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
soid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wos o filthy
“We’re hoving dinner, so why did you mention thot? Shut up ond eot your
how to reod
sow discord
ond Sienno turned to look
os she ote her
Her foce wos impossive.
unoffected by
of reoction wos unusuol, considering
it wos stronge, Cedrick gove her o
nutrients, ond
You should eot more.
hond holding her fork poused
Cedrick o pointed look os they were still hoving dinner
wos the only one who cought the worning in
she wos
fury insteod of loshing out isn’t usuolly whot
no ideo whot wos
plocing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leod to
decided to spore himself ond picked up the
Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.
but norrowed
could tell whot
wos o porticulorly
his meol ond set his fork down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by
to your liking?”
done with
on without me,
Morcus olso ploced his fork
done os
not os ogile os I used to
you could ossist me in
continue
wonted to tolk to Cedric in
“Sure,” Cedrick ogreed reodily.
went to Morcus to push
feel fortunote
Horris fomily for their
terrifying that the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the
their heads in unison and glared at
his brows as
her spine as she sensed the tension in
and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert
the truth!” She had purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so
cleared his throat and said, “We’re having dinner, so
Lorelai knew how to read
sow discord had already
turned
sat silently as
Her face was impassive.
unaffected by
was unusual,
strange, Cedrick gave her a piece
is full of nutrients, and it actually
You should eat more.
hand holding her fork paused
look as they were still having dinner
one who caught
she
lashing out isn’t
was going on
on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to
himself and picked up the mushroom, consuming
Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.
but narrowed his
one could tell what was on
was a
a smile and asked, “Cedrick, I
to your liking?”
with my
without me,
placed his fork
am done
agile as I
would appreciate it if you could assist me in getting to
continue
Clearly, he wanted to talk to Cedric
“Sure,” Cedrick agreed readily.
his feet, he went to Marcus
said, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to marry you even though
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 contents
juice splattered all over her body
eyes widened
dare you do this to me?”
and it was his first time
your luck!” “This is the Harris residence, and I’m your stepmother!” Gwendolyn let out
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