"Yesseca is no longer a child, Selina. I've told you before that when Lothar asked for your help to look after Yesseca, he didn't mean that you have to raise her like a daughter. You should start to learn to let go. Furthermore, she's in the Quartley family, nothing would happen to her, don't worry," Matthew said in a gentle voice.
After thinking for a long time, Selina finally agreed.
She smiled sweetly at Matthew and said, "Okay, let's go for our honeymoon trip tomorrow."
Yesseca had been working in the Quartley Family for a period of time, and she had been doing well all along. Just like how Matthew had said, there shouldn't be any problems.
However, what Selina didn't expect was that something happened to Yesseca just on the second day after she and Matthew left for their honeymoon.
The next day soon arrived.
At noon, Yesseca went to the dining hall where the Quartley family had their meals.
Halfway through the meal, Yuliana suddenly patted her head and said, "Oh, I almost forgot that I left my ring in the bag and I forgot to wear it."
After that, Yuliana got up from her seat to get her bag.
Her bag was placed at a corner of the dining hall.
After Yuliana got the bag, she opened it and her expression immediately changed.
"Where's my ring?!" Yuliana raised her voice. She rummaged through her bag a few times and cried anxiously, "Where is my ring? I left it in my bag earlier. How could it go missing? Where on earth has my ring gone?"
The butler stepped forward and said, "What happened, Young Madam? Your bag has been here since you came in. No one has touched it."
Yuliana gave the butler a hard glance, "Would my ring go missing if no one had touched it? Have you been monitoring my bag every second to make sure no one has touched it?"
"I..." the butler became speechless.
Madam Quartley was a little unhappy and said, "Yuliana, what's wrong with you? Do you have to cause such a ruckus just for a ring? It's fine if you just lost your ring. Perhaps you just forgot where you left it. It's no big deal even if you really lost it."
Yuliana's tone became serious, "Grandma, it's not any ordinary ring. It's a ring from MG, the ring which Zorion gave me when we got married. It's a really valuable ring, and you couldn't even buy it with tens of millions of dollars. It's a huge deal if it's missing."
Hearing Yuliana's words, Madam Quartley became nervous as well.
Although she didn't know what the brand Yuliana had said was and tens of millions dollars was not a huge amount of money, it was a valuable ring after all, since Yuliana got it when she married Zorion.
Madam Quartley looked at the butler, "What's going on? Where did the ring in Yuliana bag go?"
The butler broke out in cold sweats and said, "Old Madam, everyone that is here are family members. Could it be that Young Madam has just misplaced it? Perhaps she didn't put it into her bag."
Yuliana immediately looked at Yesseca, "Who said that it's just our family members in this dining hall? There's an outsider right here."
Everyone understood Yuliana's meaning.
Montez spoke up for Yesseca immediately. His child-like voice was full of determination, "Aunt Yuliana, Yesseca will never take your ring. Yesseca will never take someone else's
belongings."
Yuliana sneered, "Really? Anyone who saw the ring would be tempted to take it. Can you guarantee that she didn't take it?"
"I can guarantee!" Montez said loudly.
"Montez, please stop," Yesseca finally said.
She spoke to Montez in a gentle voice.
"Yesseca!" Montez looked at Yesseca with concern.
"It's fine," Yesseca smiled at Montez.
She looked at Yuliana again, and her tone hardened, "Young Madam, I did not take your ring." Yuliana snorted coldly, "Everyone here in this dining hall belongs to the Quartley family. You are the only outsider here, could it be someone else who took it apart from you?"
"Yuliana," Madam Quartley spoke, "Yesseca wouldn't take your ring. Don't simply accuse her."
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