CHAPTER 178: CHAPTER 178 HYPOCRITICAL FLATTERY

"Grandma, stop bringing up such ridiculous things in the future. Bella is my brother."

After a moment, Mason Bennett said in a cold, firm voice.

Grandma Bennett was taken aback, not expecting such a strong reaction from him.

After her initial shock, she was somewhat puzzled and confused.

Does Mason really not like Bella? But before, she clearly saw that he treated little Bella differently, didn’t she?

On the second floor, Bella Green stood at the corner, listening to Mason Bennett’s words, somewhat dazed.

Bella didn’t hear everything they said, but she caught a line or two.

She understood Grandma Bennett’s misunderstanding, and there was nothing wrong with Mason Bennett’s words...

Bella Green looked at the man downstairs with his slightly somber handsome face, and a glint flickered in her eyes.

...

Grandma Bennett didn’t stay for long before Mason Bennett sent her away.

Grandma Bennett left unwillingly, leaving a message that she’d come by in the morning to bring them breakfast, before finally leaving.

Once again, the villa was left with just the two of them.

It was uncertain whether it was due to what had happened in the car earlier or because of Grandma Bennett’s misunderstanding.

In any case, the atmosphere between them was somewhat strange.

On the sofa, Bella Green hugged a pillow, watching the TV show without blinking.

It was clearly funny, but she couldn’t laugh.

Beside her, for once, Mason Bennett wasn’t working, but sitting there watching the variety show with Bella Green.

In the living room, there were only the various sounds of laughter coming from the TV.

After a while, a very loud ringtone broke the silence between the two.

Hearing the ringtone, Mason Bennett’s eye twitched, and he glanced at her pitiful phone, his brow slightly furrowed.

Bella Green answered the call.

Listening to the voice on the other end, her brow furrowed slightly, her voice tinged with impatience: "He’s busy, and so am I."

Then, without waiting for a response from the other end, she hung up.

Seeing her phone, Mason Bennett didn’t need to ask to guess who had called.

Looking at the little one’s situation in the Green Family, his heart was stifled and irritable.

"If you can’t get along, why not move out?" he asked.

Bella Green was stunned, looking at the man beside her, pressing her lips together silently.

She indeed didn’t want to stay there, but since Anna Green was living comfortably there, why should she leave?

"Always showing your claws in front of me, but pretending to be a little white rabbit in the Green Family? Hypocritically accommodating?"

The man, for some unknown reason, kept questioning relentlessly, each word stabbing straight into Bella’s heart.

Hearing this, Bella Green coldly curled her lips, her gaze at Mason Bennett tinged with a chill.

"None of your damn business?"

"Just looking at it makes me dislike it," Mason Bennett answered her.

These four words made Bella Green’s throat tighten, speechless, somewhat awkwardly turning her gaze away.

"At the banquet before, why did you stop me?" he asked.

Bella Green was somewhat stunned, recalling Mason Bennett’s threats to destroy the Green Family at the previous banquet.

In his eyes, she must have seemed ridiculous, right? Ridiculous for being bullied like that and still playing the saint by pleading on their behalf.

Bella Green lowered her eyes, hiding the surging emotions within them.

She had already experienced in her previous life what the Green Family would look like after going bankrupt...

In her previous life, the Green Family faced a crisis, on the brink of bankruptcy, and Anna Green was the first to sever all ties, seeking refuge with Vivian Thornecroft.

Daniel Green was framed and jailed, and she forced Mason Bennett to bail him out.

After getting out, the first thing he did was look for Anna Green, but what was the result?

He was turned away, even having security throw him out, claiming that his real sister was Bella Green, not Anna Green...

So what if Mason Bennett really destroyed the Green Family?