Chapter 1458

Perhaps no one could have anticipated that someone would suddenly stand up for Joanna. When Hesper removed her mask and hood, Joanna looked at her confusedly. "Hestia?" They had only met once, and their encounter was far from pleasing. Joanna did not understand why Hesper had suddenly stepped forward to speak for her. Without saying anything, Hesper approached Xyla and sized her up. Previously, she did not carry the surname Fogerty, and she only assumed the surname after her mother married Irvin. "Don't you have a sharp tongue? Why are you suddenly silent when you're getting bullied?" Hesper asked as she raised an eyebrow, her tone sarcastic. Joanna opened her mouth but could not say anything. After all, her father was her biggest weakness, but it was not because of affection. It was because she cared too much over the years. Now, someone else had taken her place, and sometimes Joanna would wonder how things had turned out this way. Why had she been abandoned? Was it because she w