"Grandma, it's okay. I..."
"Women's faces need extra care."
Before Yanis could finish, Catherine interrupted her and told Zane to help Yanis change the medicine.
Yanis looked up at Zane.
But as she looked over, Zane had turned to get the medicine kit.
Yanis had to look back.
"Anika, coming home with mommy tonight?" Lucia sat down beside Anika and asked softly.
"I don't want to go home. I want to live with Zane and my sister-in-law."
Lucia heard Anika's words, glanced at Yanis, "That's not appropriate. Besides, your brother and Yanis are going to..."
"Stop it! Didn't you come here to see Anika? Why do you keep mentioning something else? I really don't know what you are thinking."
Catherine didn't let Lucia finish and interrupted, "Anika doesn't like that woman, and you know it. As her mother, you should be careful, shouldn't you?"
Lucia was reprimanded by Catherine and didn't mention Neve again.
But her aversion towards Yanis remained undiminished.
"Mom, only Yanis can be my sister-in-law, not anyone else," said Anika resolutely, "I will stay here with Zane and Yanis. Yanis will take good care of me, you don't have to worry."
As she said, Anika looked at Yanis, "Yanis, will you take good care of me?"
Yanis looked into Anika's eyes, which were filled with expectations, she found it hard to turn her down.
While Yanis was hesitating, Lucia sneered coldly, "She is always busy seducing men. How can she have time to take care of you?"
Zane heard Lucia's words just as he came over with the medicine box.
His face turned gloomy as he put the medicine box on the table, "She is busy seducing me and doesn't have much time to take care of Anika. But I will find someone to take care of Anika here, if you have nothing else, you should go home now."
Then Zane squatted down in front of Yanis, grabbed Yanis's injured hand, and gently removed the gauze wrapped around it yesterday.
"You two must have been case a spell by her! She's always with Ivan Baxter, you think there would be nothing between them?"
Lucia didn't expect Zane to take Yanis's side and was a little unhappy. She didn't restrain her words anymore.
Her words agitated both Zane and Yanis.
Before Zane could say anything, Yanis said, "So, Mrs. Lawrence, there must be something between me and my friend but nothing between Zane and Neve?"
Yanis was angry, obviously, but there seemed to be more than anger in her words.
After hearing Yanis's words, Zane looked up at her, "There is nothing between me and her."
Yanis stared at him, "You mean there is something between me and Ivan?"
Before Zane could speak, Lucia sneered again, "You know it better than we do. Have you ever seen a woman book a hotel room for a man in the middle of the night? Have you ever seen a woman being that intimate with another man while having a husband?"
"Mom!" After hearing Lucia's words, Anika stood up, "Yanis has said that's her friend, can you cut it?"
Lucia glanced at Anika and then at Yanis, "Haven't you ever been to a hotel with Ivan?"
Looking at Lucia's face, Yanis suddenly gave up arguing with her, for it was totally unnecessary.
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