9. juunbsdirt know you had a germ phobia. I was thoughtless, Helena said, biting her lower lip hard to recover from her embarrassment,


    she vedast mile and quickly tried to salvage the situation as if that would help her retain some dignity.


    -up


    Even Rosale had to give Helena a mental thumbs u


    The


    wonder she was the daughter of udia, that mistress extraordinaire. With such patience, Helena might just be as aplished a mistress


    mother after a few more years.


    brought Jahan a new set of utensils, which he epted without a second thought, showing no intention of apologizing to Helena.


    Thy who had been ignored by Julian from the start and was already feeling displeased, now put on a stern face and spoke up, trying to assert her


    Julian you''re being a bit too particr. Helena isn''t dirty. She was just trying to be nice by serving you food. How could you embarrass her like


    A few discordant coughs interrupted Phyllis words.


    Rosalie who had no intention of getting involved in this family''s drama and was nning to go upstairs after finishing her meal, was taken aback by Phylls outdated and shocking remarks, even as she was taking thest sip of her soup.


    Sering aide the wue of serving food, even among close family members, many people would choose to use serving utensils.


    As Rosales sister. Helena''s act of serving Julian food with her own fork was already ambiguous and inappropriate.


    vas essentially asking Julian to eat food that had been in her mouth.


    ilian was the head of the Galloway family, a noble gentleman. Even if he didn''t have a germ phobia, what gave Helena the right to serve him food with her personal utensils


    Clearly. Phyllis was an uneducated country woman. No amount of jewelry could hide her vulgar and unrefined nature.


    are you talking


    Even Edward was stunned by Phyllis'' words, and his face turned bright red as he saw the mockery in Julian''s eyes. "Mom, what are about!" Edward scolded, his face stem.


    Phyllis was also unhappy at being reprimanded by her son. She didn''t really mean to criticize Julian; she just wanted to assert her presence since Julian hadpletely ignored her.


    As Edward''s mother, Phyllis knew that even after twenty years, the olddies in their circle still hadn''t truly epted her.


    Although they wouldn''t embarrass her publicly, they never invited her to their private gatherings.


    And now, even Julian, her grandson-inw, didn''t give her the respect she felt she deserved. Phyllis subconsciously thought Julian looked down on ber, just like those other wealthy olddies.


    Julian, however, didn''t want to stoop to the level of an old woman who was both condescending and ignorant. He ignored her words but was drawn to Rosalie''s coughing


    Rosalie seemed to be genuinely choking and couldn''t stop coughing for a long time.


    After mentally cursing Phyllis, she felt a band patting her back, and then a deep, velvety male voice whispered in her ear, "Why are you eating


    fast? No one''s racing you."


    This unexpected tenderness didn''t make Rosalie feel ttered; instead, it sent a shiver down her spine.


    "What''s he trying to do! Who is he putting on a show for? she wondered,


    Just thinking about Julian''s insincere behavior made Rosalie feel extremely annoyed.