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Jamila answered with grace.
Her thoughtful and considerate words softened everyone’s heart.
Even Fiorella couldn’t help applauding her in her mind.
What she said offended no one and even shaped her own image. That was killing two birds with one stone.
No wonder she hadn’t seen through her before.
But this time, she wouldn’t fall for it again.
They had reached a stalemate. Any further probing would risk exposing their intentions.
While everyone else held their tongues, Jamila’s gaze suddenly shifted to Fiorella.
“Fiorella, what do you think? Why don’t we switch back today? After all, you haven’t been home for so many years. You must be dying to come back.”
Jamila spoke in a gentle tone, her words full of empathy.
Yet her bright eyes were fixed on Fiorella, trying to read every move
she made.
If Fiorella dared say she wanted to return, Jamila would make people believe that Fiorella was greedy and impatient.
The Huertas hated opportunists.
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If she phrased it skillfully, everyone would turn against Fiorella.
Once her parents began to despise her, would she still come back?
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Jamila had it all planned out, even imagining a thousand ways Fiorella might respond.
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But Fiorella simply stared quietly at the white porcelain cup in front of her and said without blinking, “But I don’t want to move back yet…”
Her voice carried a trace of pain.
She looked up and gave a bitter smile.
“It’s not that this place isn’t good. It’s just… if I came back just like that, what about my parents? I mean, my adoptive parents…”
She then lowered her gaze.
Her pale hands rested on her knees, and she looked down at the backs of her hands, whispering, “I’m afraid they’d be heartbroken…”
As soon as the words left her mouth, her adoptive parents beside her began to sob.
Their daughter still held them in her heart.
What she said just made it all worth it.
In truth, Fiorella meant every word.
All these years, her adoptive parents had treated her well. Even though they didn’t have much, they still saved money to support her hockey training.
She could never forget their kindness.
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In her past life, after disgracing herself, she had thrown herself at the Huerta family like a madwoman, trying to prove herself to her biological parents at any cost.
But the more desperately she tried, the worse she did. She failed and fell far behind Jamila in her studies. The Huerta family looked down on her even more. She even lashed out and broke her adoptive parents‘ hearts.
“If you hadn’t made me so fat, would everyone have laughed at me?
“If you had money and raised me like a real lady from the start, would I have made such a fool of myself?
“This is all your fault! You didn’t even know your own child! You ruined my life!”
Fiorella now felt ashamed of those words. That explained why, this time, she wanted to make it up to her adoptive parents, even if it meant returning to the Huerta family a little later.
Her sincere words silenced everyone present.
So that was what she was thinking…
Not about coming back. Not about the money. Not about winning favor. But about her family’s feelings.
Suddenly, the adults stopped talking, as if ashamed of what they’d just been thinking.
They weren’t even as thoughtful as a child.
And all the words Jamila had prepared became completely useless. In fact, she sensed that if she said anything more now, she might end up in a worse situation.
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The room fell deathly quiet.
After a long time, Fiorella’s voice finally broke the silence.
“We’ve been talking about me for so long, yet we haven’t heard anything from you yet, Jamila.”
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