At noon, Samuel and Lily, Victor’s parents, joined them at the mansion for lunch. Emma, too, found an excuse to stay and dine with them.
During the meal, Emma disyed great thoughtfulness, serving soup and assisting the elderly couple with their dishes. She even took the time to peel shrimp for Sophia, neglecting her own meal.
“Look, Sophia, I remembered that you like shrimp, so I peeled some just for you,” Emma said, pushing the te of peeled shrimp toward Sophia.
Sophia briefly nced at the te but then focused on eating from her own bowl, seemingly oblivious to it.
Emma’s hand lingered on the te, her smile strained.
After a while, Sophia still hadn’t touched the te of shrimp.
Lily reproached, “Sophia, Emma peeled the shrimp especially for you. Why aren’t you eating? Say thank you to Emma.”
Sophia continued eating, ignoring their words.
Observing this, Lily frowned, her tone turning stern. “Sophia, it’s impolite to behave this way.”
Sophia paused for a moment, raised her head, and her eyes showed stubbornness.
She simply didn’t want to eat anything from this wicked woman!
Emma, seeing Lily speaking up for her, quickly put on a caring and understanding expression, and consoled, “Madam, don’t be angry. Maybe Sophia is already full and that’s why she’s not eating these. Besides, Sophia’s emotions are already unstable, and this might scare her.”
Lily sounded relieved, “You’re sensible. I’ll feel at ease with you taking care of Sophia.”
Emma cautiously nced at Victor, her smile somewhat forced.
Lily also looked at her own son, her eyes filled with me.
Meeting their gaze, Victor’s expression slightly hardened, and he said to Emma in a deep voice, “Sophia doesn’t eat food given by strangers. You don’t need to bother.”
Upon hearing this, a pained expression shed across Emma’s face, and she awkwardly took the te of shrimp back.
Lily, intending to reconcile their rtionship, turned to admonish her own son, “You’ve spoiled her with these little quirks.”
Victor disagreed, “Children are supposed to have this sense of safety. At least after going out, they won’t eat things given by strangers recklessly.”
Lily wanted to say something more, but Samuel coughed and interjected, “Victor is right. Sophia has been running around these days, and if she eats something bad outside, no one can afford the responsibility.”
Lily then stopped pushing the matter.
After finishing lunch, Victor had work to attend to and asked about their ns.
Lily looked affectionately at her granddaughter, “It’s been a while since I took Sophia shopping for clothes. Sophia, Grandma will take you to buy a pretty little dress!”
Despite her dissatisfaction with her son’s marriage, Lily genuinely liked her granddaughter and thought that her son, being a man, might overlook certain things. Every time she saw Sophia, she would take her to buy a bunch of things that little girls like.
Sophia was about to agree but she saw Emma approaching, saying, “Madam, I’ll apany you. It’s a good opportunity to see what Sophia likes.”
“Okay.” Lily smiled and agreed.N?velDrama.Org ? content.
After saying that, Lily reached out to hold Sophia’s hand but found it empty.
Sophia shook her head at her grandmother and wrote on a notebook, “I don’t want to go out today. I want to practice writing at home.”
She had no desire to be with this wicked woman at all!
Lily didn’t insist.
Samuel sat down on the couch, holding his granddaughter’s hand, “Come, Grandpa will teach you. Tell Grandpa what words you want to practice today?”
Sophia remembered seeing the names “Sebastian” and “Ethan” on the notebooks of two boys in kindergarten, so she clumsily wrote them on the notebook.
Samuel didn’t understand, “Why do you suddenly want to practice these two words?”
After all, these two words weren’tmonly used, and he couldn’t think of any special meaning behind them.
Sophia shook her head and tugged at her grandfather’s sleeve, indicating that she wanted him to teach her.