Mr. Ford Is Jealous

Chapter 40

Yvonne was the type of person who would always stand up for herself. She would never let anyone mock or taunt her without a fight. She could sense Guinevere’s jiving tone earlier, and she didn’t care if it was intentional. She just had to fight back.

Once Yvonne was done talking, Guinevere’s face turned blank and frigid. The air got tense again. Silent awkwardness ruled the table.

Nobody spoke. Yvonne dangled a spoon aimlessly, not knowing what she said. Lucas pushed food onto Yvonne’s plate, urging her to eat. Yvonne accepted the food without saying anything

Yvonne knew that Guinevere didn’t like the fact that she had a baby out of wedlock because it was something that tarnished her pure and noble reputation, but she deceived herself into thinking that she was fine. She might pretend that it didn’t matter to her, but she was obviously troubled by it.

time together. However, she found it amusing that a woman looked down on people who had children out of wedlock when she had a child

like this at the dinner table. Not only would it make things awkward, but it might also offend or

Guievere. He did this in complete silence, but he still had the

focused on her plate of food the second she noticed Weston doing this.

as he was doing now, as if it was his duty. She could not help but laugh at herself. She had been so foolish as to be moved by that little gesture. She had assumed that it was

and thanked him sweetly. “Didn’t I tell

as she was thinking of firing back