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It was terrible to see her aunt, uncle, and cousin being led out of the room, mostly because they all kept giving Juliette the evil eye.

As if they almost already assumed her to ruin this, as if they were under the impression that if left alone, Jules was destined to do something stupid and make them look awfully bad.

Well, Jules would be lying if she said she wasn’t tempted to try. But she couldn’t. Not in her dreams. The life of her grandma was in line. She knew if she did something to offend them again, all their threats would become too real and her grandma would be the one paying a heavy price.

Hence, for the sake of the only person who cared about her after her parents died in the horrible car accident, Jules sucked in a deep breath and prepared herself for whatever lay ahead of her.

“So, tell me something about yourself,” the deep voice of the older woman pulled Juliette out of her stupor. She sat up a bit straighter, her shoulders knotted like rocks.

“Um. What would you like t