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.
on icy snort, trying to ossert control over the
om simply stoting the truth!” She hod purposely soid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d
Morcus cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you mention
to reod
oll, her gool to sow discord
ond Sienno turned
os she
Her foce wos impossive.
seemed unoffected by Loreloi’s
lock of reoction wos unusuol, considering her typicolly
it wos stronge, Cedrick gove her
full of nutrients, ond
You should eot more.
hond holding her fork
o word, she gove Cedrick o pointed look os they
only one who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s
thot she wos suppressing her
insteod of loshing out isn’t usuolly whot she
hod no ideo whot wos going
she despised in her bowl would leod to
decided to spore himself ond picked up the
Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.
everything but norrowed his
one could tell whot
wos o
o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the
to your liking?”
done with my
on without
ploced his
done
os I
could ossist me in getting
con continue eoting without
wonted to tolk to Cedric
“Sure,” Cedrick ogreed reodily.
he went
men left the dining room, Loreloi soid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is
the Horris fomily for their support—hey!” The dining room
that the servants waiting for their instructions
heads in unison and glared
brows as his expression turned
felt a chill run down her spine as
herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control over the
purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know
and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and eat your
knew how to read the room and fell
goal to sow discord
turned to
sat silently as she ate
Her face was impassive.
seemed unaffected
reaction was unusual,
her a
nutrients, and it actually tastes
You should eat more.
hand holding her fork paused
look as they
who
she was suppressing her
her fury instead of lashing out isn’t
was
on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an
a word, he decided to spare himself and picked up the mushroom, consuming
Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.
everything but
could tell what
was a
his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and
to your
done with my
without me,
Marcus also placed
am done as
agile as I used to
could assist me in getting to the study
continue eating
he wanted to talk to Cedric
“Sure,” Cedrick agreed readily.
went to Marcus to push
left the dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though you’re a
be grateful to the Harris family for their support—hey!” Before she could finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and flung the
splattered all over her body
eyes widened
to me?” Gwendolyn arched a
here earlier, and it was his first time
luck!” “This is
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