Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
Martha felt the girl in front of her was like a devil; how could she know what was added just by smelling it?
dirty.
“Martha, do you think the spoon I used earlier is dirty, so you don’t want to eat?” Mirabella changed a new spoon for her. Seeing her still not moving, her eyes showed a bit of disappointment. “Is it because I just got home and no one listens to me anymore?”
“Martha,” Kenneth couldn’t bear to see his precious daughter doubting herself, so he quickly said, “If Bella wants you to eat, just eat it; it’s just a bowl of soup.”
“Bella, don’t think too much; how could everyone not listen to you?” Louisa said it with pity.
“Maybe it’s because I came home too late; everyone listens to my sister more. Even if I want to give someone something good to eat, they won’t accept it.”
Hearing these words, Kenneth and Louisa immediately realized something. Yes, these servants had been with Serena for a long time; naturally, they would lean more towards her!
Bella must feel bad in her heart.
Thinking about this, Louisa made up her mind. Nope, she had to hire some new help. She couldn’t let her precious Bella feel wronged.
“Serena, why don’t you try and get Martha to eat? If Martha really doesn’t have an appetite, you can eat for her. She might not listen to me, but she might listen to you, right?”
At this, Serena’s face turned pale as a‘ ghost, scared that her scheme had been blown.
“Since Ms. Bella is so kind, I might as well eat.” Martha knew she couldn’t avoid eating any longer and picked up her spoon with trembling hands.
Mirabella smiled and said, “That’s the spirit. Martha, is it good?”
Martha felt sick but still took a couple of bites and forced a smile, saying, “It’s good.”
“Well then, you should eat more later.”
“Thank you very much for your kindness, Ms. Bella, but one bowl is enough. I really can’t eat anymore.”
“There are a lot of ingredients in this mushroom soup. You work so hard; you should replenish your energy.”
“Thank you for your concern, Ms. Bella.” Martha felt conflicted. After finally finishing the mushroom soup, she quickly made up an excuse and left.
Mirabella knew that mixing those two medications wouldn’t cause instant diarrhea, but about half an hour later, it would definitely trigger severe diarrhea. Those two medications were so potent that even anti–diarrhea pills couldn’t stop them.
Martha sure was in for a rough night.
Mirabella glanced up at Serena, who quickly looked down and, in her flustered state, knocked over the mushroom soup.
“Are you alright there, Serena?” Louisa asked.
A servant came over to help Serena clean up the mess.
Serena, distracted, said, “I’m fine.”
“Mirabella, you’re such a caring soul, looking out for the household help,” Kenneth said, full of praise. “But you’ve got to remember to eat too.”
“Sure thing” Mirabella served herself another bowl and ate slowly, while Serena seemed restless and soon made an excuse to leave. Meanwhile.
Zachary had just gotten home to find his parents waiting on the living room couch, frowning.
Zachary’s father was about to lose his cool, but upon seeing his son bruised and dirty, he was taken aback. “What happened to you? Who did this to you?” Their usually neat and tidy son was a mess. His white shirt was dirty and stained with alcohol and blood, and his arms were covered in wounds.
“I’m fine.” All Zachary wanted to do was going upstairs, taking a shower, and washing away the whole disastrous night.
“Hold it right there!” Zachary’s mother scolded. She looked at his injuries and angrily demanded, “Did you go out with Yolanda tonight? What did you buy her? Why did you spend so much money? And look at the state you’re in!”
The earlier refill of hundreds of thousands of dollars was from Zachary’s personal savings, but for the extra money the club demanded, he had to take it from his parents‘ emergency funds.
So, not long after Zachary swiped his card, his parents received a text message notification.
“You’re not even married, and you’re already spending so much on her, even getting yourself into a state like this! Look at you now; you’re no aristocrat. People who don’t know better might even mistake you for a thug!”
Zachary’s mother was furious: “If you were interested in Mirabella, I could understand. She has a certain cold and aloof charm. But Yolanda? What do you see her? Do you like her affectations or her stinginess?”
“Mom, I’m exhausted.” Zachary didn’t want to say anything else. He headed upstairs.
Zachary’s mother was livid. “Look at him.”
“Alright, alright. The lad’s all banged up; let’s leave him alone. Someone get him some medicine,” said Zachary’s father. As he saw his wife dialing a number, he quickly asked, “What are you doing?”
“I want to know what happened tonight!”
After calling Olga and learning about the night’s events, Zachary’s mother scolded, Just as I thought, both your daughters are no good! Zachary’s injuries–I can chalk it up to bad luck! But what about the forty thousand tonight?”
“Over forty thousand? I have no idea what you’re talking about!” Olga was confused by her words: “Zachary just accompanied Yoli to a classmate gathering.”
“A classmate gathering cost over forty thousand? My son isn’t even married to your daughter, and you’re already treating him like an ATM? And withdrawing this much? People will think you haven’t raised your daughter right!”
‘Mrs. Panter, could you please show some respect? Are you implying that my daughter is ill–bred?”
“You can still understand what I’m saying! Let me make something clear today: we, the Panter family, don’t want Yolanda! This over forty thousand tonight can be considered a breakup fee. Don’t contact Zachary anymore!”
“How could you be so,” Olga’s words were cut off as Mrs. Panter angrily hung up the phone.
Zachary’s dad, who was standing nearby, was getting anxious. “Who Zachary likes is his business, and besides, our families have an engagement agreement. What are you doing? How am I supposed to explain this to Grace?”
“Yolanda spent over 400k from our family in one night; anyone would be against this marriage! Grace has her own issues to deal with; she won’t bother with this! Not to mention, she never liked Yolanda in the first place!”
“But you can’t just call off the engagement like that.”
“How old is Yolanda? She spent over 400k in one night; if this continues, she’ll drain our family’s wealth!”
On the other side.
“I’m so pissed off!” Olga sat on the sofa, fuming. She called Yolanda over, intending to ask what happened, but when she found out that the night’s expenses exceeded 400k and the 500k that Zachary had prepaid.
She was left dumbfounded.
So this meant tonight’s class reunion cost Zachary so much!
No wonder Mrs. Panter was so mad!
The next morning.
As Mirabella was getting ready for work, she saw Martha coming back from outside, looking weak and carrying a bag with a pharmacy’s name on it. She must have ordered some anti–diarrhea medicine online.
Her face looked pale; she must have had a rough night.
Seeing Mirabella, Martha instinctively hid the bag behind her and purposely kept a distance, forcing a smile and saying, “Good morning, Ms. Bella.”
Just as she was about to leave, she heard Mirabella’s voice.
“Hold on.”
Martha stood still, feeling guilty. Although she bravely lifted her head to meet Mirabella’s eyes, she couldn’t hide her fear.
“Do you know why I didn’t expose you last night?” Mirabella’s eyes were deep.
Feigning ignorance, Martha said, “Ms. Bella, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
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