Chapter 72



"Jade, what on earth did you do to make the kitchen smell so awful?" Lisa barked as she descended the stairs, glaring down at Jade and Chloe. Jade quickly replied, "I made some of Chloe's favorite cheese pastries. I just cleaned up. The kitchen doesn't smell anymore."

Lisa's face twisted with disdain. "Chloe is a murderer's daughter. She's not one of the Meadows family. Jade, remember, there's only one Miss in this family, and that's me. Got it?"

Jade's face fell. At seventy, she'd raised two generations of the Meadows family, and even Jacob the master treated her with respect. But since Lisa's return, she'd been nothing but dismissive and cruel.

"Jade, throw those stinking pastries away. From now on, it will be banned from this house," Lisa commanded.

Jade's voice trembled. "But these are Miss Chloe's favorite..."

"Do you still want to work here, or do you want me to send you packing back to your hometown tomorrow?" Lisa threatened.

welled up in Jade's wrinkled eyes, and her

Jade, "Just put them in my

Jade nodded and left.

expression smug. "Heard you got suspended from the TV

like my little sister

has been trending on social media for days. It's hard not to know. Chloe, don't pretend you're still the Meadows family's daughter. You lost your job, and now you're trying

for any glory. You should

why does my dear sister always calt me a murderer's daughter? Unlike me, who barely knew

darkened at the mention of Ann. "She's nothing but a murderer and a human trafficker. She ruined the

to testify in court, turning her self-defense case into a

went pale. "What are you talking

said, trying to head

her path. "Chloe, what do you mean? What exactly do

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