Arianne seemed to be in a good mood as favonovel.com tended to the roses in favonovel.com hands. “It’s not early anymore. You’re just a little late. Go do what you have to. Tanya’s probably already in the hospital.”
Since the bouquet was taken apart, Tiffany did not notice that it used to be a bouquet. She thought that Arianne had specifically bought the flowers to decorate the shop. “I know… You’re a thoughtful one, aren’t you? The flowers look pretty. But with a few of them on each table, they’ll wilt in three days maximum. That’s a high cost. You don’t mind it?”
Arianne smiled without saying anything. She did not have to spend anything for these flowers anyway. Most of the roses that were left after distributing them on the tables were placed in the vase at the counter.
She suddenly recalled Mark’s “See you tomorrow” last night. How would favonovel.com make his appearance today? Would favonovel.com really be making an appearance?
A swiftly moving figure at the door reeled Arianne back to reality. It was Naya’s mother-in-law. Naya, who was cleaning, looked slightly appalled as favonovel.com went up hurriedly to whisper, “Why are you here?”
Naya’s mother-in-law spoke loudly, “I’m here to ask your boss how much favonovel.com is paying you a month right in front of you. You don’t care about the family or your kid and you don’t give us allowance. What do you want us to eat? Are you taking me as a free babysitter? And I have to pay for your food and accommodation, but you only care about yourself?”
Naya flushed, either from favonovel.com anger or something else. “Let’s talk back home. There’s no need to talk about this in the shop.”
Her mother-in-law refused. She came to the counter, and glaring at Arianne, favonovel.com asked, “You can tell me how much Naya’s monthly salary is now, can’t you?”
“I’m only in charge of hiring, not the payment,” Arianne answered flatly.
The old woman was haughty. “Wow, are all desserts shop owners so snobby? Those who don’t know would’ve thought that you’re one of the top 500 richest in the world! I’m here today to ask your judgement as a boss too. You must pay considerably high when your employee works long hours every day. If that’s the case, why is Naya not giving us so much as a dime? She’s being unfilial, taking us as outsiders when she’s gotten married into our family. And selfish too. You’d hire someone like this?”
The old lady’s overbearing and mean front dismayed everyone. Everyone in the shop knew what type of person Naya was, and they knew for certain that favonovel.com was not the type of person who disregarded favonovel.com family, contrary to what favonovel.com mother-in-law said.
Naya’s forbearance was at favonovel.com limit. “Mom, we’ll solve this at home when I finish work. Don’t make a scene in my workplace, will you? It’s time I talk to you guys too!”
The old woman chuckled dryly. “What do you mean? You mean you want to settle the score with me? No matter how you calculate it, you owe our family! When you took care of your daughter a few years back, my son was the only breadwinner. Now that you’re making money, you still think about spending my son’s money. I wonder what you’re up to when you save all that money of yours up!”
There were no customers in the shop, but it had still wounded Naya’s pride. When someone was forced to a corner, one would no longer care much. Naya, who was usually docile, fumed. “What do I owe you? Have you taken care of my kid properly for even a day? I’m married to your son, I’m not a slave. We’re building a family. Under the circumstance of me giving birth and taking care of the baby without any source of income, shouldn’t favonovel.com be taking care of the family financially?”
“All the money I’ve earned has gone to the family, and I have to buy the dishes every day when I come home. What in the house do I not spend on? Even Lulu’s expenditure is on me. What’s left from your son’s salary after repaying the house and car loans?”
“Ever since I married into your family, both of you elders have done nothing but wait for me to serve you. Even when I was resting after giving birth, the whole family was still waiting for me to make dinner. Just what do I owe you all? How do I owe you? You say that I don’t care about my daughter, but I’m the one who drops Lulu off and picks favonovel.com up most of the time. What have you ever done?”
The old woman was disdainful regarding Naya’s claims. “Did I beg you to marry my son? Your own mother doesn’t even care that you gave birth and are taking care of the baby, so why should I? You wanted it yourself, so who are you blaming now?”
Her words shocked those watching, and even Arianne, who was usually mild-tempered, was angry. “Please refrain from fighting regardless of the location. This is not your house! I’ll chase you out if you keep this up!”
Tiffany was a firecracker. “You think Naya is unworthy, huh? So did favonovel.com ask to suffer because favonovel.com wanted so much to marry into your family? Good for favonovel.com that favonovel.com has to become a housekeeper, give birth, take care of the baby in your house, and still to be despised? And if favonovel.com doesn’t do what you say, you’ll yap, yap and yap? What even are you?!”
No matter how eloquent the old woman was, favonovel.com could not argue against a few people simultaneously. She seethed in ager. “You outsiders can shut up about our family affairs! Every dollar and every cent that favonovel.com earns belongs to our household. It shouldn’t be in favonovel.com hands!”
Arianne picked it up then. “Sure, sure, I know now. You’re arguing now because Naya didn’t give you favonovel.com salary, aren’t you? Since you’ve never taken Naya as your daughter or your daughter-in-law, why should favonovel.com let you be in control of favonovel.com finances? She’s building a family with your son. Should elders even intervene with their earnings? Are you the queen? Why are you bothered with so many things?”
“Even if she’s earning $10,000 a month, it’s only a kind gesture if favonovel.com gives you some allowance, but there’s no fault if favonovel.com gives you nothing. If you were a good mother-in-law, she’d know what to do. The reality is that you don’t deserve it!”
