The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 787

"Serena, it's okay, I'm just getting old and clumsy. I lost my footing. It’s not a big deal," Martha's knees were scraped raw, and bruised.

From the sidelines, Arabella watched Martha's poor performance and coldly added, "Not only are you getting old, but your acting has gone downhill too, not what it used to be."

Martha didn't expect Arabella to be so sharp-tongued. Suddenly, she groaned in pain, clutching her waist.

"Is your back hurting?" Serena immediately became concerned, "Let me help you inside to get some ointment, see if you can stand up."

"Serena, don't worry about me, I'm fine, ouch, it hurts," Martha managed to stand up with Serena's help, groaning in pain all the while.

Arabella, tired of watching her act, strode towards the house with her long legs.

"Arabella!" Serena couldn't help but stop her, wanting to say something but hesitating, finally blurting out, "What the hell happened?"

"She fell on her own."

Arabella dropped that sentence as if she didn't want to waste time with them and walked up the steps into the main house.

Serena bit her lower lip, seemingly unconvinced.

"I've already told you; I fell on my own," Martha feigned again.

"But you were walking just fine on a flat and wide path, how could you fall like this?"

"Serena, I don't know how to explain. It's okay if I suffer a bit, I mainly worry about you," Martha slowly moved towards the side house, "Oh, forget it, if people didn't know better, they might think I was teaching you to be a bad person."