The woman''s face twisted into a hysterical snarl. "Miranda! Don''t you forget who took care of you all those years! You ungrateful brat, back with the Hawke family and you act like you don''t know where you came from!"


    Miranda''s expression remained calm. "You''re right, I was born to be ungrateful. But your darling daughter Arabe, she''s the epitome of gratitude."


    "You think you canpare to my own daughter, you little tramp? Don''t you see whether the Hawke family prefers my daughter or you?" the woman sneered with satisfaction. "So what if you were born into the Hawke family? It''s still going to be my daughter''s one day."


    Miranda''s eyes turned icy, but her lips curled into a smile. "You''re right, the Hawke family is surely your daughter''s future. So, the Hawke family''s money is Arabe''s money, and Arabe''s money, well, isn''t that yours?"


    The woman''s thoughts were clearly spinning with Miranda''s words.


    "So,ing to me for money is pointless, you should go find Arabe. Oh, by the way, I just saw her shopping at the mall next door. You might still catch her if you hurry."


    Upon hearing this, the woman shot another re at Miranda like she always did. "Of course, you better take good care of Arabe while you''re at the Hawke family. Help her out. And if I ever hear you''re giving her trouble, I''ll deal with you myself!"


    With that, she briskly headed towards the mall.


    Miranda crossed her arms, watching the woman scurry away, a mocking smirk ying on her lips before she turned to leave.


    William pieced together the identity of this middle-aged woman.


    This Ms. Hawk''s foster mother sure wasn''t a decent character. To speak to Ms. Hawk like that, where did she get the nerve?


    Having witnessed Miranda make Elian eat his words in the Lancaster family and p the Hawke siblings into stunned silence, William hade to see her as nothing short of formidable.


    Miranda''s foster family, the Zades, was a household that heavily favored sons. Her foster mother spoiled her son rotten, and her foster father was a notorious gambler.


    Miranda had grown up being treated as a "worthless girl", often subjected to harsh treatment. It was only when the Hawke family found her that she escaped such a bleak existence.


    Yet for Miranda, the Hawke family was merely another kind of abyss.


    As the cherished darling of the Hawke family, Arabe was never going back to the Zades. Especially with her four brothers'' disdain for the Zades, they were terrified Arabe might suffer if she returned.


    On the day Miranda came back, Dorian dered, "Be will always be my sister. No one can take her ce."


    Alistair insisted, "I''ll never let Be go back to that dirty ce, the Zades."


    Orion proimed, "If Be goes back to the Zades, I''m leaving the Hawke family too."


    Lysander scoffed, "The Zades, those lowly people deserve to be Be''s family?"


    ...


    They all seemed to forget that their own sister had lived in such conditions with the Zades. As if Arabe was the one who had suffered.


    The Hawke family, in an attempt to make peace, had given the Zades apensation sum to leave Arabe alone.


    The Zades, having taken the money, promised to never bother Arabe again.


    But knowing Tim Zade''s gambling habits, Miranda was certain that money had long been squandered. So, they would undoubtedlye to Arabe for more money.


    Arabe, looking less than pleased, was about to get into her brother''s car to head home when she heard a shout.


    "Be! My darling daughter!"


    Arabe''s face instantly fell, as if she''d bitten into something foul.


    She turned to see the dowdy woman jogging towards her, calling out so loudly that she drew the attention of everyone around.


    Quite a few people turned to look at Arabe. Arabe immediately felt mortified, wanting nothing more than to ignore the woman.


    Orion and Lysander shared her embarrassment, their expressions darkening as they recognized the approaching woman.


    "Be, my dear girl," Luna Zade simpered, reaching out as if to embrace Arabe, who quickly stepped back to avoid her.


    "What are you doing? Stop shouting nonsense!" Arabe hissed, trying to keep her voice down.


    Nearby, some people who recognized Arabe started to chatter.


    "Isn''t that Arabe? She''s a Hawk! Always on the covers with her brothers! The Hawke family princess!" "There are so many rich people in the world, why couldn''t I be born into a family like that? This is like something out of a novel!"


    "Who''s that woman? How does she know Ms. Hawk?"