Chapter 341
Lucinda shot a glare at Tina, her eyes dark with frustration. That woman needed to
be gone from the Norwood family, sooner or later. She was just impossible to ignore.
Grace rolled her eyes at Tina’s comment, letting out a little scoff. “Blake and Arthur both got perfect scores too, you know. Lydia isn’t the only one who can do it. Besides, Lucinda got a 735. That’s just fifteen points short.”
“So why didn’t she just score fifteen more?”
Lydia’s voice drifted over, cold and sharp. It landed so suddenly that Lucinda and Grace both froze in place.
Tina perked up right away when she saw Lydia coming down the stairs. Her voice was warm and respectful. “Lydia, good morning.”
Lydia gave a noncommittal sound, barely glancing at anyone else as she headed straight for the dining table. She sat across from Lucinda, looking cool and totally unbothered. “I want some water.”
Tina jumped to help. “Just a second, Lydia, I’ll get it for you.”
Lydia cut in. “If I remember right, didn’t someone say if I got a perfect score, they’d serve me water personally?”
She leaned back in her chair, looking effortless and relaxed, but her eyes were sharp with a kind of quiet rebellion.
Lucinda’s fists clenched so tightly her knuckles turned white.
Lydia. She was definitely doing this on purpose.
“What’s wrong? Thinking about backing out?” Lydia asked, her smile edged with sarcasm. “Should I call Grandpa and let him help you?”
Lucinda’s hands loosened all at once. She put on a soft, almost fragile smile and gave Lydia a look full of fake hurt. “Of course not. I’m honestly happy for you. I said I’d serve you and learn from you, and I meant it. If you want water now, I’ll get it right away.”
Lucinda swallowed her anger and got up, heading to the kitchen. She made sure to fill the glass with steaming hot water.
When she turned back, she pushed down any trace of malice from her face, replacing it with a brilliant, practiced smite. She walked over to Lydia, holding out the cup. “Here you go
Her every move screamed respect.
Lydia watched the steam curl off the water, a small, amused smile flickering at her lips.
“Lydia… ah-”
Just as Lucinda reached out to hand over the cup, she suddenly winced like the heat had burned her. The glass tipped, and boiling water was about to spill straight at Lydia. Chapters fırst released on.net
But Lydia didn’t even stand up. She just pushed off with her leg, chair scraping back across the floor. At
the same time, her foot brushe
against Lucinda’s, and Lucinda stumbled forward completely off balance.
“Ah!”
The water Lucinda had meant for Lydia ended up all over her instead. The scalding heat made her flinch, and she lost her grip on the glass. It dropped with a heavy thud, landing. right on her exposed toes.
Pain shot through her so fast she couldn’t even catch her breath. She doubled over, grabbing the edge of the table, sweat breaking out on her forehead as she let out a choked cry.
Everything happened so quickly that Grace and the others barely understood what was going on. All they saw was Lucinda bent over, struggling to stay upright. “Oh my god, Lucinda!”
Grace was the first to react, rushing over.
The glass hadn’t broken. It rolled across the floor, coming to a stop right in front of Grace’s foot.
She was so focused on Lucinda that she didn’t even see it. Her foot landed right on the glass, slipping out from under her, and with a loud crash she hit the floor. Everyone just stared, completely stunned.