Chapter 598 Can You Live with That?
They admired her even more for such a stance. Staying indifferent
Their admiration for her only grew with such a display of indifference. The ability to remain aloof in the face of the Kyte fortune was not something a trait commonly found in the average person could do.
After dinnerindividual.Upon the conclusion of their meal at the restaurant, Evelyn ledguided her colleagues to a karaoke bar, not returning until the late.
hours of the night.By the time she arrived at the Kyte residence, Eleanor had long beensince returned home. SeeingUpon seeing Evelyn, Eleanor instinctively moveddrew closer to Dora., her voice laced with suspicion. "It's soquite late, who knows what you've been up to."
"Oh, Dora, feigning concern, chimed in, "Evelyn, it's fineperfectly acceptable for the young to have their funenjoy themselves, but remember, you're bearingyou now carry the name of Kyte nowname. Don't let yourself get carried away," Dora interjected with feigned concern.
."Blake was there too, usually asleep by this timealso present, an unusual occurrence given the late hour. His presence suggested he had been waiting because ofa vigil kept due to her absence.
Evelyn glanced atspared them briefly, then addressed a brief glance before addressing Blake, "I had a dinner with my colleagues and it gotran late. You don't haveThere's no need for you to wait up for me; I can takeI'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"Dinner with colleagues, huhyou say?" Blake murmured, somewhat surprised. "Blendinga note of surprise in his voice. "You're fitting in on your first day? Not bad at all."
Lucia bristled when she heardat the sound of Blake sing Evelyn's praisespraising Evelyn. "Dad," she interjected quicklyhastily, "I also had dinner with my colleagues today, too."
."Blake was about to commendoffer her as wellthe same praise when Evelyn's voice chimed in from beside themcut through the air, "Oh, that's right, you had dinner with your colleagues. Didn't we run into each other?"
cross paths?"Her gaze fixed onlocked onto Lucia, Evelyn sneeredEvelyn's lips curled into a sneer, "If you knew I had plans, why didn't you giveinform Dad a heads-up? Letting? Leaving him sit here waitingto wait for me all night, doesn't that weigh on your conscience?"
Lucia's mouth opened and closed, struggling to find a comeback, "formulate a response, "I... I... I..."
..."For what seemedfelt like an eternity, Lucia couldn't was unable to muster a complete sentence.
Blake's expression cooled.turned frosty. He had asked Lucia earlier, but she had dismissed him with ana curt "I don't know." Unexpectedly...
"Don't think"Evelyn, don't be so poorly ofhard on Lucia, Evelyn," Dora intervened soothingly, interjected in a soothing tone, but her smile was somehow unsettling to Evelyn.
Evelyn scoffed, "Really? Is she not staying up just to relish seeingthe sight of me getbeing scolded?"
She knewwas all too familiar with Lucia's true nature all too well.
.As the tension escalated and an argument seemed imminent, Blake hastily interjected, "Evelyn, it's late. You should go get some rest."
"And as for Lucia..." He turned Turning his colder gaze toward her and saidLucia, he added sternly, "I don't want to see this kind of thing happen again."
With that, he rose from his seat in the living room and leftdeparted without another word.
Evelyn let out a laughchuckled; she could tell Blake didn't wantwanted to put an end to the quarrel to continue.
.After all, Lucia was his daughter too. How could he standbear to see her mistreated?
Back inRetreating to her room, Evelyn left Dora and Lucia alone in the living room, boththeir faces etched with sullen and clearly upset expressions.
"This Evelyn is getting out of handbecoming insufferable!" Dora hissed through clenched her teeth. Since she had been part ofher arrival in the Kyte family, there hadn't been a hintshe had shown no signs of restraint.
Nearly inOn the verge of tears, Lucia poured outvoiced her plight, "Mom, if you don't help me figure something out, she's going to be the death of me."
"I told you to avoid provoking her recently. I'm working on finding help," Dora replied, her tone cautious after a past failure.
Lucia ranted in frustration, "Why does she have such good luck? She just won't go down. If I could take on Evelyn, I'd do her in myself."
," Lucia vented in frustration.Dora reassured her daughter, "Don't rush it. No matter how tough she is, this is Columbia; this is our turf. She can't win over us, can she?"
"She wants to work her way up from the bottom? We'll ensure she can't accomplish anything. When the company sees she's incompetent, they won't back her up."
CalmedSoothed by her mother's words, Lucia began to see sensereason. She had letallowed Evelyn's provocations to cloud her judgement. Now, with a clearer head, she knew exactly what she needed to do.
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