Miranda's face darkened immediately; she stopped asking Adrian to serve her.

From the corner of her eye, she saw that, even with dishes right in front of Cecilia, Nathaniel still reached over to serve her.

Whenever Cecilia merely glanced at a dish, Nathaniel placed the food on her plate.

A pang of envy pricked Miranda's heart. Why was her own husband neither as capable nor as considerate?

Her dissatisfaction with Adrian deepened; she longed to divorce him on the spot.

But all of Adrian's assets were under Robert's control; if she left, she would gain nothing.

"Cecilia, you really are blessed."

Cecilia looked up and smiled. "Aren't you blessed too, Miranda? Or is Adrian treating you badly?"

The two questions left Miranda at a loss for words.

At that moment, Robert looked over, frowning. "Miranda, has Adrian fallen short somewhere?"

don't twist what I said. I only said you're blessed; I never

playfully. "Oh, that's all. The way you

her hand, furious yet

gave Adrian a gentle nudge, hoping he

up blankly. "Why are you

her head;

meal when a

family dinner and no one thought to wait

The speaker was Elena.

had assumed she wouldn't come; her sudden appearance caught

throat. "Didn't you say you weren't

can attend, how could the child's mother stay

turned up unless some sort of trouble was brewing, so she had come

scheme they were hatching.

and the others had already finished talking by the time

said, "Drop the sarcasm. There are no outsiders here. Since you're here, sit down

already asleep, so I left

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