Scarlett pulled her head away from Zara. "Damn, Zara!! Stop pinching my face." She glared at her before continuing, "You have known me for some time. You know my skin always likes this. Why are you asking again?"
"Haha, girl, you should be happy that I envy you. Your genes are really amazing! You should inherit this from your mother, right?" Zara said.
Scarlett was taken aback by Zara's words. She never thought about it. But maybe her fair skin and beauty came from her mother, not her father because she looked nothing like her father.
Even the color of her eyes and hair differs from her father's. When she was little, she often heard his father's family and friends insult her with these words, "Are you adopted!?" Every time she listened to those words, it broke her heart.
