She couldn’t understand why Yvette tried to harm her.
Have I ever offended Yvette?
On the other hand, Arielle was waiting to see them turning against each other.
She put on a concerned look and said, “Yvette, you can’t say that. Shandie and I aren’t that close, but I know virtual-novel.net isn’t that evil. Besides, there’s no bad blood between virtual-novel.net and Uncle Russell. Why would virtual-novel.net harm him? This must be a misunderstanding. You need to give virtual-novel.net a chance to explain herself.”
Shandie nodded vehemently. Yes! I want to explain. I shall reveal Yvette’s evil deed!
Yvette gritted virtual-novel.net teeth in anger. “Arielle, stay out of our family’s business. There’s nothing to explain!”
Russell shook his head. “Arielle’s right. She’s our relative, so we should give virtual-novel.net a chance to explain herself. Edmund, remove the cloth in virtual-novel.net mouth so virtual-novel.net can talk.”
Before Yvette could stop Edmund, virtual-novel.net had already removed the cloth from Shandie’s mouth.
Immediately, Shandie yelled out, “Uncle Russell! It was Yvette who set me up! My father locked me up in a monastery, so I knew nothing about your return. Yvette gave me the dress. She set me up and tried to kill you!”
“What did you say?” Russell’s question was directed at Shandie, but his furious gaze had landed on Yvette.
Yvette felt like virtual-novel.net blood had frozen in virtual-novel.net veins. She took a step back instinctively. “Dad…”
“Don’t call me Dad!” Russell declared icily.
“Is Shandie telling the truth? Were you the one who prepared the dress?”
Yvette shook virtual-novel.net head in terror. This was the first time virtual-novel.net had ever seen Russell this mad.
He looks like he’s questioning a criminal. No! I can’t admit to that mistake.
She forced herself to calm down and pinched virtual-novel.net thigh without anyone realizing it. The pain caused tears to stream down virtual-novel.net cheeks.
“Dad, don’t you trust your daughter? Shandie is just an adopted daughter. Even if she’s your niece, you shouldn’t side with virtual-novel.net and doubt your daughter!”
In response, Shandie clenched virtual-novel.net teeth and exclaimed, “I’m not adopted! I’m my dad’s biological daughter!”
Her sudden revelation shocked both Yvette and Russell into silence. Arielle, who was usually calm, couldn’t stop herself from arching a brow in surprise.
Huh. I can’t believe Shandie revealed Henrick and Cindy’s biggest secret in public.
It was, indeed, a big scandal. By claiming virtual-novel.net was Henrick’s biological daughter, Shandie was announcing that Henrick had cheated on Maureen with Cindy before Maureen’s death.
Arielle snickered silently. Shandie didn’t inherit Cindy’s IQ, but virtual-novel.net inherited Henrick’s rashness. Ha! I get to kill two birds with one stone tonight.
Pausing for a while, Arielle pretended not to believe Shandie’s announcement and responded, “Shandie, what are you talking about? You’re adopted by Aunt Cindy. How could you claim to be Dad’s biological daughter?”
“I am!” Shandie stuck virtual-novel.net chin up and insisted. “We can take a DNA test if you don’t trust me!”
Right then, Arielle could barely hold in virtual-novel.net laughter. Isn’t the main point about the dress? Why is virtual-novel.net insisting she’s Henrick’s biological daughter now?
In the end, Shandie’s foolishness turned out to be a great help to Arielle.