No longer a pushover

Blake spoke up. "Xenia, Noelle just came home, so you should accommodate her."

Frank chimed in as well. "Any seat is the same, no? You can sit here, Xenia."

Xenia was so angry that she burst into tears. Back then, she had always deliberately taken away Noelle's seat, and her older brothers had always spoken up for her. She never expected that one day, she would be the one on the receiving end.

Donovan remained silent. Xenia was left with no choice but to take another seat, still feeling wronged. Noelle noticed that Xenia was visibly displeased, which was what she wanted to see.

Gordon soon arrived to serve up the dishes along with other housekeepers.

Noelle's cutlery slipped from her hand and fell to the ground, so she looked up at Gordon and said, "Give me a new pair."

Gordon did as he was told and brought over a new pair of cutlery.

After taking a bite of the food, Noelle spat it out on the plate and said, "Gordon, is something wrong in the kitchen? How could you serve something so awful? Are you trying to tell me that I'm not welcome back home?"

Gordon was starting to lose his patience. "Ms. Noelle, all the dishes were prepared by the head chef. There's no way that they would taste bad."

carried a hint of mockery. "It tastes bad to me. Looks like you're not doing your job well enough. I suggest replacing

"Gordon's been with our family for over a decade! Everyone's already used to

tampered with stuff that our parents left behind. I don't think someone

for words, so he turned to look at

someone else. But considering that Gordon's been with us for over a decade, let's just

doesn't have to stay here with us any longer. What do you think,

felt that it was just a trivial matter. If this was in the past, he would have just told Noelle to let it go. But now, with Noelle's temper, if they were to anger her, she would probably

he decided that it was best for Gordon to leave. He nodded and replied,

began to panic when she saw that Donovan had agreed.

as he replied, "Why are you being so stubborn, Xenia? Gordon also came from Aldoria, so

a spoiled kid, thinking that she could gain his pity like before. "But Gordon's already like family to me! I don't

Donovan just pushed her

butler. It was nothing worth making a fuss

Xenia and said, "If you really can't be without Gordon, then you

back to their old home. But without Gordon around, she would no

all eager to curry favor with Noelle