"All right, all right! You can never be wrong! It's my fault, happy?" Leena walked back into the kitchen in anger. Her eyes reddened. She knew Claire was doing this intentionally since Louisa was here. Claire wanted to embarrass her in front of their guest. If Leena hadn't known how much Louisa liked Kevin, she would not care about what Claire did at all. But she knew that Louisa had only come here for Kevin. Leena felt so ashamed upon being treated like a servant in front of her romantic rival.
"Louisa, did I go too far this time? Leena seems so angry! I'm afraid she will tell my brother about it." Claire was a bit shocked to see Leena lose her temper. Her eyes grew big, glancing at Louisa for help. After all, it was Louisa's idea to treat Leena like this.
"Don't worry. It will be okay. If she really wants to get along with you, she would not tell this to your brother. Leena has to stick it out if she wants to get on your good side, although she does look angry as fuck." The corners of Louisa's lips lifted into a sly smile. 'How would I get back at you for making me so upset if I don't make your own life miserable?' Louisa thought wickedly.
"Do you really think so? I am afraid she'd get fed up and take it all out on me. You saw how she just shouted at me." Claire tilted her head and looked in the direction of the kitchen. She couldn't see Leena from so far away.
"Just relax. Besides, if she really tells Kevin about this, you can always deny it happened. Kevin wouldn't doubt his own sister, right?" Louisa continued to assure Claire. She was happy to see Leena so vexed. Her plan had paid off after all.
"Well, you are right. But I don't want to go too far. If my brother gets to know, he would surely throw me back to capital city. Then I won't be able to help you anymore and we wouldn't have so much fun together." Claire thought she had done enough for today. She didn't want to cross more boundaries. Seeing how angry Leena was, Claire finally decided to act like a decent sister-in-law and not bother her anymore.
"You are right. I guess it's enough for today. Well, how about we go upstairs?" Last time Kevin had barred Louisa from doing so, but she was still very curious about his bedroom. Now that Leena was in the kitchen and Kevin wasn't home, she wanted to see it for herself along with Claire. Even if they were caught and rebuked by Kevin, Claire could still take the bullet for her.
"Why do you want to go upstairs? There is nothing to look. There is just a study room and my brother's bedroom." Claire wasn't interested in Louisa's suggestion because she already went upstairs last night. She was too lazy to move right now and was comfortable slouching on the sofa waiting for dinner.
"We can go to the study room and browse the books your brother reads! It's boring to just sit here and talk," Louisa blabbered, not expecting Claire to be uninterested in her idea. She really wanted to see Kevin's room, where a man like him slept. She couldn't be the only one wanting to know such a secret. Louisa admired him very much.
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