But Madame Charles interrupted her coldly, "I'm not your grandma. Am I related to you by blood? Or are you Kieran's girlfriend?"
Everly instantly blushed, and then her face turned ashen with rage. Anger choked her words.
All the employees present secretly smiled. They whispered, "Does Ms. Everly want to be the granddaughter-in-law of the Matriarch?"
"That's right. Otherwise, why would she call the Matriarch grandma?"
I stood quietly by the side. I never thought that the Matriarch would come today. Moreover, she spoke for me. But after all, she was Kieran's grandmother. I dared not speak.
Madame Charles intimately grasped my hand and announced loudly, "Look, Rachael is Kieran's fiancée, my future granddaughter-in-law." Then she looked at me kindly and signaled me to call her Grandma.
To tell the truth, I didn't want to address her in public, especially in such an awkward situation. But Madame Charles stared at me, so I had no choice but to call, "Grandma!"
"Yes!" Madame Charles responded exaggeratedly and caressed my head affectionately, "Rachael, from now on, you are the person in charge of Rich!"
I was suddenly stunned. Everyone present was silent as they looked straight at Everly and me.
This time, Everly's face turned cold as she said, "Madame Charles, I was personally appointed by Mr. Charles!"
Madame Charles looked at Everly and sneered disdainfully, "So what? You are expelled. Now Rachael is in charge of Rich. Anything wrong?"
Footsteps came from outside the door. Immediately after, Kieran and Armand quickly walked in. At the sight of Kieran, I instinctively lowered my head. If possible, I wanted to dig a hole and hide myself. I suspected that Kieran knew I was here and came to skin me alive.
I bet that I was definitely the only person in this world who had kissed Kieran's mouth while riding on him, although I was giving him artificial respiration to save him. Kieran just didn't know it!
"Kieran, there you are. If you don't come, I will be torn apart alive!" Just as I was about to escape, Madame Charles suddenly grabbed onto Kieran's hand and cried out in grievance.
Not only I but also all of my colleagues were left dumbfounded. They had no idea what had happened. The Matriarch was as arrogant as a bully just now. Why did she behave in this way now?
Kieran frowned and supported the Matriarch. "What's wrong, Grandma?"
I observed Kieran's movements. It turned out that Kieran was not obsessional about cleanliness as usual in front of some people.
"She just scolded me and splashed me with tea. Look at the water on the ground. If I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have been burned alive. You don't even know how hot that tea was!" Madame Charles pointed at Everly. Then she pointed at the cup that I had just dropped on the ground and the tea that I had poured all over the floor.
...
'Well played.'
When Everly saw Kieran, she panicked and waved her hand repeatedly, "Mr. Charles, I didn't do that. Rachael knocked the tea and I didn't scold your grandma. I really didn't!"
Madame Charles looked at Everly with grievances and tears rolled down her cheeks. "You mean that I framed you? How could she claim that I framed her?"
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