The Queen's Back

Mona bent over and raised her head. She was waiting for Stephanie to respond to her greeting. Her posture made it hard to keep on.

After a long time, Mona still did not hear Stephanie's voice. She knew Stephanie was deliberately making things difficult for her and pretending not to hear her.

Mona said loudly, "Stephanic, how are you doing?"

Mona's voice was loud enough that even the servants far away could hear her. If Stephanie did not say anything, it was obvious that she was deliberately making things difficult for Mona.

Stephanie hummed softly and turned to look at Mona. For some reason, she threw her coffee cup to the ground and said sternly, "Why? Why are you so loud? Are you yelling at me the first day after you marry into the Carter family?"

Hearing Stephanie's words, Mona silently rolled her eyes in her heart and thought to herself, 'If she didn't want me to speak so loud, why hasn't she responded in the first place? So pretentious!"

The burning cup hit the floor, and the coffee splashed on Mona, splashing on her ankle. At first, it was relatively hot, but later, the coffee turned cold. Even Mona's pants were a little wet and stuck to her skin. She found it uncomfortable to wear it. Seeing that, Maxwell wanted to stop it, but Richard gave him a look, indicating for him to stand still.

Since Mona had married into the Carter family, everyone in Nathontown knew about it. In the Carter family, she had to follow some rules, just like meeting the elders like today.

Helpless, Mona asked the servant beside her to serve Stephanie another cup of coffee.

She respectfully handed the cup to Stephanie and said loudly, "Stephanie, here's your coffee."

Stephanie took the coffee cup from Mona's hand. Seeing her frown, Mona said, "Stephanie, I've just tested the temperature of the coffee. It's neither hot nor cold. It's just right."

Mona said what Stephanie wanted to say. Stephanie could only swallow the words that were about to come out of her mouth. She slowly took a small sip and handed the gift to Mona. However, there was still displeasure in her eyes. Mona did not care. After what happened that night, Mona could no longer like Stephanie.

Later, they would meet Donald and Juliet. With Richard around, even if Juliet disliked Mona, she would not show it. Greeting Donald and Juliet went smoothly.

When everything was over, the wedding would be over. The family sat in the living room and chatted. Mona felt her pants were wet and cold. It felt very uncomfortable to stick wetly to her legs.

She unconsciously touched her pants and pulled them out, not wanting them to stick to her skin.

Everyone was sitting there talking. Mona was too embarrassed to say that she wanted to get a hairdryer to dry her pants. She wanted to wait for the conversation to end.

Mona did not like the feeling of chatting like this. Everyone did not like each other in their hearts, but they still acted like they were close.

It was just that there was a fixed time every day to sit there and talk. What was the point of saying things that were not in their hearts? They would not be intimate with each other. Maxwell noticed Mona's actions and realized Mona's pants were wet. Without much thought, he told Richard and took Mona upstairs.

9.09.

Mon,

It had been a long time since the two of them last visited. The room had already been cleaned by the servants. The bedsheets had been changed, and the bathroom door had been changed. "Why didn't you tell me your pants were wet?" Maxwell said as he picked up the hairdryer.

"I thought I'd wait until the end of the conversation." As Mona spoke, she saw Maxwell squatting down with the hairdryer. She quickly said, "No, I'll do it."

Before she could finish speaking, Maxwell had squatted down. He turned the hairdryer on the hot air and started drying Mona's pants.

"I'll do it. Mona, I'm sorry to put you into this again today. Greeting the elders is a process. I just want to humor Grandpa." After all, Richard did not object to Maxwell's wedding with Mona. Instead, Richard had tried his best to organize it. "Oh, it's fine. I understand." Mona looked down at Maxwell who was squatting beside her, understanding what he was thinking.

The hot wind passed through her pants to her calves. It was warm and comfortable.

In particular, Maxwell's large hand rubbed against the skin of her calf from time to time, bringing a lot of numbness from her calf to the bottom of her heart. If Maxwell had not moved his hand quickly, Mona would have thought he did it on purpose.

After Maxwell dried Mona's pants, Mona felt her face begin to burn inexplicably. She thought, "This abstinent man is so alluring!

When the two of them went down, it was time for lunch. Mona consciously waited for the Carter family's elders to take their seats before sitting in front of Maxwell.

Mona sat down and looked at the dishes in front of her. She frowned slightly. They were all crabs, prawns, and some shelled food. She wondered, 'Are they going to let me peel the prawns myself? Don't they know girls' nails are all precious?'

In the Clem family, the servants always peeled the prawns and served them. In the past, she loved Teddy and tried to please him, but she had never peeled prawns for him because she knew how precious her nails were.

During the meal, Juliet was attentive. She kept asking Mona to eat more and even gave prawns to Mona with the serving fork, vividly portraying the loving stepmother.

Mona was eating the vegetable dish closer to her. She did not touch any of the prawns that Juliet had given her.

"Mona, why are you only eating vegetables? Quick, try some prawns. It is good," Juliet said with a smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, Maxwell switched his plate with Mona. There were a few prawns on his plate. They did not have shells, and there were also vegetarian dishes that Mona liked.

"This is Juliet's house. If someone came to the Carter family for dinner, they would think the Carter family was too poor to afford to hire a servant. Don't you know that prawns have to be peeled and served on the dining table?" Maxwell said as he wiped his hands. His tone was cold. Mona looked up and met Juliet's stiff smile. The corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously as she thought, 'Maxwell's words are mean!'Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

"Yes, it is my negligence. I didn't think of this," Juliet said unwillingly.

"Alright, just get the servants to bring them down and peel them. Seeing that, Gordon spoke up for his mother and asked the servants to bring down all the food in front of Mona.

When Gordon raised his head, his gaze unconsciously swept across Mona's slender wrist. When Mona raised her arm just now, he noticed that her wrist was red. As a man who had been sleeping around, he knew what it was.