Ice Prince: Rewrite The Star

Among the female cousins ​​apart from Chleo, only Priscilla could match a boy's game. Moni and Meli didn't like boys' games. They prefer to play fair girls' games.

Since most of their cousins ​​were all male, Meli and Moni often played alone. Sometimes, their older siblings accompanied them and then continued playing football or console games with their cousins.

According to the boys, Moni and Meli's puppet games or cooking are rather boring. Priscilla didn't want to play too childish, especially since their age gap was five years.

That's why when the teenage boys swam by splashing water here and there, Meli and Moni pulled a little away from them so they wouldn't be splashed. Evie accompanied them because she was not that close to the teenagers. So she chose to attend the two youngest little girls.

"You don't want to play with them?"

"Meli doesn't like getting wet. So I accompanied her here," replied Moni with a typical childish smile. "You don't join them either."

Evie shook her head. "I don't like getting wet either. It's better to play on the beach than swim here."

"Then why are you here?"

"Of course, to take care of you."

Well, it's true. Evie and Theo were tasked with taking care of them while swimming here while the parents were busy getting their skin tanned.

Evie and Theo fancied to go to the beach too, but the twins and Kenken kept whining and didn't want to go to the beach. The younger boys preferred to play in the swimming pool rather than on the beach.

Even though Evie and Theo were disappointed not to go to the beach, they didn't mind accompanying them all swimming here. Moreover, they could go to the beach tomorrow or the day after. The week is still long, after all.

"Hm… they must be hungry after playing the water. I'll get some snacks for them. You want to come?"

Meli shook her head, refusing her invitation. She was enjoying the comfortable cold water that covered up her knees.

"How about you?"

"I'll be here with her."

"Alright then. If you girls want to go somewhere, don't forget to tell Theo or Diego, okay?"

"Okay, okay. We're not babies, ah," protested Moni while putting on a sullen face making Evie giggle.

Not long after Evie left, Moni looked up at the sky and suddenly felt her stomach spinning.

"Ow, my stomach hurts. I'm going to the toilet first."

Meli nodded slowly and let Moni enter the toilet, which was not far from the swimming pool.

"Hey, everyone! Who wants to see the breath-holding contest between Theo and the R twins?"

Meli immediately straightened up hearing that. Melodie also wanted to see the contest, but she was too lazy to move. After all, it wasn't her older brother who joined the game, so it didn't matter if she didn't come close.

Too bad her closest cousin had to go at a time like this. Harmonie would be thrilled to see her two brothers compete with Theo.

Meli was too engrossed in watching the contest while counting in her heart as if counting the clock. She also wondered how long her three cousins ​​could hold their breath underwater.

Seconds later, a sharp pain rose from the back of her hand. Reflexively she immediately withdrew her hand without knowing her action, causing the back of her hand to be scratched even longer.

Melodie was in pain, but a great deal of annoyance overcame the pain. She looked at the source of the person who had stepped on her hand with high heels.

Without needing to listen to the arrogant girl's explanation, Meli instantaneously knew the older lady had stepped on her hand on purpose. After all, what kind of person wears high heels by the pool?

"Oh, sorry. I accidentally stepped on your hand."

Meli was getting angry hearing this apology. She had never heard anyone apologize so blatantly insincere like this. Did this woman look down on her just because she was just a child?

No one dared to oppress her, let alone hurt her, even if indirectly. Everyone around her was always careful not to offend the Alvianc family, but this woman dared to injure her hand?

If her father found out, Kinsey wouldn't stay quiet.

However, Meli was still thinking about the atmosphere of this holiday. She enjoyed her company with her siblings. That's why she decided not to tell her father. Melodie didn't want her father's wrath to destroy their happy mood.

Melodie rose to her feet to approach her brothers, ignoring the woman. At least if she were with her cousins, this unknown lady wouldn't bother her.

Alas, the woman pulled her hair, making her wince in pain. And when she was about to shout for her brother, her mouth was clenched tightly, and her body was violently pulled away.

After a bit away, Meli felt her body pushed by a strong force and her back hit the wall hard, making her groan in pain. It was the first time she had felt such relentless pain.

Her hand, spine, and now her cheeks that knocked the floor were all sore.

Even though she had a very high pain tolerance, Melodie still winced in pain and almost burst into tears.

But Meli persisted and did not let her tears come out. She just looked at the lady with anger and disgust.

"What are you looking at? A kid like you don't deserve to look at me like that!" once again, Hadley grabbed Meli's hair roughly while Meli's two small hands tried to hold her hand so it wouldn't hurt too much.

"MELI!!"

Meli had closed her eyes a long time ago because she didn't want the tears to escape her eyes, so she didn't know what was going on. She heard Moni's voice calling out to her but still didn't dare to open her eyes.

It was only when the bigger hand that was pulling her hair slipped out of her grip that Meli opened her eyes to see what was happening.

Her eyes widened when she saw that Moni was now biting the woman's hand with all her might, making Hadley scream full of pain.

"AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

Hadley tried to release Moni's bite by pushing the child's body as hard as possible, making Moni fall to the floor with a loud 'thump' sound. Meli directly approached her cousin while trying to help Moni to get up from the floor.

"Ah, so you two are twins, huh? Time to teach you guys a lesson."

Meli and Moni protect each other by wrapping their arms around their cousin, hoping that the blow would not land on either of them. They both closed their eyes, waiting for the pain to come, but it never came.

Instead, they heard a familiar voice above them.

"Meli, Moni, tell me. Is this woman the one who hurt you?"

The two girls opened their eyes in unison and now breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Evie was there holding Hadley's arm that was about to hit them.

Without hesitation and calm, the two nodded their heads quickly to answer Evie's question.

"Big mistake, young lady. It's my time to give you a lesson. Close your eyes for me, will you?" Evie glanced at the two poor girls, and after the girls closed their eyes...

PLAK!!

The sound of a loud slap was echoing the room. The boys who had just come out of the water were shocked and confused about what they saw.

Diego and Theo were stunned to see Evie's expression, which was pretty offensive, and also a woman half lying on the floor holding one cheek. Did Evie slap that woman?

"Hadley? Why are you here?" Diego was confused that his paternal cousin was on this island. He remembered that only his mother's extended family were on this island.

"Meli! What's wrong with your hand?"

Kenken's panicked voice snapped Diego and the others out of their thoughts. Their gazes immediately focused on the two tiny girls who were hugging each other with frightened eyes.

Simultaneously everyone surrounded the two girls protectively, and Theo hid his sister behind his back.

Even though Priscilla wasn't hurt, he felt furious to see his two youngest cousins ​​hurt.

There was a long scratch tearing the skin on Meli's right hand while a blue bruise was on the corner of Moni's lips. Who else had hurt them if not an unknown woman he had never met?

"Meli, how did your hands get like this?" Priscilla stroked Meli's injured right hand gently.

Meli used her left hand and then pointed at the shoes worn by Hadley, who was still in a state of great shock. At first, Meli did not want to increase the problem of her hand injury. But because the woman had hit and pushed Harmonie, her closest cousin, Meli no longer wanted to let the woman go.

After all, she had the support of her older cousins. Meli was sure they would defend and support her.

And it's true, once they found out the cause of the scratch and the reddish mark on the back of Meli's hand was the pointy heel on the woman's shoe, everyone looked at Hadley with rage.

Even Kenken, who had never felt anger before, was staring at Hadley with fierce eyes. Adults would mistake that gaze for Kinsey's.