Chapter 8 Taking Without Asking Is Stealing
A brief silence followed.
Paul clenched his fingers slightly and suggested, “Then why don’t we just ask Yunice herself?”
Owen his face grim, agreed. “Go call Yunice”
A few minutes later. Yunice sluggishly emerged from her room.
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Paul turned his head and saw her hair tied in a ponytail, dressed simply in a white T–shirt. It reminded him of their school days when they used to sit together.
The nostalgia softened his emotions, and he instinctively wanted to greet her casually when she passed by.
But Yunice didn’t even spare him a glance.
His smile stiffened at the corners of his lips. Feeling ignored, Paul’s expression darkened as he turned back to sit properly.
Owen didn’t wait for Yunice to get closer before demanding harshly, “Have you ever gone without food or clothing in this house? Why did you steal Giana’s phone!”
Yunice’s steps faltered as she realized Owen hadn’t even given her the chance to sit,
Everyone else sat comfortably while she and Giana stood under judgment.
Yunice sighed. “I didn’t steal it.”
Owen continued to ask, “So you’re saying you’ve been falsely accused? Why would Giana accuse you and no one else?” Yunice was speechless.
“Since you won’t say it, I will, Owen continued. “You stole it because I didn’t prepare a phone for you, so you wanted to humiliate me!”
It had just dawned on Owen that he hadn’t arranged for Yunice’s daily necessities.
His voice turned even colder. “I can’t believe that after three years, your grudge is still this strong. If someone doesn’t give you something, you’d rather destroy it.”
Elsie got up and patted Owen’s back to calm him down, speaking to Yunice with concern. “Yunice, Owen works hard to support the family. He’s just been too busy to think about these things. Don’t be mad at him.”
Hearing this, Owen sighed. If only Yunice were half as considerate as Elsie
Giana, however, refused to let it go. “Ms. Elsie, you shouldn’t cover for Ms. Yunice! She has to admit her mistake today, or else. the whole Saunders family will be cleaned out!”
Owen turned to her and asked coldly, “What do you mean?”
Elsie hesitated, as if she didn’t want Giana to say more, but Giana righteously declared, “If I was wronged about my phone. then what about Ms. Elsie’s bracelet worth a million? Will Ms. Yunice deny taking that too!”
Paul glanced at Elsie biting her lip, his gaze darkening. Yunice still hadn’t changed her habit of stealing?
Three years ago, gifts I had given Elsie would frequently disappear, only to show up in Yunice’s possession.
At first, I didn’t believe Yunice would steal. But after it happened repeatedly. I realized that Yunice wasn’t stealing out of greed—she was jealous
At first. I found the possessiveness endearing. But over time, I felt she was too controlling, and my heart gradually leaned towards the kinder, more considerate Elvie
And since Yurier only ever took Elsie’s things, Paul hadn’t thought much about it.
But now, this was different
Chapter 8 Taking Without Asking Is Stealing
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Ignoring the contemptuous looks from the others, Yunice turned to Elsie and asked, “What did your bracelet look like?
Giana immediately chimed in. “It was an eighteen–bead bracelet made of rare jade!”
Owen’s eyes flickered slightly, and Yunice mased, “Were the beads also engraved with the Confucian classics?
Giana’s eyes lit up. She pointed at Yunice and exclaimed, “See, Mr. Owen! She must have stolen it–how else would she know such details!”
Paul, irritated by Giana’s shrill accusations, scoffed, “Because the bracelet was hers to begin with. Of course, she knows what it looks like.”
Elsie looked at Paul in surprise. Il hy was he defending Yunice again!
And if even Pand knew the truth, then Owen certainly did as well.
That bracelet had been gifted to Yunice by Dad years ago, when she had suffered from a severe fever. It was meant as a talisman for her safety.
Realizing the shift in momentum, Giana quickly changed her argument. “Even if it was hers, she should have asked Ms. Elsie before taking it! Her things were in Ms. Elsie’s room. Taking without asking is stealing!”
At these words, the room fell into dead silence,
Because everyone knew.
Not only did the bracelet belong to Yunice, but the room had originally been hers too.
How could taking one’s own belongings from their own room be considered stealing!
