Daniela truly believed Antonia was a bit off her rocker. They had already decided to let the matter go. But Antonia's words suggested that she, the one who had been tricked, was in the wrong and should apologize? Daniela was speechless.
Sebastian said calmly, "Araya Family called to say they're repairing their ancestral tomb this year and want you to come back. I asked Juan to book a flight, you'll go back tomorrow."
Antonia glanced at him, "The Romero Family reunion is at the end of the year, have you forgotten? I already declined, why are you still booking tickets?"
Sebastian looked at her with a hint of amusement, "I just thought you were too idle."
It took Antonia a while to understand that he was saying she was meddling, her face flushed red, and she said through gritted teeth, "Sebastian, I'm your mother!"
"You know you're my mother," Sebastian calmly refilled Daniela's cup of tea, "I thought you were her mother, even her business you want to manage."
"You!"
Antonia was so angry her eyes turned red, she pointed at Sebastian, unable to speak.
Daniela sipped her water, pretending not to see the tense atmosphere between mother and son.
Actually, she was used to it.
Antonia rarely got the better of Sebastian.
In the past, she thought they were a family, so she would try to mediate. Antonia would take the opportunity to vent her anger on her, always bullying her more and more.
Now, she didn't care.
Mrs. Sheldon was startled by the scene and quickly interjected, "We've been talking for so long, and we haven't even ordered food. You all see what you want to eat. I'm treating you today, don't be polite with me."
She was also secretly amazed. She hadn't expected the relationship between Antonia and Sebastian to be so bad. However, this was the first time she had seen someone make Antonia lose face like this.
To say it without saying, Sebastian was backing Daniela.
Could this be a case of having a wife and forgetting about your mother?
Tsk, tsk.
Her desire to adopt Daniela as her goddaughter grew even stronger.
Antonia was already full of anger, where would she have the appetite to eat?
"No need. Some people don't like me, why should I be an eyesore here?"
She glared at Daniela and left in a fit of anger.
Daniela was speechless again.
Without Antonia, the three of them were very comfortable.
Mrs. Sheldon was a veteran of social occasions, and Daniela was cooperative. The two of them chatted and developed a mutual respect for each other.
Learning that Daniela was now working at Jones Family's Precious Corner, Mrs. Sheldon said, "I have a lot of paintings at home that need maintenance, I'll go find you after the new year."
Daniela nodded.
This was one of the services offered at Precious Corner.
It was just that after Mrs. Sheldon said this, she hesitated, "Your pregnancy is quite advanced now, can you still do maintenance?"
Daniela smiled, "Of course. I have an assistant to help me."
She only needed to work on the difficult cases.
Vivien was slowly teaching her, and she was more relaxed now.
"Okay."
Mrs. Sheldon didn't hesitate and readily agreed.
She really liked Daniela now.
If she had wanted to adopt Daniela as her goddaughter before for the sake of the Romero Family and her unborn child, now Mrs. Sheldon genuinely liked her.
The meal was a success.
On the way back, Daniela remembered Andres and asked Sebastian, "By the way, something happened at the banquet that night, I forgot to ask. Did you find Andres later?"
Sebastian hadn't forgotten, "Of course. Ashley's medicine was probably given to her by him."
Juan investigated and found that Andres only had an exit record but no entry record, he hadn't left the country at all.
Daniela frowned, suddenly feeling something strange, a place that was previously unexplained now had a plausible explanation.