Chapter 12

Nadine was suddenly reminded of how cruel the world could be to a woman who did not stand her

ground.

She had treated Evelyn and Gigi like her own family, and how had they repaid her genuine kindness? By

inviting Jean over and treating Nadine like she was no better than a pest.

If that were the case, Nadine saw no point in treating them like her own kin anymore.

She thought she had been well within her rights to call Gigi a giant log after the latter complained of her ”

yapping“.

The housekeeping staff on the sidelines immediately knew what Nadine meant. They had to look down

and bite on their lips to keep from laughing out loud.

Some of them didn’t get the joke at first, but they struggled to contain their laughter when they did.

The insult would have flown over Gigi’s head if she hadn’t heard the housekeeping staff’s suppressed

laughter and finally cracked the meaning behind Nadine’s retort.

Nadine had implied that Gigi was as dumb as a log.

Flying into a rage, Gigi pointed at Nadine and seethed, “You bitch! How dare you call me stupid! I’ll rip your

throat out for that!”

She was fuming as she shrugged off Evelyn’s hold on her and stormed up to Nadine. She raised a hand, ready to slap Nadine.

However, Nadine caught Gigi’s wrist in time and narrowly avoided the assault.

Unable to move her right hand, Gigi raised her left one and attempted to slap Nadine a second time.

Nadine did not give her the chance to do so. With two hands, she wrenched Gigi’s wrist until the pain silenced the latter and made all the blood drain from her face.

Wincing, Gigi hissed, “You wicked bitch! Did you have to go so far just because I called you names?”

Nadine did not let go of Gigi’s wrist and merely stared at her ferociously.

She had lost count of the times Gigi had picked on her since she married Brad five years ago. Her behavior today was a warning to Gigi that she was not a pushover.

that Gigi

you’re playing at, Nadine? Are you

would resort to using violence against Gigi. Nadine was getting more out of

decided it was time to put Nadine in

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would have tried to maintain some modicum of peace within

putting up with

was Nadine’s obligation to respect and take care of Evelyn as

would her own mother.

with Evelyn’s nonsense and contempt. Today, she would

for herself.

as she countered, “Criticism? Gigi

testify that I was merely responding to her snide

keep quiet after being called a bitch? You said I was high

to put

hold back. She did not care that she had crossed a line with

no need to spare

to argue, but no words came out of

so much pain that she couldn’t even speak. She stared at Nadine with wide eyes,

with her

Gigi, Nadine ignored the plea in

smile at Adam as she suggested, “Grandpa, I think you were right when you said

a time–out might not

Mrs. Hamilton will be celebrating her birthday soon, writing lines could

worst, she would only

way to break Gigi out of time–out or sneak her bits of food. As if Nadine would let Gigi get

was different; it was something Gigi

and it would have been too obvious

approval before addressing Daniel, “Nadine’s right. Gigi has been spoiled

the line “I will not misbehave or throw a tantrum and always remember to uphold the family

down and remind her how a young lady should behave, not to

this was a rather trivial matter and saw no point in getting Adam upset about

“Fair enough.”

tried to plead

write that line a

me in a

Gigi a warning look. “If you even think about taking the

her cause before the butler dragged her away to

time and merely watched the whole ordeal

in his eyes as he turned his gaze to Nadine. He

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