“And then? What else did you do today?” Robert coaxed patiently.

She told her parents about Lucas.

“You don’t know how awful my cousin is. He actually kept things from Aurora, and before this, he even threatened me not to tell her. Now that the truth is out, he’s pushing all the blame onto me.”

Megan gave a cold snort. “The kind of man I hate most is exactly like that.”

Robert’s mouth twitched slightly.

So that was why she had stopped her cousin from getting close to his wife?

Now they finally understood why this child rubbed everyone the wrong way.

But seeing her so careless and clueless, they couldn’t help worrying about her future.

Lucas had already called the house, and if they didn’t rein her in soon, who knew what he might do next.

Eleanor rubbed her forehead. “Silly girl, don’t you know that’s their way of strengthening their relationship? What are you doing meddling in between them?”

“Strengthening their relationship?”

Megan looked from one parent to the other, seeing they were both serious.

But she still felt something was off.

“Then what are you telling me all this for?”

She scratched her head, certain she hadn’t done anything wrong today.

Besides, Aurora hadn’t planned to forgive Lucas anyway–she’d just been helping to hold things back.

Shouldn’t her parents be praising her for being a righteous crusader?

That was exactly what Megan thought, and she said it out loud.

Hearing this, her parents nearly blacked out.

Was this girl truly foolish or just pretending?

She was interfering in a married couple’s relationship, yet somehow managed to spin it like she’d done something remarkable. Megan still had no guard up.

Eleanor’s fiery temper finally burst.

She reached out and poked Megan’s forehead, scolding with frustration, “What on earth is going on in that little head of yours? Is it all filled with mush?”

This time, even Robert couldn’t help adding a sarcastic remark.

Megan clutched her head, full of grievance. “What did I even do wrong? I was just protecting Aurora’s moral bottom line, wasn’t I? Besides, it was my cousin who messed up first! Am I not even allowed to say it?”

Robert nearly lost his breath in anger.

Hearing that, he shot Eleanor a look. “I really can’t handle this kid anymore. Since you are her mother, she’s yours to deal with.”

Eleanor waved her hand. “I can’t do anything either. That stubborn brain certainly doesn’t come from me.”

“Forget it, let’s just dock her allowance. That way she might finally learn something.”

At first, Megan didn’t care. No matter what they said, she wasn’t bothered until she heard that last part–then she nearly jumped out of her seat.

“No way!”

She shot to her feet in agitation. “Mom, Dad, you can’t take away my allowance!”

“What, did you think I was negotiating with you?”

Eleanor looked at Megan, her eyes full of disbelief, as if to say, “You think you can tell me what to do?”

Robert leaned against Eleanor in agreement. “Exactly. The money in this house is all in your mother’s hands. What I say doesn’t even count.”

Megan was speechless.

She looked at her parents being all lovey-dovey, held it in for a long while, then finally muttered, “I don’t care. I didn’t do anything wrong, so you’re not allowed to dock my money!”