Capítulo 166 El postre
Como Linda no era una dama culta en primer lugar, no podía compararse con Julia, que provenía de una familia ilustre.
El enfrentamiento verbal entre las dos damas tampoco fue una sorpresa para Felicia.
Luego dirigió su atención a Julia y dijo: “Dado que eres consciente de tu diferencia de estatus, deberías ser más indulgente con los demás”.
Aunque sonaba como si estuviera defendiendo a Linda, Felicia claramente estaba poniéndose del lado de Julia.
Como mujer ella misma, empatizó con la humillación que Julia había sufrido todos estos años.
La cara de Linda perdió todo color en su rabia. Felicia nunca le había mostrado ningún respeto y siempre favorecería a Julia sobre ella.
Mientras lágrimas de dolor brotaban de sus ojos, le informó a Charlie: “No me siento bien. Por favor, envíame a casa.
No podía importarle menos las palabras de aquellos que no la respetaban.
Todo lo que necesitaba hacer era asegurarse de que el corazón de Charlie fuera suyo.
Mientras hablaba, se apoyó en el hombro de Charlie y fingió desmayarse.
Sin embargo, Felicia respondió con una mirada de desdén antes de levantarse para irse.
En cuanto a Charlie, la empujó a un lado con una expresión incómoda. “Si no te sientes bien, haré que el conductor te envíe a casa”.
“¿No vienes conmigo?” Linda se preguntó si había oído mal.
All this while, Charlie would return to Jadeborough with me on the second day. Is he planning to this time?
way back with Julia
“It has always been a rush every year. I never get to spend time properly with my family.” When Charlie threw Julia a glance, his darkened expression brightened up a little. “I’m going inside first.”
Upon getting to his feet, he strode back into the house.
“Charlie…” Tears of exasperation almost gushed out of Linda’s eyes.
With a frosty gaze, Julia relished in schadenfreude when she saw the dejection on Linda’s face. “Men will leave you the more you want them. If you let them be, they’ll return when it’s time to do so.”
Linda didn’t miss the sarcasm in Julia’s words at all.
—Once Charlie was out of sight, she dropped her civil facade and snapped, “He’ll return to my side regardless of whether I tell him to. That’s because he doesn’t have any feelings for you at all!”
“It’s been a long time since I cared about him having feelings for me,” Julia sneered. “You might have been able to rely on your looks to attract him in the past, but time has been unkind to you. I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to hold onto him. One day, when you no longer mean anything to him, he’ll return to my side. I’ll always be Mrs. Hadley to him, while you’re nothing but a piece of garbage he can easily be rid of!”
+3 Bonus
That was the reason why Julia refused a divorce back then. She didn’t see why she should give up her place
to Linda.
She had wanted to let Linda waste away her youth, for it was too early to know who would be the last one laughing in the end.
Even without Julia pointing it out, the fact wasn’t lost upon Linda. In front of the former, Linda would have to behave like a coward, someone who could never hold her head up high in public.
As Linda gave the calm Julia a piercing glare, she questioned her, “Why do you insist on not letting Charlie go when you clearly don’t love him? I can’t believe how vicious you are.”.
If Julia had been willing to back out back then, she wouldn’t have had to suffer a lifetime of ridicule.
“Me? Vicious? I definitely can’t beat you in that department. For breaking up my family and causing my son to miss out on fatherly love, I’m not going to let you off easily!”
Thereafter, Julia got to her feet as she exuded the authority of the lady of the house. After scowling in Linda’s direction, she turned around elegantly and entered the house.
Linda’s eyes burned with rage, as if they could sear Julia’s silhouette to a crisp. “Julia, I beat you once in the past, and I’ll beat you again now!”
She figured that if she were to leave, she would only be giving Charlie and Julia the opportunity to rekindle their relationship. With that thought in mind, she decided to stay.
Narrowing her eyes cunningly, she thought of an idea to finally capture Charlie’s heart once and for all.
Upon entering the kitchen, Linda brought out a bowl of dessert.
She encountered Christina on her way out and almost bumped into her.
“I’m sorry, Ms. Macall. Did I get it on you?” Christina asked in a concerned tone as she brought out a tissue to help Linda clean up.
With her bad mood worsened by Felicia’s mockery of her gown, Linda vented her frustration on Christina by slapping the latter’s hand away.
“I can’t believe how crafty you are. You gave my gown a flamboyant design so that Mrs. Hadley could embarra** me to my face.”
Christina froze as she was confused by the accusatory words. “I’ve already told you about it. It was you who insisted on this design.”
Why is she blaming me now when I clearly highlighted the problem to her back then?
The mere thought of Christina taking Julia’s side infuriated Linda.
“Am I the designer or are you? Why did you follow my instructions when you clearly know that they were wrong? Don’t you have an opinion of your own?”
Christina suddenly felt as if a boulder was weighing down on her chest. The sense of suffocation it brought rendered her speechless.
As someone younger, it would be rude for her to talk back. All Christina could do was let out a sigh before walking off.
However, Linda grabbed her hand and gave her a look of displeasure. “Did I say that you could leave?”
She then placed the tray in Christina’s hands and instructed, “Take this dessert to Charlie’s room.”
Throwing the dessert a glance, Christina didn’t refuse. “Okay.”
As Christina went upstairs with the dessert, Linda watched on with an insidious smile.
Now that Charlie was angry, he might not accept the dessert from Linda. However, it was a different matter if Christina was the one who served it to him.
Un rato después, dentro de la habitación, Charlie estaba revisando los documentos en su escritorio con un tazón de postre vacío colocado en la esquina.
Los ojos de Linda brillaron con aire de suficiencia, ya que le había agregado algo especial.
Después de ponerse un pijama con estampado de leopardo, se sentó frente al espejo para maquillarse. Mientras lo hacía, observó a Charlie discretamente.
¿Qué pasa ? ¿ Por qué Charlie no reacciona después de consumir el postre ?
Sintiéndose distraída, Linda rápidamente se roció un poco de perfume antes de ir a su lado.
“Charlie, ¿por qué no te quedas en mi habitación esta noche?”
En medio del fuerte olor a perfume, Linda se sentó en el regazo de Charlie y esbozó una sonrisa tentadora.
Picado por la aparición repentina del perfume de Linda, Charlie frunció el ceño y estornudó continuamente.
Será mejor que no. Molestaría a mamá. Inventó una excusa al azar antes de alejarla.
Después de eso, caminó hacia la puerta, aparentemente para evitarla. “Voy a volver allí a descansar”.
Su respuesta sorprendió a Linda.
¿ Por qué no está reaccionando a eso ? ¿Aún no han hecho efecto los efectos ?
Negándose a darse por vencida, Linda abrazó a Charlie por detrás y comenzó a salpicarle la cara con besos.
“Cariño, quédate conmigo. Puedes volver más tarde.
El rostro de Charlie pronto se cubrió con lápiz labial. En su molestia, la empujó a un lado y la reprendió: “Deja de hacer el tonto”.