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"If you know what is good for you, you should leave the Conrad family as quickly as you can." The servant assumed Stella was afraid when she didn't reply, so she kept berating her haughtily.

"You are well aware that the Conrad family is unmatched by the Radomil family. Why have you remained with the Conrad family for such a long time, knowing this?”

Looking down, Stella saw that her clothing were spilling the noxious liquid onto the floor and were completely covered in milk. There were pools of milk, an empty milk cup, and pieces of egg all over the place. Stella would have realized she looked like a drowned mouse if she had had a mirror.

A perplexed male voice asked from behind them, "What's going on?"

With an air of deference, the maid turned away from her and stared attentively at her feet while Jude Conrad approached them with his briefcase. He was calm at first, but his expression quickly changed to one of wrath when he saw Stella seated in the chair, drenched in milk and