Chapter 369


    Two people were in the middle of a verbal tussle when a familiar voice suddenly pierced the air from


    outside. "Ian, ra, get your butts out here!"


    At the sound of that voice, everyone turned their heads toward the door. Paolo stormed in, his face


    a thundercloud of fury.


    Seeing Edwin and Ian practically hugging it out, he spat out angrily, "Edwin, do you have any idea


    your sister''s been roughed up in jail, beaten ck and blue? And it''s all thanks to Ian''s goons. Yet


    here you are, ying buddy-buddy with him. How can you look Heidi in the eye after ying the


    protective brother for over twenty years?"


    Edwin''s previously amused eyes turned ice-cold in an instant. His lips curled into a sneer. "If


    someone hadn''t switched her out, she wouldn''t even have the right to call me ''brother''!"


    "It''s not her fault, though. She knew nothing about that mess. Why make her carry the me?"


    "I didn''t want her to carry it. She brought it on herself. If it weren''t for her, ra wouldn''t have been


    in danger time and time again. Do you have any idea how bad it would have been if ra had been


    in that car that day?"


    Hearing Edwin defend ra so passionately, Paolo''s face turned beet red with anger.


    Pointing an using finger at Edwin, he bellowed, "So you’d throw Heidi to the wolves for some


    random dame? What''s so special about ra that you''d all go to the mat for her? No wonder the


    Bell family can''t stand her. Just like her mother, she’s a man-eater—a regr femme fatale. And


    don’t you forget, she''s Ian''s girl. No matter how nice you are to her, she won''t leave him for you."


    At these words, Marian, who had been sitting quietly on the couch, suddenly darkened with rage.


    She marched up to Paolo and pped him squarely across the face. Her voice was venomous,


    "Paolo, who the hell do you think you are to talk about ra like that?"


    Paolo, who had never been hit before, was about to explode in anger when he was met by Marian''s


    piercing re. He stared at her in shock. "What are you doing here?"


    "The day I found out you betrayed May, I lost a son-inw. If you nder ra again, believe me,


    I’ll have someone break your legs!"


    Paolo, bewildered, stared at her. "Even if Heidi isn''t a York by blood, she''s called you ''grandma'' for


    over twenty years. How can you all just turn your backs on her like that? Do you know how much


    she''s suffering? She thinks about ending it all every day."


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    "That''s on her," Marian responded sharply. "If she hadn''t been so vile, I might have overlooked


    everything for the sake of her calling me ''grandma'' for so long. But she''s cold-blooded, cunning, and


    evil, even to the point of murder. Doesn’t someone like that deserve to face thew? Paolo, if you


    keep messing with ra, I wouldn''t hesitate to use the York family''s power against you. If you don’t


    believe me, just wait and see!"


    Marian spoke with such finality that it left no room for argument.


    Paolo looked at her in disbelief. "Why are you all protecting ra like this? For her sake, you’d


    ignore whether Heidi lives or dies. Who is she, to make you, who usually stay out of worldly affairs,


    call upon the York family''s influence?"