Chapter 54b

Bella

"I don't care about that, and don't you dare lecture me because you're just an employee here!" the old woman said angrily to Sir Aries, snapping me back to the situation in front of me. "And you, woman, stay away from my grandson because you're not good enough for him. Only Midori is fit to be my grandson's wife, no one else."

I raised an eyebrow before glancing at Sir Aries, who looked uncertainty between me and the old woman. Should I answer back so she can see what she's looking for? But of course, I couldn't do that—it's not worth losing my job, so I just shrugged off what my boss's grandmother said.

"You hear my granny, so you better stay away from Maximus," Midori repeated, which annoyed me.

"Even if I stay away from my boss, he won't like you. You didn't win him over before, and you never will because I've heard around the company that he only loves one woman, and that's his wife—no one else."

"You crazy bitch!" the bow-legged woman snapped and tried to slap me, but I quic