Ch. 1501..1510

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1501 -"Alex called me last night, telling me that he had come back, but he couldn’t return home yet because there were still some things he needed to settle.He told me not to worry too much about it.

"As for Edward, I didn't have the chance to speak to him.Plus, I was ina rush, and I didn’t think of asking that question.I'll make sure to ask Alex this the next time he calls me, okay? I promise!" Lily comforted.

However, she was only telling half the truth.

It was true that she did not think of asking Alexander the question, but Edward was not there at the time.

As Lily’s words sounded true and there was no problem with the story, Olivia did not have any doubts about it and trusted Lily naturally.

Nodding, she said, "Okay! Then you must ask on my behalf the next time.

"If he lost it due to his carelessness, I’ll teach him a lesson when he’s back! We promised each other to keep our rings safe when we got married.How could he lose it this way? I’m starting to doubt his combat skills now."

Lily felt upset upon hearing that but did not dare to speak more, afraid that she would give something away.

As a result, she quickly interrupted Olivia, saying, "You're right! What about if I get some tools ready for you when he comes home? You can punish him in a thousand different ways by then."

"There’s no need for that.I’m not that crazy yet!"

Olivia muttered, wanting to say something else, but she saw Lily yawn.

"I didn’t get a good sleep last night because of the phone call! I’m going to take a nap.You should do the same too! We can rest well now that we know they’re fine."

Seeing that Lily was yawning and squinting her eyes, Olivia could tell she was truly exhausted.

She knew that Lily had been through a lot in recent days and hence, she just nodded and said, "Okay then.I'll head home now, and I hope you have a good nap! Mr.Russell shouldn't have called you in the middle of the night to disturb your sleep when you’re still pregnant! He needs to learn how to choose a better time."

"That’s right! I’m going to teach him a lesson when he comes home too!"

Lily nodded, agreeing to Olivia's words.

Olivia chuckled when she imagined how hilarious it would look when Alexander got punished.

"I’ll be leaving now!"

She picked up her bag and took a few steps but came back soon, looking like she was suddenly reminded of something.

"Oh right.Do you remember that I told you the royals of Yudonia want to custom -make perfumes..."

"Didn’t I tell you that we wouldn’t accept their orders?"

Lily was in thought for a moment, almost forgetting that such a thing existed.

She had a lot on her plate recently and had no time to accept that order, which was troublesome and would put her in a difficult position.

They were the royals of Yudonia, but what did that have to do with her? She was not interested in gaining any political favors, as she just wanted to focus on her career as a perfumer.

If they truly liked her products, they could just buy the perfumes that she had created.

Custom-making perfumes depended solely on her mood at the time.

"I did reject them, but they sent me another two emails after that, and they did not sound as polite as they did in the first email anymore.Since they’re royals, I thought it wouldn’t be nice to offend them too much, so I wanted to ask for your opinion on this."

After a moment of pause, Olivia continued, "By the way, I’ve forwarded the email to you.I guess you were too busy recently and haven’t had the time to check it out.When you’re free later, you can take a look at them.

"Even if we were to reject them, we shouldn't end the conversation on a bad note.We’re not trying to curry favor with the royals, but we shouldn't offend them either.It wouldn’t bring us any benefits."

Olivia managed to calm down.

Her mind was clearer all of a sudden, and she knew how to deal with this matter.

Before this, her mind was a mess because she was worried about Edward.

Plus, she was desperate to visit Burnwken so she had put this matter aside for far too long.

Now that she was not worried anymore because Edward was fine, she had to prioritize this matter.

Lily nodded, agreeing with Olivia’s words.

They should not have any bad blood with the royals, even if they had no intention of currying favor with them.

After all, it was not a good thing to offend the royals, no matter how one looked at it.

"I got it.I’ll check out my inbox later.Have a good rest in the next couple of days and stay home if possible," Lily said.

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1502-After sending Olivia out, Lily pressed her hand on her chest and let out a long sigh.

After all, she felt bad for the white lie she told earlier.

The most important thing she had to do now was meet Alexander and find out about Edward’s situation.

She wanted to be mentally prepared before Olivia knew about it.

As for the order request from Yudonia’s royals, she did not understand why they were so persistent about wanting her to create a perfume just for them.

Although she had gained some fame internationally in the past two years, there were other renowned perfumers as well.

Why must it be her? While massaging her temples, which were hurting, she walked to the study and turned on the computer.

She wanted to make herself a cup of coffee at first, but when her fingers touched the coffee machine, she changed her mind and got herself a glass of milk instead.

When she returned to the table, the computer was already turned on.

She clicked on her inbox and found many unread emails there.

Few people knew about her personal email address.

For instance, the royals of Yudonia sent emails to her office’s email address when they wanted to request that she custom-make perfumes for them.

In other words, most emails would be sent to the office’s email address, where Olivia would filter and manage them before reporting to Lily.

If it was something difficult to deal with, Olivia would then forward those emails to Lily’s personal email address.

Lily clicked on the email at the top first, which was the one that Olivia had forwarded to her.

As she sipped on the glass of milk, she glanced through the email, and indeed, as Olivia had mentioned, they were more direct and forceful in the following emails compared to the first one.

Perhaps they were frustrated and angry after being rejected a few times.

At the end of the email, they once again insisted that Lily take the order.

If she refused to do so, they would need to meet up in person for her to do so.

Plus, the email sender mentioned that he was only carrying out his orders and hoped that Lily understood the difficulties he faced as someone else’s subordinate.

After some thought, Lily still did not understand why she could only reject them in person.

The whole thing just felt off to her.

Soon after, she put down the glass and placed both her hands on the keyboard, her fingers quickly typing away.

Her words showed her respect toward the royals.

She explained that she was not trying to disrespect the royals by refusing to accept their order request, but she could not do so because she was pregnant now.

If they could wait, they could discuss this again after she gave birth.

By then, she would prioritize this matter.

As for meeting in person, she mentioned that there was no need for that.

However, if they insisted on meeting her, they needed to choose a location in Kingsland for the meetup as it was inconvenient for her to move around.

Lastly, she hoped that the royals were doing well and expressed her deep apologies once again.

After adding a period to her last sentence, she read the entire thing again to ensure there were no problems before sending it to Olivia, asking her to reply to the royals with the office’s official email address.

With that, Lily managed to refuse them for the time being while leaving some room for her to make any changes in the future.

She believed they would be unable to wait until she went into labor, as that would take a few more months.

Plus, she would need to take care of her body after that, so they would probably need to wait around a year.

On top of that, custom- making a new perfume required various experiments, and the first stage would take about one and a half to two years to be completed.

As royals, who among them would be willing to wait for such a long time? Hence, Lily managed to reject them in another way.

She used almost the same strategy for the meeting in Kingsland too.

As the royals were from Yudonia, Lily could not travel that far just to meet them.

If they wanted to meet her, they had to come to Kingsland.

This was her place, and she would be better prepared if the other party had any ill intentions toward her.

Also, she clearly rejected them in the email.

They would probably be unwilling to travel to Kingsland just to listen to her rejection again, but in person this time.

After settling all this, she breathed a sigh of relief and stretched her arms and neck.

There were still a few more unread emails in her inbox.

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1503-Besides a few spam emails, there was an email from a name Lily had not seen for a long time—Benedict Tanner.

Lily was stunned when she saw the name.

Not because she needed time to recall the person's name but because she did not expect him to reply to her email.

She had sent Benedict an email when she felt something was amiss with the institute.

At that time, she had destroyed all the research data, although Austin recovered it later.

Austin’s words reminded her of something when they were at Dominic’s place.

If a hacker could recover the data, they could hack it again.

There was an encrypted database that Lily could not hack or access.

The only person who had access to the database was Professor Thompson.

When she asked him about it, he said it involved some internal confidential information and was not for everyone to view.

As it was a highly confidential database, he could not grant Lily access and hoped she would understand him.

However, he offered to retrieve all the information she needed from the database.

She just needed to let him know about it.

All the incidents that happened later made her grow doubtful, and she remembered the encrypted database at the time.

‘If a top hacker could hack into the database, they can’t see what was inside, right?’ Lily thought it was simple to do that, but finding a trustworthy and credible hacker was challenging.

Not only did she need the hacker to be skilled enough to hack into the database, but she also needed to trust the hacker not to leak anything about the institute.

After some thought, she remembered Benedict.

He was not a skilled top hacker but was indeed friends with one.

Benedict met the hacker when he was traveling, looking for all those precious wood, saving the hacker’s life by chance.

Benedict casually brought this matter up during their conversation, but Lily remembered it.

Hence, when she wanted to find a hacker she could trust, she remembered what Benedict had told her.

As for Benedict, Lily considered him a friend she could trust.

Ever since he took over the Tanner Corporation, he had been working hard, and Lily heard that the company’s business was improving by the day.

However, he was forced to put his hobbies aside for now.

That was life.

One had to make choices and sacrifices to gain something.

Lily clicked on the mouse and opened the email.

The content was short and straightforward.

Benedict mentioned that his friend had accepted the job and would inform Lily once he had any updates about it.

"Thanks!"

Lily replied to the email, but her eyes dimmed.

The thought of the institute reminded her of Professor Thompson, who had just passed away not long ago, and Austin, who had gone missing.

Lily had a feeling where he was—with Rhea.

It was just that Lily had no idea where he was locked up.

Judging from Mike's words, Austin was safe, but no one knew how long that would last.

‘Where are they keeping Ausing, and what is Mike’s role in all this? What does he want? Lily’s headache only worsened at the thought of all this.

Fortunately, Alexander was back in Kingsland.

Although he had gotten infected by the plague, he was back, and she could settle all her problems.

His presence had always managed to ease her anxiety.

Lily just hoped that tomorrow would come faster so she could meet him.

There were so many things she wanted to say to him and so many matters she needed to discuss.

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1504-The following morning, Maria washed up and had breakfast before delicately doing her make-up.She was about to leave the house to go shopping and meet up with her friends.She had been so busy with Anastasia’s matters that she had no time to hang out with her friends.

It had tempted her for along time, and they finally agreed to hang out.

‘I’m so going to have a good time today!’ With that thought in mind, she picked up her bag and headed to the door.

Just as she was about to leave, she heard hurried footsteps, and soon, she watched as someone quickly entered through the door.

Once she looked at the person, joy flashed across her face.

"Ree! You're back!"

"Yeah," Rhea responded and ascended the stairs.

"Ree, you're not returning to the institute anymore, are you? Will you be staying home longer this time?" Maria asked.

She had grown accustomed to this side of Rhea and just turned to follow her daughter upstairs. Rhea did not reply and just walked quickly.

"I saw the news. Something happened to a professor from your institute, right? Will you guys continue with the experiment, or will it stop? I think you should use this chance to rest. Look at you. You've lost a few pounds again!"

Maria spoke by herself, not bothered that Rhea was not replying.

When they arrived at Rhea’s room, Rhea hurried to her desk. Her expression changed after her gaze swept across the table.

"Where’s my pen holder?"

"What was that?"

Maria blinked, not understanding her question.

"My pen holder! The one I put on my desk!" Rhea roared as she slapped her palm on the top of the table.

Her expression looked terrible at this moment.

It scared Maria to see her daughter this way.

She stuttered, "I-I don’t know."

"How could you not know?"

Rhea hit the table with her palm desperately.

If she could, she would crack the table with her bare hands.

After that, she rummaged around her room frantically for her pen holder.

From the table to her cabinets, drawers, and even the bookshelves behind.

Her room was a mess.

"I placed it here! How could it go missing? Did you come into my room when I wasn’t around? Did you touch my things?"

Rhea yelled like a mad woman while searching her room for the pen holder.

Maria was frightened because she had never seen this side of Rhea.

Although Rhea had been hostile and distant toward others and looked like a robot with no emotions, she had never broken out in such a rage.

"N-No! I didn’t! Since you told me not to, I wouldn’t dare touch your things."

After a pause, Maria added softly, "I have no idea what pen holder you're talking about.Tell me about it.Is it expensive? I’ll buy one that’s even more expensive for you.Cheer up, Ree!"

"Buy?!"

Rhea could not find the pen holder even after rammaging around her room, so she looked up and sneered.

"Do you think you can buy everything in this world with your stupid money?"

"I..."

Maria was upset about being questioned in such a manner.

Tears filled her eyes quickly as she said aggrievedly, "Ree, I know you’re upset with us and think I’m biased, but I’ve explained it to you many times.

"It's not what you think it is.Plus, you hate how your father and I could do anything for money, but you grew up comfortably with our money! Without our stupid money, could you have studied abroad? Could you have found such a great job? Could you be living so comfortably?"

Rhea scoffed and said maliciously, "What? Are you trying to say I’m indebted to you guys now, and I’ve spent much of your money? Fine! Let’s do the accounts, and I’ll pay you a lump sum! You guys have that fat daughter anyway.You don’t need me!"

Her words stunned Maria.

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1505-Maria did not expect Rhea to resent them so much.

"Ree, I told you this before.Toward Anastasia, I’m only..."

"Only using her to get on her father’s good side!"

Rhea impatiently completed Maria’s sentence.

"I’ve heard that way too many times.Could you be more creative? Also, where the f*ck is my pen holder?"

"I..."

Maria wiped her tears, not wanting to waste her time explaining herself anymore.

"I have no idea."

"you're at home all day! How could you not know?"

Rhea did not believe Maria's words.

"Did you come into my room and touch my things? Did you clean my room?"

Maria stayed silent, slightly guilty over this.

Rhea had repeatedly told her mother not to enter her room, but she was not home most of the time.

Maria thought that her things would get dusty if she just let them be, so she would use her spare key to enter Rhea’s room and clean it up from time to time.

However, she could swear she had not seen any pen holder.

She did not touch any of Rhea’s things and would not have the guts to throw them away.

"I haven’t seen any pen holders, I swear! I didn’t throw any of your things away too!"

Maria took a deep breath and said, this time calmer, "If the pen holder is so precious to you, tell me what it looks like.I'll get the maids to look for it.If we can’t find it, I'l have it custom-made for you, alright?"

"You don’t understand anything!"

Rhea threw Maria a sideways glance.

A hint of contempt was evident in her gaze.

"You uncultured people know nothing at all!"

Just as Maria was about to retort, Rhea continued, "Who else came into my room recently? Who came over to our house?"

"well..."

That question stunned Maria for a moment.

She replied after some thought, "No one special! I didn't invite any of my friends to come over for tea.It’s just your father, the maids, and no one..."

Maria paused, appearing to have remembered something.

"Oh, right.Anastasia came by once, but she didn’t enter your room.She just sat in the living room and left without even having a meal here."

"Her?" Rhea frowned.

"Why did she come here?"

"Nothing much. Tasia said she just wanted to visit me because I’ve been busy with her illness these days..."

Before Maria finished her words, she stopped abruptly and changed what she was about to say, afraid that Rhea would get angry if she heard them.

"Still, I didn’t do all that for nothing.

"Your father should have settled his bidding matter.Our family will be in a much higher position in the future, and we’ll be a noble and wealthy family.We won’t have to listen to everything your uncle says anymore."

Rhea did not care about any of that.She was only concerned with the fact that Anastasia came by.

"When did she come here? How long did she stay? How do you know she didn't enter my room? Were you by her side the entire time?"

"Uhh..."

Maria wanted to explain at first but hesitated for some time.

"I wasn’t next to her the whole time, but there’s no reason for her to take your pen holder.It’s not like she lacks anything.Plus, she’s not in school anymore.Why would she need a pen holder? It can’t possibly be her!"

"Did any other outsiders come by besides her?"

"No,"

Maria said with certainty as she shook her head.

"Got it."

With that, Rhea headed out the door with hurried steps.

Seeing that Rhea walked past her without saying anything, Maria chased after her.

"Ree? Ree! Where are you going? Aren’t you going to eat first? Ree, talk to me!"

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1506 -Rhea did not reply to her mother and just walked away quickly in big steps, causing her to almost run into Fabian, who had just returned home.

"Why are you being so impetuous?"

Fabian had a dark expression, obviously in a foul mood.

"Rhea! Stop right there!"

Rhea just threw him a glance, but she continued walking in the direction of the door.

"Rhea! Are you deaf? Can’t you hear that I’m talking to you? Where are your f*cking manners?"

Fabian was furious and was about to pull Rhea back, but Maria managed to stop him first.

"Hey, calm down.What’s with the both of you today? You can only meet each other a few times a year! Why can’t the both of you behave nicely?"

‘It's your fault for spoiling her!" Fabian rebuked.

Seeing that Rhea had already entered her car and he could not chase after her anymore, he just retracted his hand angrily as he scolded, "All of them are ungrateful punks!"

Maria was stunned.

"Who are you calling ungrateful punks?"

"Your daughter, that b*tch Anastasia, and that b*stard Cameron!"

Fabian loosened his tie as he slumped into the couch heavily.

Then he grabbed his hair with both hands, rumpling it up vigorously.

This look of his made Maria anxious for some reason.

"What happened? Why are you so angry at everyone? Also, Cameron..."

She paused and looked around, waving as a sign for the maids to give them some privacy.

Then she continued in a softer voice, "What happened to you today? You even have the guts to scold him."

In the past, Fabian would never dare to rebuke Cameron, no matter how mad he was.

Even when he was at his angriest, he would only complain about the man.

It was the first time he had cursed Cameron so openly and even mentioned his name.

"Not only am I going to berate him, but I want to punch the h*ll out of him as well! That b*stard fooled me! Does he even treat me as his brother-in-law? If my sister was still alive, she would not allow this to happen!"

Fabian spat angrily.

It sounded serious, and Maria only became more anxious.

"What happened? Tell me what it is! Don’t scare me this way!"

"That bastard granted the project to the Russells! To the f*cking Russells! What the f*ck? No one even knows where Alexander is right now! He might even be dead elsewhere! How could he grant the project to his company? What benefits did Alexander offer him that he would choose to help outsiders instead of his own family?"

Fabian had been suppressing these words since the bidding meeting and could only let them out when he arrived home.

‘I just wish I could’ve rushed over and questioned him to the end of this.Why did he lie to me? Why did he go back on his words after promising me he'd grant me the project? How could he give it to the Russells? I can’t believe it!’ Fabian was also furious because he had told everyone that the project would belong to him.

However, today, he received such humiliating treatment.

He believed that all those people were laughing about him right now, but putting that aside, those who invested in his company because they trusted him to get the project would withdraw their investment.

His company would be in a crisis soon.

"How could that happen?!" Maria exclaimed in disbelief.

"Didn’t you say that it was already set in stone and that he had promised you?! Cameron is a man of his word, how could he go back on them this time around?!"

"A man of his words?" Fabian sneered.

"That probably only applies to the Russells! I thought he would uphold fairness and justice in his life, but in the end, he would give in to his interests as well! What a hypocrite he is! If my sister was still alive, I wouldn’t have suffered such humiliation!"

"what are we going to do? How do you know the Russells offered him something?"

Maria asked further questions about the matter, as she could not think of a way to salvage the situation.

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1507-"If he isn't getting anything from the Russells, why is he treating them so nicely? Why can’t he help me when I’m his brother-in- law? We’re his family, while the Russells aren’t! I bet he’s doing it for money! I just don't know how they made their deal.I knew this bastard wasn't the upright man he appeared to be, and he'd kept it hidden for a long time."

The more he said, the angrier he became until he abruptly jumped to his feet.

"I need to talk to him."

As he was about to leave, he saw Maria chasing after him.She was trying to stop him.

"What? Don’t stop me now! No matter what you do today, I’m going to find him! He must explain things to me clearly! He went overboard this time!"

"Why would I stop you? I’m coming with you!"

Maria picked up her handbag in a hurry as she said, "You’re right! We must get an explanation from him! We've been so nice to his family over the years and even treated his daughter like our own.

"Ree is jealous and grew distant from me because of that, but he isn’t even willing to grant us a project.It’s not like we’re asking him for a huge favor.What a horrible treatment for us!"

Maria ranted in frustration, letting out all the anger that she had suffered over the years.

"He must explain what happened to us! I even helped him find the miracle doctor for Anastasia.If it wasn’t for me, his daughter would've been dead by now!"

"It seems to me that he doesn’t love Anastasia that much either.Hmph!"

Fabian snickered.

"Doesn't he have a mistress? I bet he’s going to have another kid with his mistress soon.If he truly loves and cares about Anastasia, how could he do nothing after learning that she was poisoned?"

While following Fabian out the door, Maria suddenly realized something and stopped in her tracks.

"You’re right! Did he pretend to care about Anastasia all these years?"

"It’s nothing strange.After all, he’s good at pretending.Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been tricked by him!"

Fabian had a dark look on his face as he tried to hold back the anger that was building up in his heart.

Other than being mad, he was anxious as well.

If he cannot get this project, he must get something else as compensation.

If he did not, it would be game over for the Moore family.

The couple got into the car, and Fabian drove straight to Cameron’s place.

There was not any obstruction, as they had imagined, and they managed to enter the place successfully.

However, Cameron was not at home, and the two did not get to meet him.

"Uncle Fabian.Aunt Maria."

Anastasia heard that they had come and walked to the door to greet them.

The sight of Anastasia astounded the couple.

It had been some time since they last saw her, and she had lost a lot of weight since then.

She was standing by the threshold, basking under the sun, which only made her fair skin more prominent.

Although she was still considered chubby, she was much slimmer than when they last saw her.

"A-Anastasia?" Fabian called out in slight disbelief.

"Hi, Uncle Fabian.Hi Aunt Maria."

Anastasia repeated her greetings and invited them into the house.

"Come in."

When the couple returned to their senses, they gave each other a meaningful look before heading into the house together.

Then they heard Anastasia’s voice.

"Uncle Fabian, why didn’t you guys come together with Rhea earlier?"

"Rhea?"

Maria did not understand what she meant but got it once she entered the living room.

Rhea was sitting on the couch, and it was obvious that she had been there for quite some time.

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1508-"Ree, what are you doing here?"

Maria was surprised and jogged over to her.

Rhea frowned.

"Why are you guys here?"

"I have something to do.What about you?"

Fabian cleared his throat and asked.

"Likewise!"

Rhea spoke without looking back as her gaze landed on Anastasia.

"Tell me.Where is my pen holder?"

Anastasia spread her palms, looking helpless.

"Rhea, I didn’t take your pen holder, I swear! I don’t even know what it looks like.Plus, why would I take your pen holder?"

"God knows why! Who else could it be other than you? My mom said you’re the only outsider who came to our house in the last two days!" Rhea accused her coldly.

Maria could only smile awkwardly at the sudden mention of her name.

"Tasia, Ree lost her pen holder, and it’s important to her.There hasn't been anyone else by the house recently.I don’t think that you took it either, but could it be possible that you accidentally brought it home?"

That was a great play with words.

If Maria had asked Anastasia, "Did you take it?"

it would mean that Anastasia had stolen the pen holder if she had it with her now.However, she used the phrase "accidentally brought it home," so Anastasia could admit what she did without looking like a thief.

After all, the pen holder was in Rhea’s room.

How could Anastasia have brought it home accidentally? "Aunt Maria, I didn’t take it.I didn’t even go upstairs when I visited the other day.Have you forgotten that?"

Anastasia said solemnly, her gaze as genuine as ever to demonstrate that she was telling the truth.

"Anastasia, I know you wouldn’t lie to us, but there might be a misunderstanding here.Well...when is your father coming back?"

The focus of Fabian and Maria's visit was Cameron.

The pen holder was not what they prioritized, so they brushed it off after just a few questions.

"My daddy..."

Before Anastasia could finish her words, Rhea suddenly stood up and walked over to her.

In front of everyone, she grabbed Anastasia’s wrist.

"Rhea, what are you doing?"

Anastasia was stunned and tried to break free subconsciously, but Rhea had an iron grip on her.

Rhea placed three of her fingers on Anastasia’s pulse for a moment before glancing at her.

"You are the medications Austin prescribed to you?"

Anastasia pulled her hand back a little.

"I-I did!"

"Bullsh*t! And they say you never lie!"

Rhea scoffed and released her.

If it were not for Anastasia’s heavy weight, which provided her with stability, she would have been staggering right now.

Maria quickly held Anastasia and reprimanded, "Ree, what are you doing?"

No matter what, they had to be mindful of their actions at Cameron’s place.

As they had not had a fallout with Cameron yet, they had to treat Anastasia nicely like they always did.

Rhea was not bothered by such words from her mother at all.She just smirked and said, "Mom! She’s lying to you! She didn’t take any of the medications Austin prescribed to her!"

"She didn’t?"

Maria looked at Rhea first before turning her head to look at Anastasia, not quite believing Rhea’s words.

"That can’t be! Anastasia said that she had taken them.Plus, the results are evident.She has lost so much weight! Ree, look at how healthy Anastasia’s complexion is now.It’s all thanks to the miracle doctor that I found!"

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1509-While Maria complimented Anastasia, she wanted to take credit for herself, insinuating that Anastasia would not have lost this much weight and looked much healthier without her help.

Anyhow, she believed Cameron owed them a big favor.

They must get to the end of things with him regarding this matter.

"If she had drunk it, she wouldn’t look like this now."

Rhea sneered and coldly glanced at Anastasia.

Anastasia shook Maria’s hand off, stood up straight, and walked toward Rhea as she said, "What should I look like then? How do you know what medications the miracle doctor prescribed to me? How do you know their effects? Rhea, do you understand medicines too?"

Maria was puzzled and hurried to explain, "Ree was a medical student.Have you forgotten..."

"Rhea learned about modern medicine,"

Anastasia interrupted, "I didn’t know she learned about medicinal herbs as well and being this good at it?"

"You're ignorant and haven’t performed well in your studies.What would you know?" Rhea said.

She was never polite and respectful when talking to Anastasia.

Ever since they were young, Rhea was not close to Anastasia, and Anastasia knew that Rhea did not like her.

As for a reason for Rhea's feelings, Anastasia had no idea either.

At the time, Anastasia was not obese and out of shape yet.

Everyone regarded her as an adorable child.

She wanted to play with Rhea and have a cousin with whom she could hang out, but Rhea was repelled by her and would either roll her eyes or mock her whenever they met.

After having her feelings hurt so many times, Anastasia learned not to take the initiative to talk to Rhea anymore.

However...

"Ree, don’t say that!"

Maria rebuked, not allowing her to continue with her words.

Fabian was getting impatient, not wanting to waste more time on such a minute matter, and asked directly, "Tasia, when will your father come home? Does he come home often these days?"

"I’m not sure about that either.You know my father’s working time is unpredictable when he gets busy.I don’t know if he comes home often too.He usually isn’t home when I go to bed and would leave before I wake up the next morning."

Anastasia looked innocent.

"Uncle Fabian, I’m sure you’re aware that my daddy has been that way since I was a kid."

That was right.

Fabian would still comfort Anastasia in the past, but he was not in the mood, nor did he have the patience for that now.

Bluntly, he questioned, "You don’t know anything! It was fine when you were younger, but you’ve grown up.

"Don't you care about anything that happens around you? Do you know that your dad has a mistress? You’re going to have a stepmother soon! Anastasia, you must learn to be aware of your surroundings! You’re not a kid anymore!"

Anastasia blinked.

"Uncle Fabian, how do you know all that?"

"I..."

Fabian did not know what to say when Maria came to his rescue.

"He heard it from someone else too.They saw your dad everywhere with that woman.Do you know about that? Silly girl, why didn’t you tell us about it earlier?"

"I had no idea about it!"

Anastasia shook her head and said, "Still, even if it’s true, it’s fine."

"It’s fine?!"

Fabian exclaimed and widened his eyes.

"Do you know what you’re saying right now? Don’t you feel sorry for your late mom? Your dad is going to marry another woman! That means you’ ll have a stepmother soon.Aren’t you anxious about that? Do you even know what a stepmother is? Do you?"

"Uncle Fabian, we’re not sure if the news is real yet.Even if it is, so what? My mom passed away for so many years, and my dad has been single the whole time.If he could find someone who could take care of him and love him, I’ll be happy for him too.

"As for having a stepmother, not all the stepmothers in the world are evil.Plus, I’m an adult now.I won’t be scared even if she doesn’t treat me well.It wouldn’t affect me."

As soon as she finished her sentence, Maria grabbed her hand hastily.

"Oh, dear! Silly girl, how could you be so naive?"

Spoiled by mr. russell chapter 1510-"Do you know your dad will treat you differently once you have a stepmother? No matter how nice he was to you before, he would give all his love and attention to your stepmother once they married!"

Maria continued earnestly, "Plus, God knows what that woman truly wants.She might just be interested in your dad’s wealth and influence.If you are not careful, you might be miserable in the future!"

"Exactly!" Fabian agreed.

"Also, don’t you feel sorry for your late mother when you’re ignorant toward these things?"

"My mom passed away over twenty years ago.I’m sure she wants my daddy to be happy as well.Also..."

Anastasia paused as she looked at Fabian and Maria.

"Uncle Fabian and Aunt Maria, I don’t think you two should get too involved in my daddy’s personal affairs.If the two of you have any objections, you should tell him straight up instead of coming to me."

"This..."

The couple exchanged glances, and Maria tugged Anastasia’s arm soon after.

"Silly girl, your mom is no longer around, so do you think your dad would still listen to us? We’re family and are only saying this because we want the best for you!"

"Thanks, but I’m an adult now.I know how to take care of myself,"

Anastasia responded.

Rhea’s patience was running thin.She could not care less about Cameron’s mistress or if Anastasia would have a stepmother.

All she wanted to know was the whereabouts of the things in her pen holder.

"Cut the cr*p, Anastasia.Where are my things?"

Rhea asked impatiently with a frown plastered between her brows.

"I told you many times that I didn’t see your pen holder and didn’t enter your room."

Anastasia turned to look at Rhea and replied.

Rhea stood up and stretched her limbs.

"Since you’re not going to admit you took it, I can only search for it myself."

She walked toward the stairs as she spoke.

"Stop right there! What are you trying to do? Are you going to search my whole house for it? Who do you think you are to do that?"

Anastasia became furious upon seeing what Rhea was about to do.

It was rare for her to feel angry, and her face became flustered because of this emotion.

Rhea ignored her and proceeded to ascend the stairs.

"Stop!"

Anastasia chased after her and grabbed her arm.

"You have no right to search my house!"

"You took my things, so I have the right to do this!"

Rhea sneered and swung her arm, shaking Anastasia’s hand off.

"Hey, Ree..."

Maria did not understand why her daughter was obsessed with a pen holder.

When she saw the two young ladies in an argument, she wanted to mediate the situation, but just as she took a step forward, she saw them pushing and shoving each other on the stairs.

Anastasia was grabbing onto Rhea’s arm or Rhea’s sleeve, as she did not get the right spot.

When Rhea swung her arm, Anastasia, initially standing on one of the steps, fell backward uncontrollably.

"Ah! Ahbh!"

Anastasia shrieked as she rolled down the stairs.

When Maria arrived at the foot of the stairs, she saw Anastasia rolling down like a snowball.

"Tasia!"

Maria widened her eyes and exclaimed.

Rhea also did not expect this to happen, and it stunned her momentarily.

However, that did not bother her much as she continued to ascend the stairs.

"What are you guys doing?!"

A low roar sounded.

At this moment, Cameron entered through the door, and that was what he saw.It was chaotic.

Maria’s heart skipped a beat, and when she returned to her senses, she quickly helped Anastasia to her feet.

"Tasia, are you okay? Don’t scare me like that!"

Her voice sounded like she was on the verge of tears.

Fabian did not expect things to turn out this way either.

After being in a daze for a short while, he returned to his senses and called out.

"C-Cameron..."

He initially went there to question Cameron, but he could not utter a single word at that moment.