Chapter 739:

“Okay,” Kristian responded sweetly.

Once Freya grabbed her water and headed off to the study, Ethel and Kristian were left eyeing each other in silence.

Before Kristian’s accident, Ethel wouldn’t have dared to even meet his gaze—let alone glare at him.

But now, things had shifted.

Ethel demanded, still looking for a fight, “Freya’s busy now, so you have to listen to me.”

Kristian nodded obediently. “Okay!”

Ethel was momentarily stunned into silence. A phrase she’d once seen online echoed in her head. Sincerity really does work.

Faced with someone so obedient, sweet, and eager to please, she just couldn’t bring herself to be mean. “Get me some water.”

“Sure.”

me some snacks from

“Okay.”

“I want some fruit.”

“I’ll go rinse them.”

children in the living room. Seeing they weren’t squabbling,

had been swamped with preparations for the company’s annual

are finalized,” Melvin reported during their video call. “The annual party will be held on the first and second floors. After that, single guests can head to the eighth floor for the masquerade ball. Everything’s

brief grunt. “What are this

𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹

prizes, fifty thousand. The rest get

had always been generous with its employees, handing out lavish

cash rewards and

was silent for a beat. “Let’s add a grand

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