Chapter 424 Returning To Rainsworth Manor

The room fell silent for a moment.

After a long pause, Elena finally spoke. “Yes. It’s her.”

Cassandra’s lips curled into a faint smirk. “Funny, isn’t it? She’s my stepsister, yet I haven’t seen. her once since I came back.”

Elena, cunning as an old fox, had done everything to ensure she maintained control over the situation.

She only allowed Cassandra to marry into the family after conducting a thorough investigation of her background. It wasn’t until she confirmed that Paula wouldn’t take advantage of her and fully understood the influence of Cassandra’s mother, Queen, that she agreed to the union.

She certainly didn’t want another daughter–in–law who was as useless as Cecilia.

“There will be plenty of opportunities for you to meet her in the future. Let’s eat,” Elena said, forcing a smile that barely masked her reluctance to talk about Cecilia.

Cassandra had been subtly testing her future mother–in–law, gauging Elena’s attitude toward her eldest daughter–in–law. From what she observed, it was clear that once she married into the Rainsworth family, she would likely have no trouble taking control of the family’s financial resources.

their meal, Cassandra accompanied Nicholas for

that Cassandra stay the night, and Cassandra agreed, eager to satisfy her curiosity about

to Nicholas, “You know, it’s such

fixed his gaze

stepmother mentioning her. As the daughter of the Smith family, Cecilia was born with a hearing impairment. She was inept in everything she did, had no talent for business, and lacked any special

his fiancée. Inept

that Cecilia, whom she deemed a “loser,” had

in business acumen by successfully starting her company, while

warmth but laced with an almost imperceptible chill. “Cassandra, please refrain from speaking

heard Nicholas‘ words. Did he find me irritating? Senior? Why

relent. “Everything I said. is true, but if you don’t want to hear

that, she turned and walked away,

to go after

a few dozen meters behind the pair, quickly stepped forward and handed

“Jocelyn, I need you

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