Chapter 191


    Chapter 191 You Should Not Have Returned


    Yuliana understood what Joyce was trying to tell her, and she knew that Joyce meant well.


    Back at the scene in the greenhouse, it was clear that the women got along well with Annabelle. Since


    Annabelle almost married Christopher, Yuliana realized that if she did not take the initiative to mingle


    with them this time, Annabelle would appear to be more like the official daughter-inw of the Sce


    family.


    If it turned out that way, she would end up as a daughter-inw who did not live up to her title.


    “I can handle this, Joyce,” Yuliana assured her after dwelling on her thoughts.


    Hearing her confirmation, Joyce replied with a bright smile, “I shall stop worrying then.”


    So, Yuliana was different from her.


    “Joyce, I know you have good intentions. Thank you,” Yuliana said gratefully.


    In return, Joyce patted her on the shoulder with a smile and then brought Yuliana into the greenhouse.


    Gemma was the first one who noticed Joyce and Yuliana as they entered the greenhouse. With her


    eyes fixed on Yuliana for a brief moment, she called out, “Joyce.”


    As the other three women heard Gemma’s voice, they also turned and looked at the door.


    Joyce led Yuliana inside and nodded at Gemma. When she looked at the three women, she asked with


    a friendly smile, “What are you discussing so happily about?”


    Gemma hurriedly answered, “We’re discussing skincare with Annabelle. Look how well Annabelle’s


    skin is maintained. It’s so fair and soft, just like a teenage girl. Oh, how we envy her so much!”


    In all politeness, Yuliana greeted everyone present.


    Among the group of women, Josie Sce was the eldest. She was the wife of Logan Sce, the eldest


    son of the second branch of the Sce family. She was 36 years old that year, four years older than


    Joyce. However, she still treated Joyce with full respect.


    The second eldest among the women was Lena Sce, the spouse of Oscar Sce. He was the son


    of Zaiden from the third branch of the Sce family.


    Gemma was the wife of Jayden, who was the third son of the second branch of the Sce family.


    Oscar was just a few months older than Jayden.


    After greeting the attendees, Joyce sat down with Yuliana.


    She poured a cup of tea for Yuliana and herself, and with a genial smile, she asked, “How’s the


    discussion going? Do you have any advice? We came in such a right timing because Yuliana and I are


    also interested in learning about skincare.”


    With what was said, Yuliana was immediately brought into the circle of discussion.


    Nevertheless, the three other attendees did not answer her question, as they observed the situation


    and glimpsed at Annabelle.


    With a faint smile, Annabellended her gaze on Joyce and then on Yuliana. She replied absent-


    mindedly, “The right skincare products are necessary, but there are definitely chemicals in them. Since


    Yuliana is pregnant now, those chemicals might be bad for the fetus. It won’t be toote for us to talk


    about skincare after the baby is born.”


    “What Annabelle said is agreeable. Based on your appearance, I think you are pregnant with a baby


    boy, so yourplexion will be slightly worse than before. Since you are still so young and just one or


    two years younger than Annabelle, I am sure you can recover quickly after giving birth to the baby,


    even without much skincare maintenance,” Joyce agreed in response.


    Meanwhile, Annabelle turned to look at Joyce again.


    Their eyes met, and Annabelle noticed the gaze cast by Joyce onto her.


    Seeing that, Annabelle looked down and slightly curled up her lips, as she felt a little ironic.


    At first, she thought that Joyce would stand by her side after all these years of friendship with her and


    La. And right now, Yuliana had only known them for a few months.


    Annabelle did not expect that Joyce would protect Yuliana like this.


    Without responding to Joyce, she lowered her eyes and yed with the ring on her index finger.


    Suddenly, something urred in her mind, and she immediately looked at Yuliana’s hand. Indeed,


    Annabelle saw the ring on Yuliana’s left ring finger.


    What Gemma said was right. If she and Christopher had held their wedding sessfully back then,


    nothing would have happened to Yuliana at the moment, and Annabelle would be sitting here as the


    official wife of Christopher.


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    Annabelle thought, “Do I regret this? Maybe a little bit.”


    Due to Annabelle’s presence, Josie, Lena, and Gemma seldom initiated chit-chat with Yuliana, but they


    knew what Joyce was trying to do. Thus, they did not dare to make things difficult for Yuliana with


    Joyce around. Later on, Zofia brought two other children to the greenhouse.


    Being sweet and polite, she greeted everyone and then ran toward Yuliana. She took two petals of


    oranges from the table and handed one petal of them to Yuliana. “Aunt Yuliana, this orange is sweet.


    Try it! My mother said that the baby boy would have fairer skin if more oranges are eaten during


    pregnancy.” Looking at Zofia, who was so close to Yuliana, Annabelle felt slightly unhappy. She forced


    a smile and questioned, “Zofia, are you going to give oranges to Aunt Yuliana only? Are there no


    oranges for me?” Zofia quickly took an orange petal from the fruit te and handed it to her. She gave


    a cheerful beam and said, “Annabelle, you can eat them too.”


    In turn, Annabelle took the orange. However, she only held it in her hand and did not eat it. Looking at


    the orange in her hand, she still felt upset about it.


    On the other hand, among the two children, one was Josie’s son, who was eight years old, and the


    other was Lena’s daughter, who was about the same age as Zofia.


    Josie and Logan got married early, and they still had two other children before this eight-year-old. The


    oldest child was a daughter who was already 13 years old. The second child was a son one year


    younger than the eldest daughter. Hence, the eight-year-old was the youngest child.


    Lena also had a son who was only three years old. He liked to stick to Alexzander every time he came


    there. Right now, he was happily ying games with Alexzander in the room.


    Seeing her son drenched with sweat, Josie eximed, “Gosh, why are you sweating so much?” She


    proceeded to wipe the sweat off her son’s face with a tissue and continued with a frown, “If you could


    study as hard as you yed, I wouldn’t have to worry so much!”


    This youngest son of Josie was currently in the second grade of elementary school. His academic


    performance ranked at the bottom of the entire grade. She had changed countless tutors for him, but


    nothing was effective.


    The York family was also a family of schrs, and they attached great importance to education. Hence,


    when she saw her youngest son be like this, Josie put in a lot of effort to help him.


    Joyce then said, “Josie, Yuliana is a primary school teacher. Why don’t you ask her if she has a way?”


    Hearing this, Josie looked at Yuliana. She paused and asked with a smile, “Which elementary school


    are you? teaching in, Yuliana?”


    “Juxshire Primary School,” Yuliana said.


    Josie eximed in surprise, “Juxshire Primary School is not bad. I also wanted Xavier to enter Juxshire


    Primary School, but it was a little far away from home, so I chose a private elementary school nearby.”


    She knew that the teaching quality of private elementary schools was good, and when she was trying


    to choose a school for her son, Juxshire Primary School was indeed one of her choices.


    When it came to their children’s education, these women finally chatted lively with Yuliana and threw all


    kinds of questions at her. Smoothly. Yuliana answered all of their questions. After being a teacher for


    several years and dealing with parents countless times, she naturally knew what they valued most.


    After discussing the children’s academic performance, the topic changed to parenting and eventually


    moved on to the pregnancy Since Yuliana was in this stage, it was her turn to ask for advice from them.


    Soon, her rtionship with the threedies became closer


    Meanwhile, as Annabelle was still unmarried and hadn’t given birth, she could not join in the


    conversation in this regard.


    At first, everyone would be considerate of Annabelle’s emotions, but eventually, they no longer cared


    about what she felt.


    Only Gemma still kept a distance from Yuliana, as she was closer to Annabelle.


    When it was time for a meal, Sofia came in to inform them to head to the dining room.


    Joyce turned around and headed toward the dining room.


    Following Joyce, Yuliana held Zofia’s hand while Zofia was talking to her, so they were walking a few


    steps


    slower than others.


    Joyce and Annabelle were walking ahead of them.


    Noticing Annabelle was beside her, Joyce took a nce and whispered, “Annabelle, since you have


    made a choice previously, you shouldn’t have returned.”


    Annabelle and Joyce were walking within a considerably close distance of each other. Being in this


    situation, Annabelle remembered when she used to hold Joyce’s hand while engaging in conversation


    happily.


    Annabelle replied, “Once, I thought I was also a part of this family.”