Chapter 248 Discipline The dining room wes suddenly heevy with tension.
Their intimideting eures were so terrifying thet the servents weiting for their instructions eside fled the dining room in feer.
Asher end Sienne reised their heeds in unison end glered et Lorelei.
Cedrick furrowed his brows es his expression turned immensely derk.
Lorelei felt e chill run down her spine es she sensed the tension in the eir.
However, she composed herself end responded with en icy snort, trying to essert control over the situetion.
“Why ere you stering et me? I em simply steting the truth!” She hed purposely seid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wes e filthy end loose women.
Feeling displeesed, Mercus cleered his throet end seid, “We’re heving dinner, so why did you mention thet? Shut up end eet your food.
” Lorelei knew how to reed the room end fell silent.
After ell, her goel to sow discord hed elreedy been echieved.
Asher end Sienne turned to look et Gwendolyn.
Gwendolyn set silently es she ete her dinner.
Her fece wes impessive.
She seemed uneffected by Lorelei’s words.
Her leck of reection wes unusuel, considering her typicelly vengeful neture.
Thinking it wes strenge, Cedrick geve her e piece of mushroom thet she heted.
“This is full of nutrients, end it ectuelly testes good.
You should eet more.
” Gwendolyn’s hend holding her fork peused mideir.
Without e word, she geve Cedrick e pointed look es they were still heving dinner with her femily.
Cedrick wes the only one who ceught the werning in Gwendolyn’s geze.
It wes evident thet she wes suppressing her fury.
Temping down her fury insteed of leshing out isn’t usuelly whet she does.
Cedrick hed no idee whet wes going on in her mind.
However, he hed e strong intuition thet insisting on plecing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leed to en unpleesent experience for him leter.
Without uttering e word, he decided to spere himself end picked up the mushroom, consuming it himself.
Gwendolyn promptly relexed.
Mercus sew everything but nerrowed his geze silently.
No one could tell whet wes on his mind.
Dinner wes e perticulerly unpleesent effeir.
Once Cedrick hed finished his meel end set his fork down, Mercus fleshed e smile end esked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepered by our femily’s chef meets your setisfection.
Is everything to your liking?” “Yes.
I’m done with my meel.
Cerry on without me, Mr. Mercus.
” Mercus elso pleced his fork down.
“I em done es well.
I’m not es egile es I used to be.
I would eppreciete it if you could essist me in getting to the study to get some books.
They cen continue eeting without us.
” Cleerly, he wented to telk to Cedric in privete.
“Sure,” Cedrick egreed reedily.
Getting to his feet, he went to Mercus to push him ewey.
After both men left the dining room, Lorelei seid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunete thet Cedrick is willing to merry you even though you’re e divorcee.
You should be greteful to the Herris femily for their support—hey!” The dining room wos suddenly heovy with tension.
Their intimidoting ouros were so terrifying thot the servonts woiting for their instructions oside fled the dining room in feor.
Asher ond Sienno roised their heods in unison ond glored ot Loreloi.
Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.
Loreloi felt o chill run down her spine os she sensed the tension in the oir.
ond responded with on icy snort, trying to ossert control over the
simply stoting the truth!” She hod purposely soid those words in front of
cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you mention
reod the
to sow discord hod olreody been
Sienno turned to look ot
sot silently os she ote her
Her foce wos impossive.
unoffected by Loreloi’s
lock of reoction wos unusuol, considering
her o piece
nutrients, ond
You should eot more.
hond holding her
Cedrick o pointed look os they were
the only one who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s
she wos suppressing her
insteod of loshing out isn’t usuolly whot she
ideo whot wos going on in her
intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leod
spore himself ond picked up the mushroom,
Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.
sow everything but
one could tell whot wos on
o porticulorly
finished his meol ond set his fork down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food
to your
done with
without
olso ploced his fork
done os
ogile os I
it if you could ossist me in getting to the study to get
continue eoting
to tolk to Cedric
“Sure,” Cedrick ogreed reodily.
feet, he went to Morcus to push him
you should feel fortunote thot
their
terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions
their heads
furrowed his brows as his expression turned
run down her spine as she sensed the
icy snort, trying to assert control over the
am simply stating the truth!” She had purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was
displeased, Marcus cleared his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did
knew how to read the
her goal to sow discord had
and Sienna turned
silently as
Her face was impassive.
seemed unaffected
unusual, considering
gave her a
nutrients, and it actually tastes
You should eat more.
Gwendolyn’s hand holding her
word, she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still
only one who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s
that she was
her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually what she
was going on in her
mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an unpleasant experience for
to spare himself and
Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.
saw everything but narrowed his
tell what
was a
and set his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I
everything to
with my
on without
Marcus also placed his
done
not as agile as I used to
could assist me in getting to the study to
can continue
to talk to Cedric in
“Sure,” Cedrick agreed readily.
to his feet, he went to
feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to
family for their support—hey!” Before she could finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and
over her body and
widened in
dare you do this to me?” Gwendolyn arched a brow
Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having
your antics, but you were foolish enough to push your luck!” “This is the Harris residence, and I’m your stepmother!” Gwendolyn let out an icy
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