt?”

With a yell like that, it had to be bad. Her eyes were full of worry.

Marie’s face twisted in pain as she gave her arm a light pinch–bad move.

The second she did, it hurt so bad her nerves practically exploded.`

“Aaagh–nope. That’s it. It hurts too much.”

Stella was in a full panic. “You’re actually hurt? Let me see.”

“No–don’t touch me. Seriously, it really hurts.”

Marie was sweating from the pain. Her face was starting to crumple from it.

Stella was a mess of concern.

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That was when Evelyn walked in–only to see Stella carefully peeling Marie’s jacket off, and Marie clearly in too much pain to even breathe properly.”

“What’s going on?”

She stepped forward, voice stern.

There was even a spark of anger in her eyes.

Don’t be fooled by Evelyn’s status. She was still a mom who worried sick over her wild child.

Every time Marie went out and got into a fight, Evelyn would blow up–but she could never stop her.

Stella quickly said, “Mom, I think Marie’s hurt.”

Seeing her mother come in, Marie immediately put on the waterworks. “Mom, I got beat up.”

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Usually so tough and brash, her sudden soft, teary little “Mom” made Evelyn physically flinch. Goosebumps shot up her

arms.

“Oh God, would

you shut up?”

She just couldn’t handle her firecracker daughter acting all cutesy. It was deeply unnatural.

Marie wiped away her tears in a second and huffed, “Isn’t this what you like? That sweet act Stella puts on?”

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