Chapter 2333
The bottle was adorned with a circle of dots and dashes. Ste wondered where he had found such an ugly bottle.
She drank the water, tossed the bottle away, and after her temper had cooled a bit, she bid farewell to the kids and headed home.
Upon her return, she noticed Keegan sitting upright on the sofa but didn''t acknowledge him. She went straight for a shower and then to bed.
In the dead of night, someone suddenly reached out and touched her waist. Ste jumped, raised her hand, and pped out.
Her handnded on Keegan''s head, prompting him to cry out in pain, "What are you doing!"
Ste shouted even louder, "That''s what I should be asking you! What are you doing? Acting like a hooligan in the middle of the night?"
Keegan''s expression shifted unpredictably. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said,'' Didn''t you drink that bottle of water?"
Ste was taken aback. "Did you drug me?" So he came in the middle of the night to be her antidote?
Keegan''s expression turned strange. After a moment, he grabbed the quilt and stormed out with a grim face. He spent that night in the study.
Ste didn''t understand what Keegan was up to until she fell asleep.
Not long after this incident, Keegan did something he had been looking forward to for a long time-giving his cake to Aurora Kane. The initially improving rtionship became tense again.
Shortly after, on New Year''s Day, Keegan went out of town on a business trip. Dahlia Crosby brought ke''s family and some rtives of unknown origin over for the festival.
When Keegan was around, Dahlia rarely visited because she liked to interfere in Keegan''s life, which Keegan disliked the most. They never got along.
Dahlia also expected her son to earn money for her every month, but Keegan wasn''t under her control like Aurora, so as soon as Keegan showed impatience, she stopped, knowing just how far to push.
But with Ste, Dahlia wasn''t so polite. When Keegan was present, Ste at least appeared eptable on the surface, and their conversations mainly revolved around childbirth. But in Keegan''s absence, Dahlia showed a different face.
She brought ke''s family to celebrate at Ste''s home without giving any advance notice. The car was nearly there when Dahlia called Ste, catching her offguard.
Dahlia suggested going out for dinner, and gave Ste a look. "Ste, rtives rarely visit, especially during the festival. They mainly want to see you. If it''s only about dinner, we can eat anywhere. Is cooking noodles too much trouble?"N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner.
Ste couldn''t just cook noodles. She barely ate herself, and the guests were so unenthusiastic that they not only lost their manners but also damaged Keegan''s reputation.
She called two experts and helped the nanny prepare the meal.
Seven adults and six children enjoyed a total of twenty-four dishes of cold and hot food. Ste washed them vegetables until her hands swelled, and during the meal, she had no appetite, but she still had to smile and toast the elders cup by cup.
After dinner and drinks, the rtives chatted in the living room with Dahlia, and the children ran around as if th they were at home, which annoyed Ste. Dahlia seemed to think she was in the way, so she called Ste to the kitchen to prepare a fruit tter.
Ste reluctantly went to the kitchen. When she returned, she saw the troublemakers had brought out Keegan''s "ugly thing" and were taking turns jumping on it.
Before she could even ce the fruit tter down, she rushed over to intervene. To others the "ugly thing" was just a toy car, and they thought, what was wrong with letting kids y with it? Was there really a need to be so stingy?
Dahlia seemed to agree. She said, "It''s just a toy. If it breaks, we''ll buy another one. Don''t ruin everyone''s mood on such a big holiday."
Ste pressed her lips together. "I can find them another toy, but not this one. Some parts are already discontinued, and even with money, we might not be able to buy them. If it breaks, there''s no way to fix it."