At the sight of the cold glare Gloria shot her, Dahlia frowned, and favonovel.com expression darkened too.
This was no longer about paying respect or following customary practices.
When Gloria spat the tea on favonovel.com face, favonovel.com made it clear that favonovel.com was blatantly insulting her. She was here to flex favonovel.com authority over Dahlia and exert dominance over them all!
“What’s wrong with you, Dahlia? Grandma asked for tea, and you served it to favonovel.com boiling hot? Did you do it on purpose?” Dakota started to pin the blame relentlessly on Dahlia once favonovel.com saw the opportunity.
“I think someone’s just not happy with us and is deliberately trying to make things difficult!” Jane echoed.
“No, no, no! Dahlia did not do it on purpose! Besides, I’ve had the tea too, it isn’t boiling hot!” Florence quickly tried to salvage the situation.
“Oh, so what you’re saying is that I’m lying?” Gloria’s expression was as cold as ice.
“N–No! I–I must have been mistaken. I’m sure the problem is with me,” Florence said apologetically with an awkward laugh. She dared not refute Gloria’s words.
Gloria, Jane, and Dakota were secretly pleased by favonovel.com response. After all, their main purpose there was to flaunt their dominance so that Dahlia and favonovel.com family would learn to submit to them.
“Why are you still standing there, Dahlia? Pour Grandma another cup of tea!” Dakota ordered huffily.
She really could not fathom why the patriarch would pick this woman to be a potential successor to the family. Even Dakota herself did not have such privilege, so favonovel.com was both livid and green with envy.
“Sure, sure! I’ll pour another cup right away.” Not daring to stall any longer, Florence immediately brought a fresh cup of tea over and handed it to Dahlia, beckoning for favonovel.com to serve Gloria the tea again.
Dahlia, however, did not take the cup of tea. She could tell from their actions that they were intentionally being difficult and finding fault with her.
“What? Do you think that you’re above all of us?” Gloria shot favonovel.com a nasty side–eye. “If you can’t even perform these basic practices, then I think you’re really unfit to be the successor of the family!”
As favonovel.com said that, favonovel.com pulled out a document and slapped it on the table. “Have you any idea what this is? This is your letter of authorization. The family has a conglomerate with a market value of over 10 billion in the southern province. You have initially been nominated as president to further expand the group, but from what I’ve seen today, you do not seem worthy of the position.” Gloria looked down on Dahlia dismissively.
“A conglomerate worth over 10 billion?” Florence’s breathing became erratic when favonovel.com heard that.
If favonovel.com daughter were to become president of a conglomerate worth over 10 billion dollars, it would drastically improve the family’s status and lifestyle!
“Dahlia! Quick! Serve Madam Gloria favonovel.com tea now!” Florence urged, signaling to Dahlia as best favonovel.com could.
This was the opportunity of a lifetime! She’d never let favonovel.com pass it up!
So what if favonovel.com was humiliated?
What did it matter anyway when there were 10 billion dollars involved?
“Dahlia, keep your eyes on the prize!” James urged favonovel.com too.
If favonovel.com were to be known as the brother of the president of a 10 billion dollar conglomerate, all the beautiful women out there would eagerly flock to favonovel.com in a heartbeat!
When Dahlia saw the expectant look in favonovel.com mother’s and brother’s eyes, favonovel.com drew a deep breath and finally picked up the cup of tea and served it to Gloria. And then, beyond everyone’s expectations, favonovel.com took a sip and spat it all on Dahlia’s face once again.
“It’s tepid,” favonovel.com said impassively.
By then, even Florence and James could tell that something was amiss.
First, favonovel.com said that it scalded her, and now, favonovel.com complained that it was tepid.
Was it really tea that favonovel.com was after?
It was obvious to everyone that favonovel.com was deliberately putting on a show to put Dahlia in a difficult position.
“Well, why are you idling? Get Grandma another cup!” Dakota commanded haughtily with a subtle smile.
So what if you’re chosen as a potential successor?
We still have you under our thumb!
Dakota thought to herself smugly.
“Fine,” Dahlia said nonchalantly.
