From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 202

And Edna was playing the hostess to perfection!

She directed the servants with such case and hair, outshining even her days with the Fletchers.

“Miss Edna, your coffee, Della sald, presenting a steaming cup.

Edna smiled and gratefully accepted the coffee from Delia,

Selzing the moment, Delia whispered something in Edna’s ear.

Edna’s expression darkened, and she set down her cup, hurrying toward the door with Della in tow.

They made their way to a secluded spat in the Lindsay family’s expansive backyard, near a quaint little rockery.

Edna frowned and said, “Are you sure that’s what Gerand told Janet?”

Delin nodded, “Heard it with my own ears.”

Edna’s frown deepened. That boy Gerard was so ungrateful!

She had felt for him when he was little, motherless, and had tried to care for him

had flat–out refused, preferring fomula

he had the nerve to say he’d accept anyone but her as a stepmother!

how you raise them, someone else’s child

repaid

A true ingrate!

like marrying into the Lindsay family by winning

She had seen Gerard as her stepping stone into the Lindsay family, but now that he had his own agenda, he was useless

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now is to cozy up to Janet,” Delia said. “While she still calls the shots, you need to get yourself married into the Lindsay family. You and Jonah are still young; have a bouncing baby boy. When Darleen ties the knot with the Christensens, your son could inherit the Lindsay fortune, and you’ll be the most respected woman in Capital City! As for Gerard, let him stew in his own

nodded in

and now her only chance was to leverage Janet’s favor, marry into the Lindsays quickly,

noticing that Janet

overheard Janet pleading with Gerard, “Gerry, Edna brought me nourishing soup again, if it weren’t for her, I’d have been six feet under by

Gerard remained silent.

What’s so hard about that? If only you were half as sensible as

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Darleen never stood in the way of Edna marrying into the Lindsay family,

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Lindsays would surely bring happiness

Lindsay household was anything but a home – just a