Chapter 335


    Marguerite and Frederick had been apart for three years, and she knew he was no longer the man he


    used to be. Yet, his hatred for her and the Winston family was undeniable.


    He wouldn’t set foot in the Winston Manor, so at the moment, it was safest for Teresa to live with Powell


    and Lisette.


    However, when the little girl heard that her mom wanted to transfer her to another school, she


    immediately burst into tears. “I don’t want to! I don’t want to change schools! I don’t want to live at


    Grandma and Grandpa’s ce either!”


    Marguerite furrowed her brows, gently adjusting Teresa’s shoulders, her tone stern, Teresa, behave


    yourself!”


    Teresa, desperate and crying like a kettle on the boil, bawled and muttered through her tears.


    “I don’t want to go back to the Winston Manor! I don’t even like Grandma! She told me about you and


    Daddy not being married!”


    Marguerite was taken aback, then filled with rage at Lisette for discussing such matters with a child.


    Lisette never approved of Marguerite or acknowledged Teresa as her granddaughter. Whenever Teresa


    tried to bond with her, Lisette would keep her distance.


    On the other hand, Powell seemed quite fond of Teresa.


    Marguerite would sometimes take Teresa to the Winston Manor when Lisette was absent.


    No wonder Teresa knew so much. Lisette must have been stirring the pot behind her back.


    Worried that Lisette might spill more beans to Teresa, Marguerite finally acquiesced to her daughter’s


    pleas, “Alright, we don’t have to move back to the Winston Manor. But you must consider changing


    schools.”


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    Teresa burst into heavier tears upon hearing this, sobbing uncontrobly.


    “I don’t want to change schools! I’d have to adjust to a new environment. If I join in the middle of the


    term, everyone will ostracize me! Mommy, I don’t want to change schools, I don’t want to…”


    Her crying broke Marguerite’s heart. Teresa’s little shoulders were shaking up and down, she could


    hardly catch her breath.


    Marguerite quickly tried to soothe her, “You don’t have to change schools, but you must promise me


    one thing.”


    Teresa, sniffing and with tear–streaked cheeks, looked utterly pathetic. “Wha…what thing?”


    Try to avoid Hayes at school. Can you do that?”


    Teresa’s eyes widened in shock, and she broke down again.


    “I can’t do it, Mommy! I can’t!” she wailed. Her cries could shake the heavens.


    Looking at her daughter’s tearful face, Marguerite felt like someone had cruelly taken away her


    precious treasure. But Teresa’s distraught expression was oddlyical, and Marguerite couldn’t help


    but want tough.


    Hayes must have transferred to the school only recently. How did he and Teresa be so close in


    just a few days?


    Her daughter and Frederick’s son being so close wasn’t that a twisted fate?


    So, no matter how hard it was for her she had to be the viin for her daughter’s safety.


    If you can’t fulfil Mommy’s request, then you’ll have to change schools.”


    Teresa sobbed, her mind racing. Changing schools would mean that she couldn’t see Hayes anymore!


    So she


    Won’t let that happen!


    Anyway, her mom wouldn’t see what she did at school. She’d agree first and see how things go!


    So Teresa sniffed, suppressed her sadness, and put on an obedient facade, “I agree… I’ll try to avoid


    Hayes!”


    Marguerite finally breathed a sigh of relief. Afterforting her daughter a bit more, she left Teresa’s


    bedroom.