The Queen Returns—And She's Unforgiving novel Chapter 23

The next day, out of habit, Sophia went to Lucas' marital home after school. She was starving and immediately called for Evelyn once she entered the door. "Evelyn?"

A housekeeper came out to take her bags instead, saying, "Mrs. Grant isn't home at the moment."

Frowning, Sophia asked in surprise, "Isn't she supposed to be done cooking by now?"

After all, she knew that Evelyn would prepare lunch for Lucas on a daily basis.

Their marital house was also close to Bluezen, so Evelyn would always meal prep before going to work, rush back home during her lunch break, and have Michael deliver the food to Lucas.

Despite the fact that Lucas refused to see her, she had never stopped sending his lunch.

Hence, Sophia came over today, intending to have a taste of Evelyn's cooking. Although Evelyn might have been useless, she was a quick learner and her cooking suited Sophia's taste perfectly.

However, Sophia found out that there was no food awaiting her, putting her in a foul mood.

Why was Evelyn becoming more and more unreliable?

The housekeeper was also confused as to what was happening. Evelyn had always been gentle and considerate. Back then, she would not even go on a business trip for Lucas' sake.

Now, she wasn't even coming home anymore.

In truth, Sophia was in a terrible mood throughout the day. She found out the day before that Tiffany caught a fever, so she had planned to take the day off from school to visit Tiffany.

However, it wasn't proper of her to show up empty-handed.

She also knew that sick people should eat something nourishing and warm, but she did not know how to cook. It would be insincere of her to buy pre-cooked food, so she had thought of Evelyn.

Evelyn was a good cook, and she could ask Evelyn to cook something for her.

So, Sophia plopped down on the couch and called Evelyn.

Evelyn had just finished a meeting with Sebastian on the endless possibilities a drone could have. She had some new ideas and planned to enhance some of the drones' internal systems.

Not wanting to waste her time eating in the cafeteria, she asked Sebastian to bring some food up for her.

When she noticed that Sophia was calling, she quickly declined the call. However, Sophia was relentless and continued to call her repeatedly.

Sophia's calls were beginning to affect her work, so Evelyn decided to block Sophia's number.

After finally having some peace, she quickly got back to work.

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On the other end, Sophia bit her lips, feeling slightly pissed as she listened to the busy tone.

Why was Evelyn ignoring her? Evelyn would never ignore her calls in the past as well as behave in a gentle and accommodating behavior in an attempt to please her.

Left with no choice, she called Lucas.

Lucas' voice was cold as he answered the phone. "What's wrong?"