Instead of helping Abby to get on her feet, the two sisters only sneered on her. Meanwhile, Abby chose to remain laid on her back
It was as though the combination of frustration and embarrassment was weighing her down and so she stayed lying on the ground for a while; mulling over the reason why she had to endure all of this humiliation and unfair treatment of her family towards her.
She inhaled deeply to calm her nerves but that only made her cough hard instead. Because apparently she also accidentally inhaled some from the flavored drink that was spilled on her face.
"Are you okay???"
Out from the blinding ray of the sun that hung high above the bright sky, a face suddenly peaked and blocked Abby's sight.
It was the face of the most handsome man in the town; no other than, Bryan, himself
"OMG! I need to put this on my vlog..."
Clara said as she took her phone from her pink sling bag.
She even made a lame attempt to fixed her hair although the truth was it did nothing to change how she looked at all.
Then after positioning herself on her best angle, she clicked the red button on the screen to start recording the video
"Hello everyone, your pretty Princess Clara walked right into this humiliating situation."
She said in the introduction before she focused the camera on Abby's mess.
At that same time, Bryan offered his hand to Abby to help her up and the video was able to record that perfectly.
Abby, on the other hand, happily accepted the other party's kind gesture and she took his warm hand.
"Oh.. I- I am so sorry..."
She blurted out as soon as she realized that she unknowingly stained Bryan's white rubber shoes.
Meanwhile, her step-sister, Clara still went on narrating her own version of the story in front of her camera for her vlog's sake.
"Some clumsy girl threw her drinks all over the gorgeous Bryan..."
Clara went on, whilst Abby felt like she was at an entirely different universe at that moment as she watched Bryan's lips opened and closed in slow motion.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt???"
Bryan asked Abby with eyes full of concern.
"Those eyes could not be fake, right??? Is he wearing contact lenses? They were so beautiful..."
Abby said inside her head, but outside she was in a complete daze.
"Hey, miss. Are you okay???"
Bryan asked again, this time however he put his hand over Abby's shoulder and that seemed to pull Abby's soul back to reality.
"NO!"
She blurted out.
"No???"
"No. Y-ye- YES!...No... I- I- I mean... Yes, I'm fine... Thank you!"
Abby replied with an obvious stutter as she hastily fixed herself but she did not notice that there was a plastic straw that got stuck on her long wavy brown hair. In the end, it was Bryan who removed it.
"Thank you..."
She said timidly this time.
"Owww... Such a gentleman. He truly is. Bryan once again gets top place this week at your pretty Princess Clara's heart.."
Clara said dreamily as she winked in front of her camera and imaginary audiences. She repositioned her phone to make her face the focus of the camera.
"Bryan! What happen???!"
When Candice noticed a commotion outside the store, she immediately went to check what was going on and she was literally shocked when she found out that the center of attention was actually her boyfriend with some random girl playing as a damsel in distress at the streetwalk.
"OH, MY GAWD!!!"
She gasped when she saw that Bryan's limited edition rubber shoes got stained.
"You totally ruined his shoe!!!!"
Candice just recently bought it as a gift for Bryan so it was obvious that she was enraged to see how the shoe ended up.
"Candice .. I'm fine---
Bryan said but Candice cut him off.
"No! It is not fine!"
"I am so, so sorry... Uhmm... I can replace them.."
Abby offered although her heart was bleeding as she said that because there was a high chance that she might use up all of her savings if she would go and buy that same pair of shoes.
"They don't sell couture at Nordstrom Rack, sweetie.."
Candice said in false kindness, but the edge of sarcasm on her voice was not that hard to notice.
"Come on..."
She added as she pulled Bryan away from the crowd.
"I- I'm so sorry.."
Bryan's face was deeply apologetic but before he could even do a proper apology for his girlfriend's uncomely manner, Candice already pulled him away completely.
"Whilst this hot mess gets the loser of the week award.."
Clara concluded her vlog with that as she zoomed in and focused her camera at Abby's sorry state.
After that small incident at the streetside, Abby's life went on as usual as well as the others.At the same time, she no longer had a chance to meet Bryan's again nor his elitist and snob girlfriend, Candice, ever since that particular day.But nonetheless, that also worked to her advantage.Because wherever Bryan was around, it would also only spell trouble for Abby.First of all, Bryan came in pair with his girlfriend. Besides, it was not only Candice's presence that Abby should be wary about, if ever. Mara and Clara would certainly be within the scene once Brayn came into the picture.ANYWAYS!Abby already had enough on her plate. She already had a lot of things to worry about as it was from the beginning of time.So the thing about Bryan's ruined shoe nor her 'Frappe Girl' video going viral on
After having her clothes changed to a fresh one, Abby came back on the first floor to check their kitchen and see if there was still something left for her.Because there were a few occasions when her family would purposely leave her out with nothing to eat, even a single morsel of anything."How dare you just waltz in here after a night out of the town???"Her Aunt Sarah's voice sounded from behind her. For some reason, the other party was usingher heavily accented and sophisticated voice as though she was some sort of royalty.The other party still held that same glass of wine on her right hand just like how Abby saw her when she arrived a couple of minutes ago."Err??? I've been working."Abby replied flatly as she stated the obvious matter.It was not like she was having a nightlife outside??!Besides, it wa
"Oh by the way... Aren't you forgetting something???"Aunt Sarah suddenly asked Abby as she presented her open palm in front of Abby's face"We all have to contribute.."She added while waiting for Abby to hand her what she wanted."Remind me how we are all contributing again???"Abby, on the other hand, could not help but leave a sarcastic remark as she handed to her stepmom her hard-earned money."You. Are. So. UNGRATEFUL!"Aunt Sarah said that word by word to rebuke Abby's comment."And how am I ungrateful?! I worked six hours a day at Santa Land. I do holiday singing grams every nigh---""Quit bragging at my face?!!!"Aunt Sarah refuted her and shouted at her face but unlike before, it was not able to shut Abby up.It seemed that Abby cou
"For your 25, 000-dollar question, what is the name of the plant that could turn the one who devoured them into some sort of zombie and control its minds???"A. OphiocordycepsB. Wolf's BaneC. PigweedorD. Resurrecting PlantThe bald game show master asked Abby. His extremely white teeth made a great contrast with his dark skin as he smiled at her.Abby at the moment was playing as a contestant at what seemed to be a game show where one would have to answer some questions that were prepared beforehand.Rewards were also decided prior to the start of the game and every correct answer would allow the player to get a specific amount of money."Was there really a plant capable of doing that? FOR REAL?!!!"Abby asked the game master in return."Yes, dear. And you have to get the right answer for you
Abby had thought about going back to her bed and resumed her sleep but then she remembered that today was her special day!"I am 18 now!!!! This is the day that I have been waiting for."She said as she bolted up straight from her bed.Without even bothering to wash her face or at least combed her hair and fix its hot mess, Abby immediately ran towards her door.But to her surprise, the door seemed lock from the outside! And no matter how hard she tried to push nor heave the door, it just simply would not budge.That was when Abby started to had a bad feeling."What was wrong with this door?!! Hey! Let me out of here!!!"She shouted at the top of her lungs, hoping that it would catch the attention of anyone from the other side of the door, but her efforts had only gone to naught.... SI
Abby briefly dusted herself before running towards their front door.It was left open!"Aunt Sarah???! Mara? Clara?!! Hello?!!!!! Anyone in here? Where are you????"She called out and went to check each of their room but there was no one. Even their closets were empty."They left me?!!!! Did they run away from home???"When this thought crossed Abby's mind, she started to break into a cold sweat and so without wasting another minute of her time, she took a pair of slippers and immediately dashed to the road.To her haste, she no longer noticed that the pair of slippers that she was wearing were mismatched.The road was still wet due fro the previous rain and while Abby was running along with the traffic, a car that passed by her accidentally splashed water towards her direction."HOLY SHEEP!!!"&n
As Abby made her way back to their house, she could not help but notice how the route seemed to become farther than it previously was.She felt as though she spent a long time walking back home compared to the time that she actually took when she traveled from their house going to the bank.It might sound weird but that was what she could observe so far. Perhaps it was due to the mixture of exhaustion and disappointment that had finally taken a toll on her.But nonetheless, after a while of walking, she still arrived at the front door of their house.The house itself looked exactly the same just like how it was before. The only difference though was that it was now empty.There was no Aunt Sarah to boss her around nor no annoying Mara and Clara sisters to make fun of her.It was only then that everything that happened had finally sunk in at Abby. 
"Mister... Please, understand my situation as well. As much as I wanted to pay you, I really don't have even a single penny with me right now."Abby pleaded with all earnestly as she tried to make the old man see some sense. Yet her plea only fell on deaf ears."NO! Give me your money or I swear I will make it sure that you will spend the rest of your dear life inside the cell.""Sir, please. I'm begging you. Please give me some time. I'll look for Aunt Sarah and once I found them, we will pay you back right away. If you want even with interest on top of that."Abby bargained but the other party was really a tough nut to crack"NO WAY! I am certain that you are just trying to dope me exactly like how that filthy wench mother of yours had done to me before. If you guys think that I would fall for the same trick again, you are all wrong! HUH! I am not a pushover!"
"How I wish I could personally wipe that smile on your face. It was so irritating."She thought to herself."Ehem...ahem..."The old man in the middle of the elevated platform cleared his throat and everyone fell silent. He carefully scans all faces present in the hall until it landed on Mu Lingxi and he smiles slightly.When the old man was sure that everyone is already present, he stands up and started the meeting. This old man was no other than the clan head, Mu Ruochen. Mu Lingxi's grandfather.
The morning sunray that went through the blinds of her window, forced Ai Hee out from her dreamland.It was so bright that when she opened her eyes, it almost blinded her."Hey! Close the window, what do you want?!"With a groggy head, she inquired at her cat; because when she tried to peaked through her half closed eyes, she saw her cat seating next to their window.Most likely than not, it was the other party who opened the window, with an intention to wake her."MEOW"[ It's time to wake up little lass. Your grandfather has been waiting for you since the break of dawn he and had been sending Yanyan to fetch you. But you simply would not bulge from that bed of yours. ]Nero replied while lazily stretching his back."AHRGG! give five more minutes!"Ai Hee mumbled as she slumped back to her bed and covered her head using one of her pillows. She intended to come back to her sleep, but Nero would not allow her to have it h
"MEOW"[ Let us just forget what we heard. We can just pretend that we don't know where it came from right?]her cat tried to console her but they both feel like they were coyed.Mu Lingxi ignored his cat and instead look at Yanyan who was eating something that resembles Pringles."And what was that made from?" Mu Lingxi became more cautious and ask Yanyan first before tasting one."Well, this one is some kind of tree bark. It was leisurely chipped away from a CINCHONA TREE" Yanyan unhurriedly answered as she takes a bite from the chip.Mu Lingxi finds it more acceptable to eat so she decided to give it a try. It tasted like Piattos' roadhouse barbeque." I never thought that a simple bark of a tree-like this can turn to be a delectable food in this place." Mu Lingxi exclaimed.Yanyan wonders why her young miss acts so strange. It was as if it was her first time knowing this kind of food.Nevertheless, she never doubted
Abby had thought about going back to her bed and resumed her sleep but then she remembered that today was her special day!"I am 18 now!!!! This is the day that I have been waiting for."She said as she bolted up straight from her bed.Without even bothering to wash her face or at least combed her hair and fix its hot mess, Abby immediately ran towards her door.But to her surprise, the door seemed lock from the outside! And no matter how hard she tried to push nor heave the door, it just simply would not budge.That was when Abby started to had a bad feeling."What was wrong with this door?!! Hey! Let me out of here!!!"She shouted at the top of her lungs, hoping that it would catch the attention of anyone from the other side of the door, but her efforts had only gone to naught.... SI
"For your 25, 000-dollar question, what is the name of the plant that could turn the one who devoured them into some sort of zombie and control its minds???"A. OphiocordycepsB. Wolf's BaneC. PigweedorD. Resurrecting PlantThe bald game show master asked Abby. His extremely white teeth made a great contrast with his dark skin as he smiled at her.Abby at the moment was playing as a contestant at what seemed to be a game show where one would have to answer some questions that were prepared beforehand.Rewards were also decided prior to the start of the game and every correct answer would allow the player to get a specific amount of money."Was there really a plant capable of doing that? FOR REAL?!!!"Abby asked the game master in return."Yes, dear. And you have to get the right answer for you
Meanwhile, when Abby heard the other party's abrupt accusation towards her, she was flabbergasted."Mine?! How come it became my fault?! I don't even have an idea that you are cooking here until we heard the explosion."Abby rebutted but Eugene only used her same words against her."Precisely! And that is your biggest mistake. You are supposed to be a servant in this house. It is your task to serve me. You are the one who should take care of all of this. Yet I was forced to cook my own meal!""But I was cleaning back then????"Abby argued back."So??? Is it my fault then?? Is it my fault that you wake up late? I am the master here and you are the servant. Do you suggest that I should be the one to adjust??? Should I just wait for you to finish your tasks and starve myself to death?"Eugene sai
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"Oh… I'll leave you first… I'm going to cry too!" Then Vander left immediately."And if you need anything, just call me.""I already have what I need Brylle." I held on tightly to the necklace I was wearing. The necklace that my mom and dad left for me. "Thank you."Brylle and I stared at each other for a long time. He turned around so I thought he was leaving. But he suddenly came back to face me again.Then he slowly bowed… and gave me another kiss on the cheek. "I'm
“Do you know, ladies, that we have been looking for the lost treasure of the White Light Clan for a long time? Eighteen years! We have been looking for it for so long! ”“So don't hurt us !!! We will tell you where that woman is so that you can get the sacred treasure you are looking for! ”"But we alam we do not know where he…""Shut up, Cerina !!!" The young man looked at Cerina and then at Seline."And you still plan to fool me?"&n