Elmore went to the villa after he said that. He turned his head to Carl and instructed, “Keep an eye on Denise. Don’t let her ask for Jenifer’s help.”
Jenifer, Denise’s mother, was known for being kindhearted. Leon, Denise’s father, didn’t care about anything and even had a second family. Although Elmore hated that Jenifer couldn’t win over her husband’s love, he still felt that the Casper family owed her.
Knowing Denise, the first person she would run to if she needed help was Jenifer. And if Jenifer pleaded for her daughter, it would be hard for Elmore to turn his daughter-in-law down.
Elmore had never felt so humiliated in front of Becky, and this was all Denise’s fault.
Even though he didn’t lose his temper at the dinner table, nothing could stop him from punishing Denise now.
Elmore had just asked Carl to keep an eye on Denise. He was obviously going to teach her a lesson tonight.
Carl had worked for Elmore for many years and knew that he was a very vain man. The only reason why he couldn’t talk back to Becky was because of Denise.
Carl nodded and then headed back to the villa.
Elmore was right. When he left, Denise hurriedly stumbled out of the car to look for Jenifer.
But today was not her lucky day. Jenifer had gone shopping and called back to say that she couldn’t come home in time for dinner. Since it was only seven o’clock, she wouldn’t be in the villa.
Denise knocked on Jenifer’s door for a while but didn’t get a response. She started getting antsy. As she was about to take out her phone to call Jenifer up, Carl suddenly showed up behind her and stopped her. “Your grandpa told me that if you don’t get to the living room in ten minutes, you’ll suffer serious consequences.”
Denise felt her legs weaken and almost collapsed on the floor when she heard what he said.
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