Ca''s face alternated between red and pale with anger.


    Tessa gently held Ca''s hand, silentlyforting thetter. She tilted her head slightly, a faint, mocking smile on her lips as she looked at Yanis.


    "What''s shameful about being a housekeeper? It''s honest work. Earning money with your own hands, not stealing or cheating, is nothing to be embarrassed about.


    "On the contrary, I think it''s far more shameful for someone like you. Talentless, living off your husband''s money, spending your days ying poker, indulging in beauty treatments, and hoarding health supplements. That''s what I call shameful."


    "You!" Yanis pointed a trembling finger at Tessa, her face betraying her rage.


    Wendy hurried to pat Yanis'' back, soothing her. "Mrs. Gomez, don''t take her nonsense to heart. Don''t let her upset you."


    Then, she turned, her expression dripping with disdain, and addressed Tessa. "Tessa, a housekeeper''s daughter is still just that. This banquet was organized by Mr. Somerton for his cousin, and the guests here are all high-society elites. You, a penniless nobody, shouldn''t be embarrassing yourself here."


    Tessa''s radiant smile only widened. "Oh? High-society elites? Then how did small-timers like your family manage to get in?"


    Wendy''sposurepletely shattered. Her anger boiled over.


    "You''re calling my family small-timers? You, a housekeeper''s daughter, dare to look down on me?" "Aw, still trying to ingratiate yourself with the Somerton family? With your family''s status, you don''t even qualify to be their watchdog." Tessa arched an eyebrow, her tone dripping with sarcasm.


    Wendy jabbed a furious finger at Tessa''s face, her voice shaking with rage. "Are you crazy? You''re taking out your failure with Zachary on me? Hah, you couldn''t keep a man, so now all you do is y word games with me.


    Tessa chuckled lightly. "Zachary got into a fight and ended up in the hospital for me. Didn''t you know?" Wendy froze, utterly stunned. So, Zachary''s injuries a few days ago were indeed because of Tessa. Yanis sneered, her disbelief evident. "You? Don''t tter yourself."


    "Mrs. Gomez, let''s leave. Don''t stoop to her level," Wendy said as she hooked her arm around Yanis''. Yanis, still fuming, was worried about growing more upset and left with Wendy.


    Even as Wendy mingled with the wealthy men at the banquet, her gaze kept drifting toward Tessa.


    Finally, ten minutester, an


    opportunity presented itself. Tessa left the seating area to go to the


    restroom. Wendy immediate eget


    followed her.


    Inside the restroom, Wendy brushed past Tessa deliberately, using the opportunity to slip her bracelet into Tessa''s handbag.


    The contact made Tessa


    ?????


    ufortable, and she pushed Wendy away with a look of disgust. "The restroom is huge. Why do you have to squeeze past me?


    Wendy smirked, her n now in motion. "What? Did your family build this restroom?"


    Tessa sneered inwardly. How ironic. This entire estate, including the restroom, indeed belonged to her family.


    Without another word, Wendy rolled her eyes and walked out.


    A few minutester, Wendy raised her voice in the banquet hall, iming that her bracelet was missing. Standing with a haughty expression, she confronted Tessa directly. "You stole my bracelet, didn''t you?" Tessa raised an eyebrow, amusement flickering in her eyes. "Are you sure it was me?"


    "Who else could it be? You''re the only housekeeper''s daughter here. A penniless nobody like you is the only one who would stoop to stealing an 80-thousand-dor bracelet." Wendy crossed her arms and lifted her chin with an air of arrogance.