Chapter 97
Kendall reacted with a pair of furrowed brows, feeling annoyed about the locked gates. Why did they
have to lock the gates? They are obviously trying to keep me from returning to Dn''s ce. She then
recalled giving Amos her purse and her bag that contained her phone, realizing she couldn''t even call
Dn for help. Thus, she wondered to herself in frustration whether she was forced to ept her fate
and wait until Tilly woke up. Not long after Tia''s footsteps were gone, she suddenly heard the sound of
someone opening the door.
It turned out that Alice had popped her head out of the door to peek just as Kendall saw her. "Young
Mistress Kendall." Alice waved at her.
"Miss Coleman." Kendall walked in Alice''s direction.
"Shh." Alice shushed thedy and let her enter her room. Upon closing the door behind her, she looked
at Kendall and said, "Young Mistress Kendall, my grandma is a light sleeper, so you could have
awoken her with your voice. She tends to get cranky when she is disturbed during her sleep, and I, for
one, would not like to see that happen." She then seized Kendall''s hand and walked her to the couch
before they both sat down. "By the way, why did you return sote at this hour? My grandma has been
waiting for you for eternity, and I could tell that she was not happy. That was probably why she made
Tia lock you up here."
"Why did Old Madam Coleman send for me?" Kendall probingly asked, "Do you know what''s going on,
Miss Coleman?"
Alice shook her head. "It beats me as well. I was away until the evening. All I know is that Grandma
made Vivian check whether you were back every half an hour, but when you weren''t, her face just
became more and more darkened. In fact, none of us dared to talk much during dinner because we
were afraid that she might lose her temper and snap at us." Despite being the favorite daughter in the
Coleman Family, Alice didn''t dare to defy her grandmother''s wish.
"I was working overtime in the office." Kendall added, "Amos has my number, so if Old Madam
Coleman wanted to see me, she could have told Amos to call me instead."
"Wait, you have a job?" Alice asked in confusion. "Aren''t you supposed to take care of my brother?
Why are you still working? Aren''t you paid for what you''re doing?"
Alice replied, "Well, you''re right. I''m not paid for what I''m doing because Dn told me to earn my
keep. That''s why I decided to work and make some money for myself."
Alice smiled and said, "You nearly got me, Young Mistress Kendall. You''re the great Parker Family''s
daughter, so why are you still so desperate for money? I heard that your mom pays you 300 thousand
per month for your pocket money, which means you have about 10 thousand to spend a day. That''s
quite a lot of pocket money you have there, plus you''re not a spendthrift who squanders her money
extravagantly, so there is no way you''re going to use up all of that 300 thousand—unless you''ve been
using that money to aid your foster mother and her family financially."
"Well, you seem to know me pretty well, Miss Coleman," Kendall replied awkwardly.
Alice responded with a smile to Kendall''s words. Although she might be known as the most influential
daughter from the wealthy and respected Coleman Family in Orapolis, she was a rather humble and
amiable person with whom Kendall felt quitefortable getting along. Deep down, Kendall thought
Alice was not approachable at all since they didn''t interact much thest time they met. "We''ve heard a
thing or two about the news regarding the imposter in your family around Orapolis. In fact, anyone whoN?velDrama.Org (C) content.
has ess to the inte will probably not miss the interesting stories about your return to the rich
family." Alice added, "After all, humans are curious creatures, and I''m no exception."
"Well, my foster mother and her family have been managing pretty well by themselves, financially. So,
they don''t actually need me to aid them. In fact, every time I wanted to do that, they''d turn me down."
Kendall recalled the times that she made her foster parents ept her financial aid. "Furthermore, I''m
bored because Dn has to go to his office every day, so that added to my decision to find a job and
make some money for myself. After all, I find that kind of lifestyle rather fulfilling and enriching."
"Did my brother agree with that?" Alice asked.
"Of course, he did. If he didn''t, I wouldn''t even be allowed to go anywhere close to the mansion''s gate."
Alice enviously said, "Aw, my brother really treats you well, doesn''t he? I want a job, but my brothers
won''t allow me to do that. They even transferred money into my bank ount, thinking I wanted a job
because I was tapped out."
"Well, isn''t that happiness to you? I wish I could live a life like yours in which I can spend money
without having to make it myself, but unfortunately, I don''t have so many brothers to aid me financially,"
Kendall said with a smile.
Alice answered, "Well, I guess you''re right. I should be grateful for the life I''m living now." Maybe I''m
indeed the happiest and luckiestdy in the world, she thought to herself. "Young Mistress Kendall, why
don''t you set an rm and take a catnap here? Then, when she is about to wake up, you could wait
outside her room and pretend to look sleepy so that my grandma thinks you''ve been waiting for her
throughout the night. That way, I believe she''ll lighten up pretty soon because she is actually pretty fond
of youngdies." After all, there are more men thandies in the Coleman Family.
However, Kendall appeared to be less optimistic about Tilly''s attitude toward her. "No matter how much
Old Madam Coleman likes youngdies, I''m sure she isn''t going to like me. After all, I turned down
Dn''s proposal earlier and pulled off something outrageous. So, if Dn hadn''t let me off, the Parker
Family would have suffered the consequences along with me." D*mn it! I must have been really dumb
in my past life. How could I turn down Dn''s proposal after what Kelly said to me? Maybe I was
blinded by my love for Jackson so much that all I cared about was marrying him. How dumb I was!
Nevertheless, Alice knew Dn wasn''t going easy on Kendall. Instead, he was going to execute his
n of retaliation step by step as he began by taking Kendall back to the Coleman Family. Then,
whenever he felt like messing with her, he would pull a prank on her until he was satisfied. Therefore,
she could tell that it would get a lot worse for Kendall with time, but nheless, she wouldn''t betray
Dn because he was the brother she respected the most. "You''re about my height, so maybe you
could wear my pajamas. You should get a shower now," Alice said while going through her clothes in
the wardrobe.
"Thank you so much, Miss Coleman."
When Alice turned around, she noticed the pair of flip-flops that Kendall was wearing and smiled. "You
know what? My brother has never taken anything from me before, except this pair of flip-flops. For that,
I''m going to help you."
"Well, I still owe you a thanks anyway."
"Don''t mention it." Alice reached for her pajamas and walked up to Kendall before she handed them
over to her. "Your shower awaits."
Kendall then held the pajamas in her hands and entered the bathroom as Alice told her to. As soon as
she closed the door behind her, Alice chuckled and murmured to herself, "Dn is going toe and
pick you up in half an hour, Kendall."
Despite her young age, Alice was rather smart and shrewd. In fact, she had been acting as if she didn''t
know anything in front of Kendall. When she previously had Amos retrieve her flip-flops from Dn to
let Kendall wear, she could tell how much her brother cared about Kendall. Thus, she couldn''t wait to
witness the moment Dn brought up the matter between him and Kendall to the rest of their family
members. At the same time, she was also curious about how the rest of the people in her family would
react when they heard it firsthand from Dn that he wanted to marry Kendall. Besides that, she also
wanted to see if Kendall would resort to her extremity by threatening to end her life like she did earlier,
in order to reject Dn''s proposal.
Although Dn made it clear that he only wanted Kendall to live with him and impose on her to take
care of him because he wanted to retaliate against her, Alice believed that he was actually trying to
move Kendall by allowing them both to know each other''s daily life so that she would willingly marry
him. If it weren''t for that, Dn wouldn''t grant Kendall so many privileges and exceptions. In fact, Alice
proudly considered herself the onlydy in the world to know how her brother could melt ady''s heart
when he sincerely treated her well.