“Never mind if you don't want to go to the kitchen, but I'm not eating then.” Natalie stood up as well and made to leave.

It was true that she didn't want to dine at the same table as Jacqueline, but at the same time, she also wanted to see her importance to Sean.

She wanted to know who mattered more to him, between her and Jacqueline.

If I'm more important to him, perhaps she'll have to think twice before doing anything to me. But if it's the other way round, then I'll resign myself to putting up with her moving forward. After all, this is their territory.

Of course, she hoped that it was the latter. If so, perhaps Sean wouldn't stop her if she wanted to teach Jacqueline a lesson.

“Don't go,” Sean called out to Natalie, a frown marring his countenance.

A flash of something flickered in Natalie's eyes, and she halted in her tracks. “I can stay, but you have to send her away right this instant. I don't want to see her.”

“Okay.” Sean nodded in acquiescence.

Jacqueline's expression turned grim. “Sean-”

“That's enough. Hurry up and go to the kitchen. Don't forget your place.” Sean's gaze was glacial, and he eyed her as though he was a venomous snake that would strike anytime.

Jacqueline's face contorted endlessly. Wrath and resentment stained her features, one after another.

My place? Hah! Isn't it just because I don't matter as much to him as she does?

wanted to kill her right then and there. “Fine, I'll leave. I'll see how long you can protect her! It'll be far too

she whirled around and stomped

a smile. “Now that she's gone, will you sit and

she nodded in

I've got to be exceedingly careful with him. In

fork and

his head, gazing at her with an affectionate yet strange look

of

two children, Jacqueline was one

“Sure enough, you know that she's the second culprit. So, why do you still want to

Sean's expression turned solemn, and he lowered his eyes to mask the

mum, Natalie grabbed his collar and demanded loudly, “Well? Hadn't my in-laws been good to you? Why do you want to protect a murderer? She killed the person who regarded

hove my own plon,” Seon murmured with his heod hung ond his eyes troined

wos shoking os she gripped his collor. “Whot's your

not entirely impossible if you wont to bring her to justice. Thot's why I

dreod inexplicobly deluged

his deol wos definitely not one she would find

the thought of bringing Jocqueline to

her honds into fists ond stored right into

hond her over to him. How's thot? This deol is octuolly o piece of coke for you, no?” Seon reoched

pupils obruptly constricted. She instinctively releosed her grip on his collor ond

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