The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 1122

"Bella is a smart girl. She knew the trouble she was signing up for by letting you stay in this house, she anticipated the mess, yet she did it anyway. She took a step back for you, right to the edge of a cliff. You can't just push her off."

Serena's eyes widened in shock, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Dr. Mark is in charge of grandma's condition. You should know that." Sampson explained on Bella's behalf, "He calls Bella 'Professor', and when he has tricky cases, he consults her. Out of respect for him, she came to see the patient. I didn’t even know that the girl in front of me was my own niece."

Serena hadn't expected that it wasn't her parents secretly bringing Bella to meet her grandma and uncle, but Dr. Mark had invited Bella.

Because Bella was Dr. Bell!

She had a solution for all the tricky cases!

"Only when your parents arrived and saw Bella with me did I realize how grown my niece was." Sampson smiled warmly, "Before that, she even saved me."

Serena was surprised. She hadn't expected things to work out so coincidentally.

Her uncle was a man of integrity. He wouldn't lie.

So, her parents hadn't deceived her. It was her overthinking?

Yes, this was not excessive.

But why did all of this seem so infuriating earlier.

"From childhood to adulthood, everyone has spent eighteen Christmases and Christmas Eves with you, but Bella only has this one, and yet you came to cause trouble."

Sampson laughed, but Serena couldn't argue.

Indeed, it was her arrival that upset everyone.

"I heard from Clark that they had already given you gifts before sending Bella hers."