Valerie taunted with a smile, moving closer to Lucinda.


    “Care to guess?” With a smile on her face, Valerie whispered, “Could it be that all three of them are in cahoots with me?”


    Lucinda remained silent, her face hardened by anger and sorrow.


    Valerie chuckled and then walked to the mirror, assuming an elegant and noble pose, resembling a star.


    Upon seeing Lucinda lost in thought, Valerie’s eyes glinted with mockery.


    “How does it feel to be distrusted by your beloved brothers?


    But what can you do now?


    They have wholeheartedly epted me.


    Graham helps me conceal my identity as an illegitimate daughter and wants me to be the sole daughter of the Simmons family.


    Hilliard also cares deeply for me.


    Even Cyrus apanied me today to dress shopping.


    ”


    Valerie turned to Lucinda and dered, “They are not your brothers anymore!”


    Her beautiful eyes held a tinge ofcency as she exuded an air of arrogance.


    “Are you trying to provoke me by saying that?”


    Lucinda raised her head, meeting Valerie’s gaze with a cold stare.


    “Well, congrattions.This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org.


    You’ve seeded in provoking me.


    But rest assured, you will pay for it!”


    With those words, Lucinda’s demeanor suddenly changed.


    She advanced towards Valerie, grabbed her hair with her left hand, and forcefully pped her across the face.


    Bang!


    The resounding p left Valerie stunned, her face stinging from the impact.


    Years of maintaining her figure as an actress had left her way too slender andcking physical strength, rendering her defenseless.


    Lucinda pinched Valerie’s cheek, her gaze icy as she spoke up with an air of arrogance.


    “You still don’t know me well enough.


    Did you think that by provoking me, I would be emotional, consumed with anger, and allow those emotions to affect the babies inside me? Well, you’re wrong.


    I seek revenge immediately, regardless of who you are.


    Let me teach you a lesson first!”


    With those words, she delivered two more resounding ps to Valerie’s face.


    Tears welled up in Valerie’s eyes from the pain, but she couldn’t break free.


    She cried out, “Cyrus! Cyrus, help me!”


    Lucinda yanked Valerie’s hair, pulling her back.


    The sarcasm on her face was evident as she growled, “Valerie, the man waiting outside is my brother, the one who has loved me for over twenty years.


    Let’s see who he attends to first when he enters.


    ”