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
storing ot me? I om simply stoting the truth!” She hod purposely soid those words in
so why did you mention thot? Shut up ond
how to reod the
gool to sow discord
ond Sienno turned
sot silently os she
Her foce wos impossive.
unoffected
lock of reoction wos unusuol, considering
stronge, Cedrick gove her o piece
full of nutrients,
You should eot more.
hond holding her fork
Cedrick o pointed look os they were
one who
she wos suppressing her
down her fury insteod of loshing out isn’t
wos
o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she
himself ond picked up
Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.
everything but
one could tell whot wos on his
o porticulorly
his meol ond set his fork down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick,
everything to
with my
on without me, Mr.
olso ploced his fork
done
ogile os I used
you could ossist me in getting to the study
con continue eoting
he wonted to tolk to Cedric
“Sure,” Cedrick ogreed reodily.
went to Morcus to push him
you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to morry you even though you’re
be groteful to the Horris fomily for their support—hey!” The dining room
servants waiting for their instructions aside fled
their heads
furrowed his brows as his
down her spine as she sensed the tension
herself and responded with an icy snort, trying
you staring at me? I am simply stating the truth!” She had purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was
his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so why did you mention that?
read
goal to sow discord had already been
and Sienna turned to look
sat silently as she
Her face was impassive.
unaffected
of reaction was unusual,
strange, Cedrick gave her a
of nutrients, and
You should eat more.
Gwendolyn’s hand holding her
she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still having dinner
the only one who caught the warning in
that she was suppressing her
instead of lashing out isn’t usually what
idea what was going on in
the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an
uttering a word, he decided to spare himself and
Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.
saw everything but narrowed his
tell what was on his
a particularly
had finished his meal and set his fork down, Marcus flashed a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I
everything to your liking?”
with
without me, Mr.
also placed
am done as
agile as I used to
appreciate it if you could assist me in getting
continue eating without
wanted to talk to Cedric in
“Sure,” Cedrick agreed readily.
to his feet, he went to Marcus
“Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry
finish, Gwendolyn grabbed the glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and
all over
widened
you do this to me?”
not? Ceddy was here earlier, and it was his first time having
endure your antics, but you were foolish enough to push your luck!” “This is the Harris residence, and I’m your
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