The Beauty and the Brain

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Better Off as an Orphan

Marie returned to her room and rummaged through the messy pile of medicines. Then, she packed

them into her bag, planning to find time to get them tested at the hospital. However, losing weight

was the top priority for her now.

Marie was five feet seven inches tall, similar to Rose. However, while Rose weighed less than 110

pounds, Marie weighed 165 pounds.

With her weight, even daily outings were inconvenient for Marie, not to mention her exercises.

Marie took out her notebook and quickly devised a weight loss plan, including daily diet and exercise. It

was the winter break for her senior year, so she had two months off. She had to slim down as soon as

possible to enter high society and gradually get closer to Wren.

At dinner time, Marie only ate an apple before heading out for a run. Marie couldn’t believe it, for she

used to be able to run six miles easily! After covering 3,280 feet, she was already panting heavily.

When Marie returned home in the evening, Mason was already waiting in the living room. Meanwhile,

Carly sat beside him, sobbing and telling him how Marie had bullied her.

Mason asked, “Marie, why did you hit Carly? No matter what, she’s still your younger sister. Apologize

to Carly!”

Marie sneered, for Mason demanded an apology from her based on Carly’s one-sided story. Mason did

not even give her a chance to explain. Rose might as well be an orphan with a father like him.

“Dad, Carly said that my mom is a short-lived spook. Thus, I am also one that will die sooner or later. I

don’t have a mom, unlike Carly, who has Ms. Dillon to guide her. I couldn’t accept it, so I hit her. I won’t

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Seeing Carly’s guilty expression, Mason felt a hint of guilt in his heart. After all, Marie was his biological

daughter.

“It’s not like that. Marie’s talking nonsense! Dad! I didn’t say anything like that!” Carly argued anxiously.

“I’m sorry, Dad. I know I was wrong.” Marie apologized obediently. Marie’s apology was way more

pleasant than Carly’s shrill scream.

Immediately, Mason furrowed his eyebrows and answered, “All right. I’m swamped with daily work, so

stop bothering me with these trivial matters.”

Ignoring Carly’s calls, he went upstairs.

As Mason left, Carly dropped her guilty expression and rushed over to slap Marie. Marie grabbed her

wrist, and the obedient look on her face was replaced by a fierce look. “Carly, I’m not the same

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Marie you used to bully. You’d better not mess with me, or I won’t mind hitting you a second time!”

Carly said menacingly.

The sinister look in Marie’s eyes frightened Carly, causing the latter to take two steps back. Marie then

shook off her hand and went upstairs.

In the middle of the night, Marie woke up feeling miserably hungry. It turned out that her body had quite

an appetite. She had recently started controlling her food intake, not expecting her to be so hungry that

she couldn’t fall asleep.

Marie couldn’t help but think of roasted meat, seafood spaghetti, and fried chicken. I’m starving!

Therefore, Marie lay in bed and started doing sit-ups, determined not to eat anything. She had to lose

weight or die trying!

Just like that, a week had passed. Perhaps Carly had been frightened by Marie’s sudden outburst last

time, so Marie had quite a very peaceful week with no one bothering her. As for herself, she

successfully managed to control her appetite and lost 11 pounds!

Although Marie was happy to have lost 11 pounds, she still had 154 pounds to go, not to mention that

she wanted to eat seafood spaghetti so bad.

During lunchtime that day, Asher came over. This was the first time Marie had seen Grandpa since

her rebirth.

At the dinner table, Asher said, “Mia, you must work hard for the birthday party in half a month. The

well-known families of Las Vegas will be here, including the Whitney family. We cannot let anyone look

down on our Spence family.”

Mia seized the opportunity to please Asher and smiled, “Dad, don’t worry. We’ll make sure your

birthday celebration is grand. Olive and Noel will return by then, so sit back and enjoy!”

Although Asher doesn’t like Mia, Noel was Mia’s son, his only grandson. Moreover, Olive was a top-tier

celebrity immensely popular throughout the country.

Upon hearing that Noel and Olive were coming back, Asher immediately said with a smile, “Great! Tell

the kids to take a break from work and return to keep this old man company.”

Carly felt even prouder because of Noel and Olive. After all, she was going to enter the entertainment

industry and become a big star in the future, and Olive was going to support and protect her. As for

Marie, she could only be a lazy fatty at home.