"Yuri, huh... Her husband isn't all that. How dare she act as such?" Allison hated everyone who was related to Susan.

She did not like Yuri although Yuri had not offended or argued with her publicly.

After all, Yuri could help Louis compete with Luke with her family's money in the future.

"Ms. Allison, let's eat. The food won't taste good if it gets cold." Sophian did not dare to continue on that topic.

After all, Allison had the character of a mad woman. If she overstimulated her, she would inadvertently be involved.

At that time, if she went to trouble Yuri, it would be exposed that she spoke ill of her behind her back.

Allison looked at the dishes on the tray and frowned. "Why are there only these few dishes? You didn't just pick the ones you liked to serve them to me, right?"

"I would never! Ms. Allison, this is all that was left when I arrived at the kitchen," Sophian explained quickly.

"This is all that was left? They all took the rest?!" Allison realized what had happened. All of them acted like they were fuming, but they would never let themselves starve.

They were faster than her to get dinner for themselves.

Sophian nodded, sat beside her, and handed her the utensils. "Ms. Allison, I asked Mrs. Nancy for two bowls of soup. You should drink it."

"I don't like soup. It's fattening." Allison frowned and said, "You can have mine."

"Okay." Sophian succeeded in getting what she wanted. She thought that Allison did not cherish good food.

On the other hand.

After Susan coaxed Thea, she went to have dinner with Yuri.

They, too, ate in the bedroom. After all, there was no need to go out of the room to eat after such a drastic scene.

"Mom, I bumped into Ms. Thomas just now," Yuri mentioned.

"Ms. Thomas?" Susan sipped some soup before she remembered who Ms. Thomas was. "Oh, Sophian. What was she doing?"

"She was getting food for Allison," Yuri said.

"Hmph! She still has the mood to eat?" Susan was fuming. She thought that Allison was a terrible person who could initiate fights wherever she was.

"Mom, Grandpa is really displeased with what happened. After dinner, let's bring him some tea and snacks, then apologize to him." Although Allison did go too far, Yuri thought that Susan started the fight when she mocked her.

If she had just shut up, there would not be so much drama.

"I don't want to go. I didn't do anything wrong! He knew that Allison's return would cause many issues, but he still let her move in! How could he!" Susan was stubborn and did not think she did anything wrong.

Yuri hesitated and let out a long sigh.

Louis took a few mouthfuls of food before he hurried to Old Master Crawford's study to make sure that he was not still fuming.

In Old Master Crawford's study.

After dinner, Louis went into the study and had tea with them.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry." Louis saw that there was no smile on Old Master Crawford's face. After he thought about it, he decided to apologize.

"What are you talking about?" Old Master Crawford was not an unreasonable man. He believed that the fault was all on Susan and Allison.

It had nothing to do with Louis or with Luke.

Louis sighed.

Luke had a handle over Allison, but he could not do anything about Susan. After all, Susan was exceedingly controlling.

He felt like a powerless little brat who never knew how to fight back.

"It's almost time. Let's go to the living room to watch the New Year Gala." Old Master Crawford glanced at the show time and knew that this year's New Year Gala was about to start.

"Grandpa, you're going to the living room to watch the show?" Louis was a little surprised. He thought that Old Master Crawford would want to watch it in the study.

"There's a big TV in the living room. Let's watch it in the living room," Old Master Crawford said. He thought that his two daughters-in-law would unlikely go to the living room to cause any trouble at this time.

Luke stood up and supported Old Master Crawford to do so.

They left the study together and went to the living room.

The butler had already prepared all the refreshments so they could have something to snack on when they were watching the New Year Gala.

After the New Year Gala started, Sophian went downstairs and saw them watching the New Year Gala. She was slightly surprised, and her gaze fell on Luke once again.

She did not expect that he would watch the New Year Gala.

'If only I could sit next to him and put my head in his arms as we watch the New Year Gala together.'

Sophian thought about it and got excited. It was as if she could foresee that happening.

"Ms. Thomas?" Louis raised his eyebrows and called out to her when he noticed that Sophian had been staring at Luke.

Sophian came back to her senses and responded, "Huh?"

"Ms. Thomas, what's the matter?" Louis asked. The three children immediately looked at Sophian.

"I was just about to take these back to the kitchen," Sophian said awkwardly. She was still holding the tray in her hand, which she held up slightly on purpose.

She wanted it to be seen by Luke and show him that she was not the kind of woman who would order people around.

She could attend to house chores herself.

"Oh, if you need something, you can just ask the maid to do it." Louis shifted his gaze back to the TV screen. He did not invite Sophian to sit down and watch the New Year Gala together.

Sophian was a little disappointed. She thought he would ask her to take a seat out of politeness.

She thought too much.

If they invited her, she would sit down without any second thought and would be more than happy to watch the New Year Gala with Luke. She felt weird if she sat there without being invited.

After all, she was Allison's guest, not Old Master Crawford's nor Luke's.

Lanie continued staring at her without saying anything.

Sophian met Lanie's gaze and thought that he looked like Luke. They were so similar even in the way they looked at other people.

She felt like she was about to be seen through by a child.

Sophian took the tray and walked to the kitchen.

Only then did Lanie return his gaze to the TV screen. He could tell that this woman, like all the women in the past, was interested in his father. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

After Sophian gave the tray to Mrs. Nancy, she returned to the living room.

At that moment, Louis and the others did not seem like they were going to engage in a conversation with her.

Sophian stood there for a few seconds but still, no one spoke. In the living room, there was the sound of the New Year Gala program. She had no choice but to go back to Allison's bedroom awkwardly.

Allison opened her skincare bag and asked when she saw Sophian return, "Why did it take you so long?"

"I had a chat with Mr. Crawford in the living room," Sophian explained.

"Luke?" Allison asked, surprised.

Sophian shook her head and said, "Mr. Louis."

"Oh, him. That's normal." Allison took out all the masks and looked at the effects on the packaging. "Louis is a talker. He'll talk to everyone. I thought Luke had talked to you. That would be a shocker."