The smile on Maryam's face instantly froze. After a while, she managed to force a smile, "Sister-in-law won’t get angry so easily, and... Even if she really gets angry because of this trivial matter, you can’t spoil her like this."
Joseph said unhappily, "If Kathy is not happy, she will make me unhappy. I don’t spoil her and let her face me with a straight face every day?"
There is a saying, “I treat you well, but I am the one who pleases me in the end.”
Maryam's eyes widened and her face was full of disbelief. She couldn't help but muttered, "But during this time she is not good to you at all. She always pulls a long face, and is not close to grandpa at all. And she always threatens to leave you."
Joseph narrowed his eyes. "So what? Your only job in Joseph’s residence is to accompany my grandpa and make him happy; otherwise I will leave you with nothing at any time."
Maryam was completely shocked by the look in his eyes, and she lowered her head for a long time without speaking.
"You can't tell Kathy anything since you know it."
Maryam's eyes rolled slightly. Before she answered, the man's figure had disappeared.
He really... he didn't even have the patience to say a word to her.
In his eyes, not to mention that compared with Kathy, who was the apple of his eye, she was just a woman adopted by the Joseph family to accompany Mathew, and maybe was more humble than the servants.
In fact, she didn't want much. Even if she couldn't be Joseph's woman, she felt it was enough to be his sister. She thought that she would not be worse than Veronica who had passed away.
But why this man was reluctant to give her a little chance no matter what.
...
Kathy woke up very early that day. She habitually touched the side beside her. It was cold, without any wrinkles. It was obvious that no one had slept here last night.
She pouted her lips and smiled. This was a terrible habit. She originally rejected Joseph sleeping next to her, but after a long time, she wasn’t used to it when he wasn't there.
She didn't ask or call him. She just quietly went downstairs to eat breakfast, and then took a walk in the villa alone. Occasionally she watered the seedlings with the gardener.
Everyone treated her very politely, as if she was Mrs Joseph. Mathew's attitude was still gentle, neither too familiar nor very alienated.
But she was found by Maryam not long after, "Sister-in-law, will you be bored? Shall we go shopping? Brother Joseph asked me to spend some time to accompany you. He is very busy lately so he won’t come back often. Don’t blame him."
Kathy lowered her head to hoe the daisies. She said lightly, "I'm not bored at all. Didn't you see that I was learning to grow flowers?"
If a person has an extraordinary enthusiasm for another person for no reason, she always feels very responsive.
Maryam looked at the meticulous and dedicated woman, and a bit of frustration gradually emerged in her heart. "Sister-in-law, why do you hate me so much? Is it because you think I like Brother Joseph? But I haven't done anything to damage or influence your relationship. I really only regard him as an elder brother."
Kathy still said lightly, "To be honest, I hate you calling him Brother Joseph."
Maryam's eyes widened. "It's just a title."
Kathy put the small hoe aside, and picked up the mini sprinkler to water the flowers seriously, "I just think it's disgusting."
Maryam ignored Kathy's words. She would still call Joseph Brother Joseph anyway.
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