When the door was closed, Lemuel walked over to the window with a pair of pants only. He reached his upper body out of the window and saw Verena, who was wrapped in a while quilt, was lying beside the baluster outside window. She was still trembling all over out of fear. Even a simple move might make her fall off the window.
Lemuel was stunned when seeing that. But then he looked sullen with a mocking face again. He didn't expect that she actually risked her own life just because she wanted to keep herself in the Lawson Mansion still.
He stared at her coldly and said sternly, "Come in, now!"
"Did he leave?" Verena said with trembling voice. She even happened to slip and almost fell off. So she grabbed the window hard, looking pale.
However, she still stuck to a will—she would never let herself be expelled!
She could never leave here! Otherwise, she would lose a stable financial backup forever for her father, which would result in a consequence that she could do nothing but to see her father dying.
He frowned and shouted at her, "Get inside! Now!"
Verena bit her lips hard. Her face went paler while she was crawling beside the balusters. Every single move made her heart skip a beat.
Lemuel kept his lips pressed and then reached out his long arm to grab her. Then he threw her onto the bed, "Get out!"
'What a freak gold digger!'
Of course, Verena wanted to leave immediately.
She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Then she teetered out of the room with her trembling legs.
She still couldn't collect herself when she got into her own room. She leaned against the door and kept gasping for air.
At this moment, the voice of a servant sounded, "Miss Moore, time for breakfast!"
She answered and then started to wash herself up and got herself changed when she finally calmed down.
When everything was ready, she went downstairs to the parlor, where Wilson, Cole and Sammy were all waiting on their seats.
When seeing her, Sammy jumped off the chair and threw himself into her arms, "Miss Pretty, hug me!"
Verena smiled and held him up in her arms. Then she took a seat, "Little Sammy, good morning!"
Cole glanced at Verena and then tapped on Sammy's head, huffing, "Little Sammy? What an awful name! You sound like a peke! And you even feel happy for that, huh?"
"I am not a peke! But you are! You are the ugliest peke in the world!" Sammy refuted with his eyes wide opened.
"Hey, kid, do you want to be punched?" while speaking, Cole rolled up his sleeve and pretended to fight him.
Sammy was aware that Cole wouldn't be merciful when spanking him. So he hurried to hide himself in Verena's arms.
"Okay, time for breakfast!" Wilson interrupted and then looked at her, "Are you feeling good living here? How do you like the decoration in your room? Do you want to change something inside?"
"I feel good here. Don't worry." Verena smiled to reply. But she looked a bit weird.
While they were talking, Lemuel went downstairs. He was wearing a stripe shirt with grey pants. He looked elegant as usual.
Soon, Verena kept her head down and pretended to play with Sammy. But her heart kept beating fiercely out of control.
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