Chapter 134
The servant''s face lit up with joy, and she scurried off to fetch the money from the butler.
"Mom, I heard from a ssmate that she saw Josefina outside Gourmet Gxy. She was grabbing
a bite there," Ruby mentioned casually.
Lauren grabbed her purse and headed for the door, determination in her stride. "I''m going to
confront that little hussy right now."
Ruby, not entirely at ease and admittedly eager for a spectacle, followed Lauren outside.
Billy didn''t make it home that evening. The office was in chaos, and he had to stay back to
strategize.
...
After a hearty meal, Josefina said to Alex, "I''ve settled the bill here, Alex. I need to head home now,
but you guys should go on to karaoke. Just bring the receipt back to the office for reimbursement."
She had inquired earlier. Dinner followed by karaoke was the usual routine.
"Thank you, Ms. Josefina." her employees chimed in, thrilled and grateful.
Josefina thought they might enjoy themselves more in her absence. Clutching her purse, she was
the first to leave.
As Josefina reached the bottom of the stairs, she encountered a sweaty Lauren standing at the
entrance. The weather was scorching, and Lauren, determined not to miss Josefina, had decided
against thefort of her air-conditioned car and opted to wait outside instead.
"Josefina, how could you do that to us! We took you in, raised you, and this is how you repay us?
You''re nothing but a monster!" Lauren hissed, her words dripping with venom as she advanced.
Josefina, dressed in a crisp white blouse and a flowing skirt, looked at Lauren with an icy stare that
made her falter. "The wicked bring about their own demise! If it weren''t for Mr. Antonio and Ava''s
scheming, how could they reap what they''ve sown?"
Ruby tugged at Lauren''s sleeve and shook her head disapprovingly. The previously hostile Lauren
suddenly fell silent.
Ruby, with a soft and soothing tone, addressed Josefina. "My parents raised you, and even though
you’re not rted by blood, you owe them for that upbringing. Don''t you feel a sense of obligation to
repay that kindness?"
Josefinaughed derisively, her eyes filled with scorn. "Ruby, the orphanage raised you. How do
you n to repay that kindness? Since you''ve been back, have you visited the dean who cared for
you? Have you seen the people who helped you through those years?"
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Ruby''s cheeks red with anger. "You don’t have to guilt trip me."
"Me? Guilt-tripping you?" Josefina scoffed.
"You''re impossible!" Ruby fumed, at a loss for words.
Josefina crossed her arms, a cold smile ying on her lips. "How can I guilt-trip someone whocks
any sense of morality?"
Lauren couldn''t stand by and watch her darling daughter be insulted. "Exactly. I raised you, and how
do you repay that kindness? The money I spent on you, isn''t that our contribution?" she retorted.
Josefina responded firmly, "I have given back to the vige that raised me. As for your family, go ask
Billy how your business dealings ended. Who was it that secured those deals for him in the first
ce? The return I''ve given your family is a hundredfold, a thousandfold your investment. And now
you have the audacity to guilt-trip me? You''ve got some nerve."
Lauren and Ruby, rendered mute by the rebuke, watched as the manager wiped beads of sweat
from his forehead. "Ms. Josefina, do you need assistance? If you don''t want these two around, I can
have someone escort them out." he offered.
Josefina, her demeanor cool and aloof, looked like a woman of high society, while Lauren and Ruby
appeared to be the rtives you''d rather not acknowledge, those who couldn''t hold a candle to her
elegance.
With a lofty nce, Josefina warned, "Stay out of my sight in the future." She continued forward,
where a car awaited her.