380.Chapter 380
The thought alone made Adeline’s eyes light up with excitement
Without hesitation, she grabbed a bowl and a ladle from Ekza’s small kitchen Ladle after ladle, she filled a large bowl to the brim and eagerly began drinking.
She had no idea what was in the soup, but the flavor was absolutely divine
One bowl wasn’t enough. She went back for a second, then a third. By the time she’d polished off five bowls, her stomach felt like it was about to burst and she finally set the bowl down with great reluctance.
Just then a sudden noise from outside made her freeze in place
“Please wait here for a moment, everyone. The Snow Lotus beauty soup is in my small kitchen. I’ll bring it out for you shortly?
“Oh no, Your Grace, how could we let you personally serve us soup? We’ll fetch it ourselves.”
“Exactly, we’ll go get it ourselves.”
As they reached the small kitchen, they glanced inside and were greeted by the sight of Adeline, standing at the stove with a bowl in hand, caught mid–act of secretly drinking the soup. The door was wide open, and she hadn’t even tried to hide Eliza struggled to suppress her laughter as she took in the scene. ‘My aunt is, as always, predictably foolish
Suppressing her amusement Eliza widened her eyes in feigned surprise and asked, “Mrs. Nevill, what are you doing here?” Caught red–handed. Adeline froze
The five ladies who had come first to collect their soup, including Ariana, were equally stunned “Wait a moment, Mrs. Nevill, did you rush in here just to sneak a taste of the soup?”
Ananas words snapped Adeline out of her daze. Adeline immediately grew agitated and
d and retorted, “What nonsense? I just came to check on my niece’s living arrangements after she left home. Is that a crime?” Ariana raised an eyebrow and smirked. “But you’re holding a bowl of soup. If you weren’t sneaking a taste, then what were you doing?
The ladies present were all from Hasen City and had heard about the time Adeline falsely accused Eliza of stealing snow cream from her estate.
Everyone in Hasen City still remembered how Nolan personally visited the Marquis’s estate and exposed the truth for all to
The so–called theft of the snow cream? It turned out to be an inside job at the Marquis’s estate, yet they had the audacity to pin the blame on someone else
At the time, Eliza had just left the Stonor family, only to be treated so maliciously by Adeline.
Many people privately expressed their outrage on behalf of Eliza, feeling injustice keenly.
With how Adeline had treated Eliza in the past, it was obvious Adeline wasn’t here today with any good intentions.
“Of all the days to visit, why today? And if it were just a visit, that’d be one thing, but barging into someone’s kitchen? What, were you here to look with your eyes or taste with your mouth?”
Behind Ariana was the wife of a general, Cora Wright, a woman famous for her fiery temper and razor–sharp tongue.
The moment Cors opened her mouth, her words cut like a blade, and Adeline’s face flushed an angry crimson, as if she’d been slapped in public.
Adeline snapped, “None of your business. This is my niece’s house! I can come whenever I want! So what if I drank the soup? Elza is my niece. Shouldn’t she show some courtesy to her aunt? Who are you to interfere?”
By now, Adeline could no longer maintain her composure
had been caught red–handed, and the worst part was that Eliza had brought audiences to witness her humiliation!
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