"S-sorry, Brother-in-law. I didn’t realize you had a germophobia," Emily stammered, biting her lip hard as she tried to recover from the humiliation. Forcing a stiff smile, she tried to salvage what little face she had left.
Even Anna couldn’t help but inwardly give Emily a thumbs up. Truly, she was a worthy daughter of Victoria , the master manipulator. With endurance like that, given a few more years, Emily could become just as skilled a homewrecker as her mother.
The servant brought Charles a new set of utensils, and Charles took them without a second thought, showing no intention of apologizing to Emily . Meanwhile, Vivian , who had been simmering with displeasure at being ignored by Charles, finally spoke up, leaning on her age as she chastised him.
"Charles, you’re being too part
