NovelApp"They won't chere," Lucas said calmly. "You can go once they are inside the house." "I... I'm not scared." Irene shut the door and turned around, slightly calmer but still awkward. "Mr. Lucas, Mrs. Woods really didn't send me. Even if she wanted to do something to you, she wouldn't ask for my help. In her eyes, apart from my ugliness, the rest ofis insignificant." "No matter how hard you try to explain yourself, you still spent that money." Lucas still felt wary, but he was no longer as angry. While she had spent the money, he was the one who had eaten the food and used the medicine.
"I didn't spend all of it. There is around sixty dollars left." She took out the change from her purse. "I will throw it away." "What's the point of throwing it away now?" He shot her a cold look. "Don't cry." She froze, thinking that he regretted shouting at her. Just when she felt moved by his words and was about to forgive him, he continued, "You look horrible when you cry." "... Mr. Lucas, you calledugly just now, and you are saying that again. How can you say that?" "Do you think you look great when you cry?" "It's rude to insult someone's looks!" Lucas had not expected her to get angry. "Try yelling and see what happens." She immediately lowered her voice, not wanting to draw the attention of Mr. and Mrs. Woods.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOlivia Woods was in the main block. She had been out of the country, and she had just returned, to the happiness of her parents.
Mrs. Woods had a son and a daughter. Her son, Noah, had graduated from university and had el.n started working at the Woods Group; her daughter, Olivia was twenty years old and was studying overseas. Apart from summer holidays, she would often spend her free toutside instead of with her family, which was why Mrs. Woods was overjoyed whenever her daughter chose to return home.
"Mom, you mentioned that I have a younger stepbrother now, right? Where is he?" Olivia asked after returning home.
"He's in the South Block!" Mrs. Woods said impatiently. "That's a good thing, though! If he stays in the shouse as us, he will probably destroy the whole place! That barbaric beast! He's insane!" "Since he is a member of this family now, he will have to follow our rules!" Olivia said sharply. "Mom, Dad is busy with work, so you need to discipline this kid! We don't want him to embarrass us all!" "Haha, discipline him? Before I could do anything, he raised his hand at me. If I try to discipline him, he is really going to destroy everything!" Mrs. Woods said, fully intending for Mr Woods to hear her. "I've already lectured him about it and locked him up. He has just arrived and must be having a hard tadjusting. Let's give him more time!" Mr. Woods said with a dark expression.
"If he dares to raise his hand atagain, I won't let you keep him away fromagain!" Mrs. Woods shouted.
"Alright, I get it. Our daughter is hand she must be starving, let's go and eat!" Mr. Woods said before walking toward the dining room.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMeanwhile, in the South Block, Irene glanced at Lucas.
"Did you hear your stepmother? Don't act so recklessly next time, or your dad won't be able to protect you," she said.
"You think that he lockedhere to protect me?" Lucas sneered.
"Mrs. Woods has a horrible temper, and all the servants are scared of her. No one has ever charged up to her the way you did, I think. If it velwasn't for your dad's sake, shotwould have ordered those bodyguards to beat you to death," Irene said. "I heard that she comes from a powerful family."
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