Mr Bodyguard, Protect Your Heart!

But just when Dove thought that she could ignore their presence for now, her step mother, who just had to poke her nose in her business, said in a taunting voice, "Oh! Wow. Dove Sterling, it seems like you have lost your manners too, just like how you have lost your character."

Hearing this, Dove turned towards the middle aged woman, who had her make up fine, that no one will catch her real age at once, she frowned. 'What is this woman up to now?' She wandered. Though Freya Sterling never really liked her at all, but she would mostly try to keep it concealed under her pretentious act, when they were around other people, mainly in front of grandfather. But today, Dove looked into her eyes, and she could see that she wasn't even trying to conceal her dislike for her.

She was just trying to blatantly trash her with her words. And this made Zeva raise and eyebrow, while keeping her calm expression. But at the same time, she also noticed that the people around her, including her grandfather did not object anything to her. In fact, they all looked at her way with a highly disappointed face. And her grandfather, he had a big frown on his face.

'Did they come to know about something?' Dove thought in her mind. And her heart was racing crazily, as she realised that it could have been possible. After all, she did not know what had happened last night.

Freya on the other hand, who had a smirk on her face, after taunting Dove, when she saw her calm and unbothered face, that smirk slowly got wiped off her face, and her eyes squinted. "Why are you looking at me like that, you shameless girl?"

'Oh! SO now she even called me shameless in front of everyone?' Dove made a mental note. And her earlier assumption seems to be coming more and more true.

But she did not want to show any of those emotions on her face, and Dove nonchalantly asked, "What is wrong, Aunt? Did something happen?" Though, Freya was her father's second wife, and her step mother, Dove had always called her Aunt, after she figured out the woman's intentions and feelings towards her.

Freya gritted her teeth, hating the way this shameless girl had the audacity to talk to her in this way, in front of the guest. Though, Dove was normally always cold to her, and so was she with her, but she would at least feign some respect in front of outsiders. But it seems that now she was also giving up acting. Freya was about to speak, when Dove heard another woman's voice thunder near her ears, "Dove Sterling? How do you still have the audacity to act so cocky after doing what you did last night?! I had always liked you so much thinking that you are such a good mannered and beautiful girl, but I never knew you had such a bitchy attitude under that skin of yours!"

Dove for a moment froze, as she heard Cora Davis speak so ruthlessly to her. After all, from long she could remember, Cora Davis had always been kind to her, always liking her a lot. Dove felt her heart ache, and her eyes stung. But at this moment, Dove knew better than to cry. She couldn't lose her emotions so easily right now. After all… Dove couldn't really remember what they were talking about exactly. And she did not want anything going against her.

Dove, then slightly tilted her head to the side, looking at Mrs Davis and spoke in her soft tone, "What… are you talking about, Mrs Davis? What have I done?" The way she asked the question, the tone made them feel as if she was asking the obvious. But Dove only wanted to know exactly what happened.