As the villa in Apple Street was acquired by Jay, Anne and the family were forced to move into the Severe family’s residence instead.Lady Severe had already cleared the rooms on the third floor, but when Anne took a tour around the third floor, she started yammering and complaining with her hands on her hips."George, the third floor is too hot. Sera has just suffered a stillbirth and is still very weak. What are you going to do if she has a heat stroke?"George looked at Sera as she stood on one side obediently. He noticed that she did look quite pale and felt worried when he saw that the baby fat on her face had been shed off.Therefore, George approached Lady Severe and said earnestly, "Quinella, Sera has just suffered a stillbirth, and I’m sure you know that she’s at her weakest right now. Why don’t you talk to Angeline and ask her to exchange rooms with Sera?"Lady Severe's face clouded at once. "Angel is also in poor health lately. You only care about your youngest daughter
Sera walked up to Angeline in a soft and gentle manner, flashing a humble, polite smile. "Thank you, Angeline."Angeline ignored her, then turned around and left.The sharp contrast in their attitudes made George dote on Sera more.Shirley and Lady Severe cooked lunch at noon. Anne and the rest had already sat on the table a long time ago, and when they saw the ordinary-looking delicacies, Anne started acting up again.“Quinella, the Severe family is different now. You should be frugal whenever you can when it comes to food. I’m afraid George won’t be able to pay your alimony in the future if you keep being so extravagant and wasteful."Angeline, who was helping Old Master Severe down the stairs, was infuriated when she heard what Anne said."My mother is very frugal normally. She prepared such a big feast only because you’re here today. Don't be so ungrateful." Angeline snapped."Besides, the food on this table isn’t bought using my dad’s money but mine. It’s alright if you’re
When the three munchkins got home from school, the first thing they did was to go to Mommy's room to let her know that they were home. However, when they came to Mommy's room, they did not see Mommy and instead saw Sera unpacking her luggage in the bedroom.Jenson's face turned ice-cold at once. "Why are you in my mommy's room?" Jenson questioned coldly.Sera glanced at the three children standing at the door and said, "This room will be mine from now on. Your mommy’s room will be on the top floor.""Who gave you the right to do so?" Baby Robbie asked grumpily.Sera walked to the door. When she saw Jens’ and Baby Robbie’s faces bearing a strong resemblance to Jay, her emotions were momentarily obscure. She said, "Because I’m the true missus of the Severe family. Your mommy doesn't deserve to stay in this room."Sera had always thought that eight-year-old children were not the least bit aggressive and that she would not be in any trouble even if she told them the truth.What she d
"I can't stay in this house anymore, George. None of the juniors are showing me any respect. I’m too embarrassed to live."George chided Angeline, "Hurry up and apologize to Aunt Anne."Baby Zetty yelled, "Why should Mommy apologize when she didn’t do anything wrong? Grandpa only cares about seniority and ranking instead of rights and wrongs. We, the juniors, should be the ones to say that we can no longer stay in this house anymore because we’ll only end up getting slapped by unreasonable seniors. We can’t even fight back even when we’re wronged. Sob, sob, sob, I don’t want to stay in this house. I want to go back to Imperial Capital. I want to go to Daddy."As Baby Zetty spoke, she covered her face and started crying.George glared at Angeline. "Is this how you educate your children?"Angeline said with a deadpan look on her face, "Baby Zetty is right."George was furious. "Angeline Severe, take your children and get out of here at once."Without saying anything further, Angel
George was slightly emotional. "Dad, Angeline’s my daughter. It stands to reason that I won’t subdue her like that on purpose. I just think that I’ve left Sera and her brother out there for too long, causing them to be humiliated and looked down on by others contemptuously. I owe this pair of siblings, so all I’m trying to do is make it up to them while I’m still alive.”Old Master Severe sighed. "I'm afraid that your guilty conscience has turned into selfishness and blinded your senses as a result."George said, "I’ll be more than happy if Angeline can get along with Sera and her brother, but as you’ve seen, Angeline is spoiled and arrogant. She’s rude and unreasonable to her stepmother, and that was why I said a few harsh words to her in a fit of pique. She actually took my words seriously and planned to run away from home."Old Master Severe glared at George with his bright falcon eyes. "Angeline has never suffered any grievances since childhood. I’m sure you know who was the one
Baby Zetty clammed up at once.Anne knew better than to argue with a child. With a sulky look on her face, she said, "It’s way past dinner time now. Why isn’t dinner served yet?"Lady Severe and Shirley were busy trying to persuade Angeline to stay so they had no time to cook. When they heard Anne urging them to cook, both of them rushed to the kitchen with their heads lowered.Angeline held each of them with each hand and announced, "Dad, my mother is old and in poor health now. It’ll be too onerous for her to cook three meals a day. We won’t have idlers at home. We should take turns to prepare the meals."Anne looked at her well-maintained fair and tender hands. At the thought of touching grease and grime, she immediately behaved in a spoiled manner and said to George, "You know I don’t know how to cook in the kitchen, George."Angeline was uncompromising. "Everyone here was born an aristocrat. Since the Severe family is about to go bankrupt, how are we any different from the po
When Angeline saw Jay's name on the caller ID, she looked as though she was holding a bomb in her hand. She then stuffed her phone into Baby Robbie's hand out of reflex.When Baby Robbie noticed that it was a call from Daddy, he swiped to answer the call with great joy. "Daddy!" His voice sounded cheerful and extremely sweet.Jay was slightly dumbfounded. He was sure that he had dialed Angeline’s number, but why was Baby Robbie the one who picked up the call instead?Was she rejecting his call on purpose or was the phone not by her side?"What are you doing?" Jay could only muddle through and greet Baby Robbie in a cheery tone.Baby Robbie was a talkaholic himself. Daddy could ask him one question and he could respond with ten answers. "We’re making dinner with Mommy. We’re going to make dinner for ten people tonight, so this is going to be a rather heavy task. I can’t talk too long with you."Jay's charming face turned darker than soot at once. "Huh? You’re going to serve ten pe
He then raised Baby Robbie's hand and pointed the camera lens straight at Angeline whose head was lowered as she rolled the dough with great concentration.Jay’s falcon pupils contracted at the sight of the enormous dough in front of her.Furious, Jay called out in a dull voice, "Angeline."Angeline did not expect that he would call out her name and raised her head in a panic. She happened to meet his gaze this way."How can I help you, Sir Ares?" Since she could not escape, she bit the bullet and greeted him instead."The children are so young. Are you exploiting them for free labor?" He tried to fill the silence by making empty talks.He was eagerly hoping that she could get the children to labor for her since they were so vigorous and energetic anyway. She could do anything as long as she did not tire herself out.Without refuting him, Angeline glanced at the children and said compliantly, "Take your brother and sister outside, Jens."As the saying went, many went out for wo