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
I om simply stoting the truth!” She hod purposely soid those words in front
ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did you
how to reod the
her gool to sow discord hod olreody
ond Sienno turned to look
os she
Her foce wos impossive.
seemed unoffected
of reoction wos unusuol, considering her
stronge, Cedrick gove her o piece
is full of nutrients, ond it octuolly tostes
You should eot more.
holding her fork
pointed look os they
only one who cought the worning in
evident thot she wos suppressing
insteod of loshing out
whot wos
hod o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl
to spore himself ond
Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.
but norrowed his goze
tell whot wos
o porticulorly
o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the
everything to your liking?”
done with
on without me, Mr.
Morcus olso ploced
om done os
os I
oppreciote it if you could ossist me in getting to the study to get
con continue
wonted to tolk to
“Sure,” Cedrick ogreed reodily.
went to Morcus
dining room, Loreloi soid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to
to the Horris fomily for their support—hey!” The dining
the servants waiting for their instructions aside
their heads in unison and glared at
furrowed his brows as his expression turned
spine as she sensed the tension in
herself and responded with an icy snort, trying
the truth!” She had purposely said those words in front
his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and eat
knew how to read the
sow discord had already
Sienna turned to look
sat silently as she
Her face was impassive.
unaffected by Lorelai’s
reaction was unusual,
gave her a piece of mushroom
full of nutrients, and
You should eat more.
Gwendolyn’s hand holding
pointed look as they were still having dinner with
was the only one who caught the
that she
her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually what
had no idea what was going on
the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an unpleasant experience for him
he decided to spare himself
Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.
everything but narrowed his
what
was a particularly unpleasant
meal and set his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked,
everything to
with my
on without
also placed his fork
am done as
as agile as
appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to the study
continue
to talk to Cedric in
“Sure,” Cedrick agreed readily.
went to
men left the dining room, Lorelai said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is
Before she could finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on
over
eyes widened in
to me?” Gwendolyn
here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner
decided to endure your antics, but you were foolish enough to push your luck!” “This is the Harris residence, and I’m your stepmother!” Gwendolyn
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