As soon as Madam Quartley spoke, several soldiers appeared.
Yesseca instinctively stood in front of the soup.
She'd spent the whole afternoon on it. How could she allow Madam Quartley to just throw it away?
Madam Quartley ordered the soldiers to pull Yesseca away, but the soldiers didn't dare. After all, they knew who Yesseca was to Tremaine. At most, they would only get rid of the soup as per Madam Quartley's orders, but they wouldn't dare to harm a hair on Yesseca's head.
Seeing that the soldiers did not dare to move, Yuliana stepped forward and pulled Yesseca aside. The soldiers quickly took away Yesseca's soup.
The entire process happened so quickly that the soup was already poured away before Yesseca could react.
Yesseca was dumbfounded.
Then, she shook Yuliana off harshly.
"You've crossed the line!" Yesseca shouted.
Yuliana sneered to herself.
Madam Quartley, on the other hand, looked at
Yesseca sternly. "It's your own fault for not doing as you're told, Yesseca. Leave Quartley Palace as soon as possible if you know what's good for you."
After that, Madam Quartley and Yuliana left. When they reached the stairs, they saw Montez.
Montez saw everything that had happened, but he could not stop them in time.
He glared at Madam Quartley and Yuliana. "Greatgrandma, Aunt Yuliana, you two were bullying Yesseca!"
Madam Quartley was still taken aback by Montez's sudden appearance, but Yuliana said, "Montez, it's not right for you to say that. This Yesseca isn't a good person."
Montez's eyes widened. "That's not true!"
After that, he ran off.
Madam Quartley was about to go after Montez, but Yuliana stopped her.
Yuliana said, "Grandma, let him be. He's just a child, he doesn't know better."
Madam Quartley was a little anxious. "You don't get it. That shameless woman has managed to even manipulate Montez. What if he really thinks that we've bullied her?"
"Grandma, it's precisely because of this that you shouldn't chase after him. The more you explain, the more Montez will not believe you. Let Montez see for himself who Yesseca truly is. He will understand one day."
Madam Quartley considered Yuliana's words and found them reasonable.
"Let him see what kind of woman she is," Madam Quartley sighed.
In the kitchen, Yesseca stood there in a daze.
Just like that, the soup that she'd spent the whole afternoon on was gone.
Suddenly, a small figure ran over to her.
It was Montez.
She hadn't seen him for a long time.
Though they were under the same roof, Quartley Palace was just too huge. Anyway, Yesseca normally stayed in her room, so it was normal that she hadn't seen Montez.
Seeing Montez, Yesseca's lips moved slightly.
"Montez," she said after a while.
Montez stared at Yesseca.
"Why didn't you resist when Great-grandma poured your soup away?" he asked.
Yesseca let out a bitter laugh.
At that time, Yuliana had grabbed her while the soldiers had taken the soup away. It had all happened so quickly that it was too late for her to do anything.
Should she have shouted hysterically?
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