My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 252

Helen was displeased, and she remained her arrogance. "You filthy women aren't worthy of my apology!"

At that, Nerissa raised her hand and gave Helen a slap so loud that it silenced the crowd.

Helen's hand clasped on her cheek, and she looked at Nerissa in disbelief. "How dare you hit me?"

Nerissa suppressed her anger and hissed, "Helen, I have never done you any disservice for the past few years. You know very well why Yohannes and you get to this state. I didn't control my temper and tolerate you because I'm afraid of you. Instead, I feel sorry for you! You have lived half of your life, but you still couldn't find a purpose for it."

"I don't mind that you're rude and overbearing to me. You can shout at me for all you like, but at least you must be able to differentiate between the rights and wrongs. You shouldn't have laid your finger on a pregnant woman!" Pointing at my baby bump, Nerissa spat out the words through her gritted teeth.

"Arianna is already seven months pregnant. If

Irvin didn't catch her in time, what do you think would happen? She could be seriously injured, or worse, die! Are two lives worth nothing in your eyes? Do you think you can do anything you want just because you're from the Miller family that is oh-so-powerful?"

Nerissa was loud. There were quite a lot of people staring in their direction to begin with, and Nerissa's condemnation turned even more heads; some even began to record the scene on their phones. Many of the onlookers were convinced by her well-grounded words.

And they started to whisper. "No wonder Yohannes abandoned her! She's too cruel to be in the Granger family."

"That's right! I can't believe she tried to harm a pregnant woman."

"Oh my, she's truly vicious!"

As the discussions grew louder, some didn't even bother to conceal their despise and began to curse Helen.

At first, Irvin only listened in on the bad language with a straight face. But as the voices became louder, his face turned cold. He glared at the crowd with a darkened face and bellowed, "Have you seen enough?

Get lost!"

Meanwhile, Helen was hiding behind Irvin, her arrogance from earlier quelled. No one would be able to endure the disdain and revulsion from others, and Helen was no exception, especially when she was publicly criticized.

Looking at that, I sighed and tugged on Nerissa's hand, saying, "Aunt Nerissa, we should go now. It's getting late."

Nerissa also glanced at Helen and Irvin, but she didn't say anything else since Helen was taught a lesson. Looking at me, she nodded. "Sure, let's go."

We were no longer in the mood to continue shopping after the ruckus at the cafe, so we decided to go home.

After sending me back to the villa, Nerissa looked at me and said, "Rest early tonight. You must be exhausted since you were out for the whole day and experienced such a terror just now."

I nodded and got out of the car. "Hendrix should be back. Please join us for dinner before you go home!" I said while lowering my body to look at her.

She shook her head and said with a soft smile, "No, thanks. I have to go back! Yohannes wouldn't eat properly if nobody is there to supervise him."

Upon hearing the words, I was dumbfounded. But I didn't comment much and sent her off with a slight smile.

For a long time, I looked at the green space on the side of the road in a daze. There were plenty of types of relationships, and I wondered what kind of relationship Nerissa and Yohannes had.

At this moment, Monique had called to catch up with me, "Arianna! How are you doing in Jarold City? Are you comfortable staying there?"

I glimpsed at the spacious villa in front of me, and I walked slowly alongside the cobblestones path. "I'm fine. How about you? Is it convenient for you to have prenatal checkups there?"

"It's all good. There's a hospital in the town, and I go there every week," Monique's voice was accompanied by the munching sound, and she added, "I feel like my baby bump has suddenly gotten bigger, so I won't travel far for the next few months. I wouldn't be able to visit you when you gave birth to the baby, so you should take care of yourself, okay?"