Chapter 1090

Xareny's eyes were as wide as saucers. The next moment, her heavily made-up eyes narrowed into snakelike slits as she pointed at the child and screeched, "Who do you think you are, you little twat? How dare you speak to me this way? Didn't your mother and father ever teach you manners? I'll give you a good spanking, and that'll teach you to behave!"

Jovie, however, was not at all intimidated by the deranged woman before her. With one arm slung around her father's neck, she stuck her tongue out at Xareny and said innocently, "Don't be rude. I'm not a little twat. My name is Jovie Cole, and this is my Dad, Liam Cole, and my Mom, Celena Stone."

She then tossed Xareny a withering look and added, "I have a name, madam, so please call me that. I'm not a little twat—you are!"

Liam had been silent all this while, and although his expression was unfazed, there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.

Celena, on the other hand, was horrified by this. She tugged on Jovie's arm and said, "Jovie, you