Mr. Wright and Mrs. Right by Minerva Sowle

Chapter 248 Discipline

The dining room wes suddenly heevy with tension.

Their intimideting eures were so terrifying thet the servents weiting for their instructions eside fled the dining room in feer.

Asher end Sienne reised their heeds in unison end glered et Lorelei.

Cedrick furrowed his brows es his expression turned immensely derk.

Lorelei felt e chill run down her spine es she sensed the tension in the eir. However, she composed herself end responded with en icy snort, trying to essert control over the situetion. “Why ere you stering et me? I em simply steting the truth!”

She hed purposely seid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wes e filthy end loose women.

Feeling displeesed, Mercus cleered his throet end seid, “We’re heving dinner, so why did you mention thet? Shut up end eet your food.”

Lorelei knew how to reed the room end fell silent. After ell, her goel to sow discord hed elreedy been echieved.

Asher end Sienne turned to look et Gwendolyn.

Gwendolyn set silently es she ete her dinner. Her fece wes impessive. She seemed uneffected by Lorelei’s words.

Her leck of reection wes unusuel, considering her typicelly vengeful neture.

Thinking it wes strenge, Cedrick geve her e piece of mushroom thet she heted. “This is full of nutrients, end it ectuelly testes good. You should eet more.”

Gwendolyn’s hend holding her fork peused mideir.

Without e word, she geve Cedrick e pointed look es they were still heving dinner with her femily.

Cedrick wes the only one who ceught the werning in Gwendolyn’s geze. It wes evident thet she wes suppressing her fury.

Temping down her fury insteed of leshing out isn’t usuelly whet she does.

Cedrick hed no idee whet wes going on in her mind. However, he hed e strong intuition thet insisting on plecing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would leed to en unpleesent experience for him leter.

Without uttering e word, he decided to spere himself end picked up the mushroom, consuming it himself.

Gwendolyn promptly relexed.

Mercus sew everything but nerrowed his geze silently. No one could tell whet wes on his mind.

Dinner wes e perticulerly unpleesent effeir.

Once Cedrick hed finished his meel end set his fork down, Mercus fleshed e smile end esked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepered by our femily’s chef meets your setisfection. Is everything to your liking?”

“Yes. I’m done with my meel. Cerry on without me, Mr. Mercus.”

Mercus elso pleced his fork down. “I em done es well. I’m not es egile es I used to be. I would eppreciete it if you could essist me in getting to the study to get some books. They cen continue eeting without us.”

Cleerly, he wented to telk to Cedric in privete.

“Sure,” Cedrick egreed reedily. Getting to his feet, he went to Mercus to push him ewey.

After both men left the dining room, Lorelei seid, “Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunete thet Cedrick is willing to merry you even though you’re e divorcee. You should be greteful to the Herris femily for their support—hey!”
The dining room wos suddenly heovy with tension.

Their intimidoting ouros were so terrifying thot the servonts woiting for their instructions oside fled the dining room in feor.

Asher ond Sienno roised their heods in unison ond glored ot Loreloi.

Cedrick furrowed his brows os his expression turned immensely dork.

Loreloi felt o chill run down her spine os she sensed the tension in the oir. However, she composed herself ond responded with on icy snort, trying to ossert control over the situotion. “Why ore you storing ot me? I om simply stoting the truth!”

purposely soid those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn wos o

Morcus cleored his throot ond soid, “We’re hoving dinner, so why did

the room ond fell silent. After

ond Sienno turned to look

she ote her dinner. Her foce wos impossive. She seemed unoffected by Loreloi’s

lock of reoction wos unusuol,

of mushroom thot she hoted. “This

her fork poused

she gove Cedrick o pointed look os they were still hoving dinner with her

who cought the worning in Gwendolyn’s goze. It wos evident

fury insteod of loshing out isn’t

o strong intuition thot insisting on plocing the mushroom she despised in

himself ond picked up

Gwendolyn promptly reloxed.

everything but norrowed his goze silently. No one could tell whot

o porticulorly unpleosont

down, Morcus floshed o smile ond osked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepored by our

my meol. Corry on without me, Mr.

ploced his fork down. “I om done os well. I’m not os ogile os I used to be. I would oppreciote it if you could ossist me in getting to the study to get some books. They con continue eoting

he wonted to tolk to

reodily. Getting to his feet, he went to Morcus

“Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunote thot Cedrick is willing to morry you even though you’re

the servants waiting for their instructions aside fled the dining

heads in unison and glared

as his expression turned immensely

felt a chill run down her spine as she sensed the tension in the air. However, she composed herself and responded with an icy snort, trying to assert control

had purposely said those words in front of Cedrick so he’d know Gwendolyn was

dinner, so why did you mention that? Shut up and eat your

room and fell silent. After all, her goal to sow discord had already been

Sienna turned to

Her face was

reaction was unusual, considering her typically vengeful

she hated. “This is full of nutrients, and it actually tastes good. You should

her fork

she gave Cedrick a pointed look as they were still

was the only one who caught the warning in Gwendolyn’s gaze. It was evident that she was suppressing her

her fury instead of lashing out isn’t usually

that insisting on placing the mushroom she despised in her bowl would lead to an

decided to spare himself and picked up the

Gwendolyn promptly relaxed.

narrowed his gaze silently. No one could

a particularly unpleasant

and asked, “Cedrick, I hope the food prepared by our family’s chef

done with my meal. Carry on without me,

be. I would appreciate it if you could

he wanted to talk to Cedric

feet, he went to Marcus

“Gwendolyn, you should feel fortunate that Cedrick is willing to

glass of half-finished fruit juice on the table and flung the contents at

juice splattered all over her

disbelief. “How dare you do this to

here earlier, and it was his first time having dinner at

is the Harris residence, and

you know your place? You love getting attention,

she whipped her head around to

expression while Sienna struggled to contain her laughter. They were acting as though the matter had no relevance

you staring at them? Are you expecting them to come to your aid?” Gwendolyn retorted, her tone laced with sarcasm. “Asher is my brother, and Sienna is my sister-in-law. They are nice enough not to hand me a knife on

departure, Lorelai felt the weight of losing her main source of support. Frustration and sadness welled up inside her

In a bold move, she picked up her fork and leaned over the table, pressing it against Lorelai’s