Chapter 370: Chapter 371

Chapter 370 When Kassidy was by Thea’s side, whether it was Theo or Thea, whether it was Drake and Frank or Ava, they all respected her decisions and gave her enough freedom.

Kassidy was very unhappy with Victoria’s oppressive style of education. She got angry and cut all the cheap clothes that Victoria had bought for her into pieces, and she also threw the meals prepared by the maid on the ground.

Victoria was so angry that her heart ached. She pointed at Kassidy and angrily scolded, “You ill–mannered child. You are so wasteful, it’s truly annoying.”

She ordered the maid, “Bring the family rules. I will not teach her a lesson today, she will not learn to be thrifty and frugal when she grows up, and she will not learn to respect the fruits of others‘ labor.”

The maid brought a whip and handed it to Victoria, saying, “Madam.”

Victoria swung the whip and danced towards Kassidy.

Kassidy screamed in pain, and the stubborn and defiant Kassidy was so angry that she cursed loudly, “How dare you hit me?

Who do you think you are? How dare you hit me? I will definitely not let you off the hook. Just wait... when my dad comes back, I will definitely tell him how you abused me. I will make him fire you...”

Kassidy cursed while jumping up and down the room.

00 Chapter 370 028 Victoria, who was already weak, struggled to catch her breath while chasing after her.

Two newly hired maids watched the war unfold, and one eager maid wanted to step forward but was held back by the other maid. The maid gave her a signal and whispered, “In this household, the one who truly has the final say is Mr. Nathan. His wife and his ex–wife’s daughter are in conflict. We don’t know whose side he will take. If we support the wrong person, we could lose our jobs.”

The maid remained motionless upon hearing those words.

Kassidy ran for a while, and she became more and more familiar with the terrain, just like a nimble eel. Meanwhile, Victoria, exhausted and unable to catch up with her, bent over and gasped for breath.

Victoria glared fiercely at the maid and said, “What are you all standing there for? Hold her down for me.”

The maid, in her role as Victoria, could only act on orders. Two maids joined the chase game, but Kassidy was overpowered by the others and eventually caught by the maids.

Victoria whipped herself fiercely with a whip, “You think. you’re so capable? Run then. Let me tell you, if you fall into my hands, you won’t have a good day. Look at my face. It was burned by your mother. If she abuses me like this, then I will retaliate.”

She instructed the maid, “Go and fetch me some boiling water.”

Kassidy was tightly held down by a maid, and she heard Victoria say that she was going to scald herself, which.

OO O Chapter 370 frightened her and made her cry.

Just at that moment, Nathan came home.

The maid who had just rushed out hurriedly came back and reported, “Madam, Mr. Nathan has returned.”

Victoria was slightly panicked, and she handed the whip to the maid, saying, “Quickly hide it.”

Then she gestured to the maid who was holding onto Kassidy, saying, “Take the young lady back to her room.”

And she tidied up her appearance and went out to greet Nathan.

In front of the Hill Manor.

Nathan had just gotten off the car, still holding a small cake in his hand.

Victoria went up to him from a distance, warmly welcoming him, “Nathan, you’re back.”

Seeing him holding a delicate cake in his hands, it was exactly her favorite brand, Little Deer, Victoria was very happy. “Nathan, I’m glad you still remember my taste.” She reached out to take the cake.

But Nathan quickly dodged and her hand missed.

Nathan said, “This cake was bought for Kassidy. I promised her that I would buy her favorite Little Deer brand cake today.”

When Nathan said this, his footsteps did not pause at all.

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Chapter 370 So he didn’t pay any attention to Victoria’s disappointed expression at all.

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Victoria caught up with him and said hypocritically, “She is your daughter, it is natural for you to love her. However, she is.

currently in the stage of losing her baby teeth, eating such a sweet cake is not good for her teeth.”

Nathan said, “She just came back to me, and the weight of being a father in her heart is still not as much as Theo’s. In order to improve our father–daughter relationship, I can only start with these small things. Don’t worry, I will do it occasionally.”

Victoria’s heart raced when she heard Nathan dote on Kassidy like that.

She could foresee that if Nathan found out that she had beaten up Kassidy, he would probably be very displeased with her.

Her heart also became restless.

Sure enough, Nathan returned home and the first thing he did was not go back to his own room. Instead, he turned and headed towards Kassidy’s room.

Kassidy saw him and cried so hard that she was gasping for breath, holding onto his neck.

“Dad, I wanted to go home. I didn’t want to stay here. Your wife was terrible. She hit me...”

After Kassidy finished speaking, she also rolled up her clothes.

Nathan saw the bright red whip marks on Kassidy’s stomach 111 Chapter 370 288 Voucher and his handsome face turned pale. He glared at Victoria and shouted angrily, “Victoria, is this how you act as a stepmother?”

Victoria was still upset because Nathan had brought a cake for Kassidy but not for her. And now, Nathan was scolding her based solely on Kassidy’s one–sided account. This instantly triggered Victoria’s princess–like temper.

“Nathan, how could you accuse me without even asking for the whole story? Don’t you want to know what your good daughter has done?”

Nathan roared, “Did I not warn you to stay away from Kassidy?”

Victoria was dumbfounded.

Immediately, her eyes turned red and she said with a grievance, “Nathan, Kassidy is not just my stepdaughter, she is also my niece. I genuinely want to care for this child from the bottom of my heart. Today, she was really out of line. Not only did she refuse to wear the clothes I bought for her, but she also threw the food made by the nanny on the ground. I only hit her out of anger.”

Nathan didn’t expect Kassidy to be so domineering. He turned around and looked at her, saying, “Kassidy, why is this?”

Kassidy sobbed, “Dad, the clothes that my stepmother bought are so uncomfortable. My biological mom told me that clothes don’t have to be expensive, but they must be comfortable and appropriate. The clothes my stepmother bought are not only cheap, but also make me itch all over...”

O O O O Chapter 370 Victoria was stunned, “Even if the clothes I bought were cheap, they wouldn’t make you itch when you wear them, right? You are clearly targeting me on purpose!”

Kassidy was not speaking, she bowed her head and sobbed.

Nathan only took a moment to think before placing the blame on Victoria. “When Kassidy is with Thea, she has the best of everything in terms of food, clothing, and expenses. Although our family is tight on money, Kassidy’s daily expenses cannot be compromised. Victoria, I’ll say it again, if you can’t genuinely win Kassidy’s heart, then you should stay away from her.”

Victoria suffered a complete defeat after several rounds.

She turned around angrily and left.

That night, Victoria did not sleep well.

Closing her eyes, she saw various scenes of Nathan abandoning her. She cried out in her nightmares, only to wake up and find her pillowcase dampened with tears.

Thea returned home and habitually sat on the windowsill, lost. in thought.

Wherever her gaze fell, it was Theo’s grave. However, the grave was uniquely constructed, resembling only a small mound, with a golden laurel tree planted beside it.

y Based on Theo’s birth chart, Thea discovered that he lacked the element of metal in his Five Elements. Therefore, she planted a golden osmanthus tree for him.

0 0 0 0 Q But she knew in her heart. No matter what she did, Theo would never be as lucky as she was to be reborn.

Was this the place that made her most desperate?