Chapter <b>166 </b>


    Leonie’s eyes suddenly lit up when she saw Natasha rk.


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    However, the next moment, she noticed the tall, imposing man radiating coldness. standing next to Natasha.


    She hunched her shoulders.


    “Wow, Alexei is also here?‘ thought Leonie.


    She had bad luck today and ran into a lunatic and identally ended up at the police station.


    Unfortunately, her parents had been strict with hertely, and she was afraid her hard–earned allowance would be confiscated, so she didn’t dare say a word.


    She tried asking a few acquaintances to get her out, but they were either drunk at a bar or abroad. After much thought, she tentatively called Natasha.


    Ever since she proactively spoke up for Alexei and Natasha during the incident where Lucia and her son fell into the water, she had sessfully added Natasha to her WhatsApp.


    As a chatterbox and beauty enthusiast, with Natasha, the beauty, on her WhatsApp Moments, she couldn’t possibly stay quiet. Natasha also quite liked Alexei’s


    perceptive, lively, and cute coteral cousin, and the two would asionally chat on and off.


    When Leonie sent the message, she thought that even if Natasha refused, it wouldn’t matter since she was shameless anyway.


    Unexpectedly, Natasha was so loyal that she actually showed up.


    Leonie’s heart leaped with joy, but constrained by Alexei’s inexplicable hostility and cold, piercing nces, she dared not show it too obviously.


    She quietly sidled up to Alexei and Natasha, a smug look on her face as if to say, “My guardian is here.”


    Overlooked on the side, Noel, unwilling to give up, called out again, “Natasha!”


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    He was clearly the one injured, so why was Natasha here to bail out the person who assaulted him?


    Only then did Natasha casually cast her gaze upon the bruised and swollen Noel and scoff, “Just because we’re at the police station, don’t go iming kinship so casually, Mr. rk. I don’t have a younger brother.”


    Noel felt as if he had been punched hard again. His heart ached.


    He cautiously looked at her with aggrieved eyes and insisted, “But you are my sister, my real sister. Natasha, let’s stop fighting, okay? Can we make up?”


    Natasha almostughed. It had been years since hest called her “sister.” What sudden stimulus made him change his tune now?


    Did he think she was ying a little game of pretending with them?


    Natasha ignored him, turning instead to Leonie, who was secretly ring at Noel. “Tell me, what happened tonight?”


    Talking about it infuriated Leonie. She clenched her fists and red at Noel again.


    “It was this idiot! He inexplicably bumped into me at school today. When my friend and I went racing tonight, his car suddenly came out of nowhere and blocked me. I almost flipped over.” <fn3ebb> Readplete version only at Find?Novel</fn3ebb>


    She picked up a small doll charm from her backpack with a pained expression, pouted, and said, “Natasha, the gift you gave me was ruined by him.”


    Natasha took a look.


    It was a palm–sized, ugly–cute ck bear.


    At the time, while wandering in Nornytaar with Sadie, Natasha casually took some photos and posted them on Moments. Leonic, always supportive,mented. many times, praising one of the bear charms as cute with envy.


    When she returned to the country, she bought a gift for Alexei and also brought one for Leonie. She gave it to Leonie at Edgar’s birthday partyst time.


    Leonie was overjoyed and wore it every day during this period.


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    Clearly, Leonie and Noel developed a grudge during the day because Noel damaged Leonie’s bear. The incident that night further infuriated the already simmering Leonie, who, in a burst of emotion, resorted to physical action.


    Noel’s side had fewer people, and even though Leonie was from a coteral branch, she was still a Turner family member. Compared to the other family that was about to go bankrupt, smart people knew which side to stand on.


    Noel was already at a disadvantage, and with someone unfairly siding with Leonie, he looked quite miserable.


    However, Natashapletely ignored his injury, turning to the police officer. “They initiated the provocation and almost caused our sister to crash. They should. bear the primary responsibility, right? We won’t ept a settlement.”


    The police officer looked awkwardly at the imposing figure standingzily behind. her. Since Natasha’s statement made sense, he could only helplessly ask Noel again, “Are you refusing to say why you stopped their car?”


    Noel pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.


    His fair–weather friends, who were with him, cursed their bad luck. Everyone in their circle knew about the rk family’s situation. The group that used to hang out with Noel had long stopped associating with him.


    They came from ordinary families and only associated with Noel because he used to be so generous.


    They didn’t know Leonie. It was Noel who inexplicably had an issue with her and insisted on confronting her.


    Who knew they had provoked such a powerful figure?


    At that moment, Noel refused to even offer an exnation or try to make a case for himself. He was clearly taking <b>it</b>.


    Noel might be showing integrity, but they were in a miserable


    situation.


    What bad luck.


    Someone tugged at Noel’s clothes, “You just called that beautiful woman ‘sister.


    You should rify what you said. Perhaps she’ll understand you?”


    However, Noel remained silent..


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    The people with him also got angry and stormed off to another side to talk privately. They asionally nced at Noel, clearly talking about him.


    Noel stood alone in the center of the room, enduring disgusted, scornful, or


    mocking stares from all directions. He felt like a foolish clown ornful, or


    His ears buzzed, and his thoughts were a mess.


    He watched Natasha, whom he considered his sister, being considerate and gentle toward Leonie, asking if she was hurt or frightened. He found it incredibly galling.


    Noel couldn’t say it because his conflict with Leonie stemmed from unspeakable jealousy.


    Leonie and Noel attended the same university. They were both enrolled in the same general education course.


    Returning to school in a daze from Olivia’s ward, Noel was like a walking dead man, numbly attending sses, finishing lessons, and eating.


    He didn’t dare let his mind rest. The moment it did, he recalled Natasha’s hopeful, pleading gaze, which she directed at him when she was wrongly used, after she had rescued Noel from the sea.


    Just as the torment was about to push him to the brink of copse, Noel saw a group of people gathered around Leonie in the ssroom.


    Leonic proudly showed off the gifts Natasha had given her, exaggerating how beautiful, talented, and capable Natasha was.


    Most people were envious, and some wanted to meet the “perfect” Natasha she described.


    Some also sourly called her a tterer who knew how to curry favor.


    But soon, someone nearby interjected, “That’s the future Mrs. Turner. Don’t you want the opportunity to befriend her? Besides her status, who wouldn’t like such a


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    beautiful and kind youngdy like her?”


    Amidst all the discussions, Noel felt a gnawing pain in his heart, like ants devouring him.


    He, the fool, didn’t like her.


    He had never before mentioned Natasha, his sister, to his ssmates.


    Outsiders even thought he only had one sister, Olivia.


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    He found Natasha malicious, entric, and shabby, not as understanding or renowned as Olivia.


    He felt Natasha was a blemish in the rk family.


    The excellent and likable Natasha Leonie described was vastly different from the stubborn and annoying sister who left home early, whom he had envisioned before the truth was gradually revealed.