Chapter 13 The First Strike Back

Calista finished talking and loosed her grip. Quincy felt her legs go weak and she collapsed onto the

floor.

Her face was all white, and when she looked back up at Calista, she suddenly felt fear in her heart.

When she thought about the police and what the Fairchilds could do, she became terribly anxious and didn’t say any more, instead escaping up the stairs.

Calista originally intended to go back to her own room, but then she suddenly smelled something. delicious in the kitchen and realized that she hadn’t eaten much at Fairchild Manor earlier, plus she went through so much the night before and she was starving now. She made a turn towards the kitchen and saw two maids preparing snacks for tea.

“I’m hungry.” Calista leaned against the door and suddenly spoke, startling the two maids who were chatting with each other. She didn’t wait for their response and continued, “Prepare some food and send it to my room.”

Quincy had told all the servants to leave the living room earlier, so nobody saw how Calista treated

gone mad. Quincy earlier. So when they heard her give instructions like this, they all thought she had Unfortunately she’ turned and left before they could even react, and they missed their chance to mock

her.

One of the maids threw her gloves on the kitchen top and said angrily, “Can’t she see that we’re very busy? Does she really think she’s the Ms. Calista now?

The older maid replied, “What does it matter? Isn’t there a bit of food leftover from lunch? Just pour a bit of soy sauce on it and send it upstairs. She eats anything anyway.”

She said this mockingly, because Calista of the past never dared to be picky about her food.

Of course Calista had no idea what they were talking about downstairs because she was looking at herself in the mirror, feeling rather strange.

She was still young and tender at eighteen, and even though her thick fringe covered half her face, she still looked fairly sweet.

it into a

she laughed to herself, and thought that she didn’t look

dare to change her hairstyle because her stepmother had said that it looked nice on her. But

outside, but there was half

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laugh pitcously at herself. What sort of life did she use to lead, she thought, a where she couldn’t even get to eat warm food. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early

the school canteen food was awful, but she

home. Wh table. The things she had

life

happily eaten everything because she was hungry. But now she knew that if she ate this without saying a word, what she would get in return was not the reputation of being

living room was filled with delicious treats and a fresh cup of Ceylon tea. It seemed like Yelena had just returned

see Calista and continued to mind their

of food in her

Quincy had phoned her and said. the Fairchilds would continue to investigate what happened the night before and would definitely force the two men to tell the truth. Yelena was nearly driven mad with worries, so she had invited someone who could help to have cups of tea at her house.

of her at this time

o furious!

appear in front of me so boldly? Does she think she is still

the Ms. Calista of the Staffords? You were so amazing last night! Why, are you here to continue putting on this cool act?”

fringe up, and was still wearing last night’s dress from the Fairchilds. She

your hair up! You’re dressed so provocatively at such a young age, who are you trying to seduce huh?”

stood by the sofa

and Caliser calmly. Yelena always behaved very differently at home

things way worse than this

and I have to eat this sort of cr*p? If we’re really so poor, then

of voice shocked the servants busying themselves in the living room. But none of them panicked because in this house, Calista’s words were never taken

when she saw the food in Calista’s bowl, her mood improved instantly. “Why? Can’t eat this? There are many out there with no food to eat you know? Who are you? You’re lucky to even have food

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and they made her look mean when

of the day you’re an uncultured swine! So you think you’ve got wings

have to eat it! Otherwise forget about having food to eat from

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