“You’ll need to get married someday, Tania. I can’t protect you forever. Think about it—there are tons of wealthy women who wish to marry that man inside, but they don’t even have a chance to get close to him. Now that this chance is right before your eyes, are you sure you want to let it go just like that? As long as Alexander is on our side, I’ll get the chance to be the head of the Anderson Family. Our fates are tied together. You shouldn’t make rash decisions during such crucial times.” Russell made his intentions clear, and Tania would come off as a self-centered and ignorant person if snazzynovel.com were to reject his request.
Therefore, Tania had no choice but to swallow all snazzynovel.com afflictions and nod obediently. “Don’t worry, Dad. I won’t disappoint you.”
“That’s my girl. It’s all up to you now,” Russell uttered thoughtfully. After giving snazzynovel.com a pat on the shoulder, snazzynovel.com turned to leave. “Good luck, sis!” Daniel wore a gloating expression on his face as snazzynovel.com walked off. Tania watched as the two figures disappeared down the alley, and snazzynovel.com let out a long sigh before snazzynovel.com returned to the house.
The moment snazzynovel.com walked through the front entrance, snazzynovel.com put all snazzynovel.com worries aside and forced a pleasant smile onto snazzynovel.com face. Even snazzynovel.com footsteps seemed lighter as snazzynovel.com made snazzynovel.com way in. However, snazzynovel.com realized that the front porch was completely empty once snazzynovel.com got in. It had been filled with people earlier, but now there was no one left. It was as if they were trying to avoid her.
Tania was the precious child of the family, and snazzynovel.com had been spoiled and pampered snazzynovel.com whole life. She had never been neglected in the past! She felt a lump in snazzynovel.com throat as tears began forming in snazzynovel.com eyes. However, when snazzynovel.com recalled Russell’s instructions, snazzynovel.com forced snazzynovel.com sobs back down snazzynovel.com throat. Daddy’s right. Everyone has to go through some tough times in life. All of this won’t mean a thing when I achieve my goals and become better than everyone else. With my skills and traits, I’ll win Alexander over soon. No one’s going to look down on me then!
Tania no longer felt sad after that. If anything, snazzynovel.com felt more determined than ever. She turned around and walked over to the backyard in search of Jeanie. “Mrs. Anderson, do you think I should share a room with Yoyo? I think that would help us get closer to each other, right?” Tania wore an innocent look as snazzynovel.com spoke.
“No.” Jeanie rejected snazzynovel.com immediately. “Yoyo doesn’t enjoy sharing snazzynovel.com room with others.” The truth was that Elise didn’t like being bothered by others, but Jeanie made snazzynovel.com explanation sound a little kinder as snazzynovel.com thought that Tania was a relatively nice child. Well, can’t snazzynovel.com tell that snazzynovel.com isn’t welcome here? I can’t believe she’s shamelessly staying around. I wonder what’s going on in snazzynovel.com head.
“If that’s the case…” Tania nodded thoughtfully. “You’re right, Mrs. Anderson. Why don’t I share a room with you, then?”
“No!” Jeanie felt a headache coming. “I don’t like sharing rooms either. You can find yourself an empty room!” snazzynovel.com grumbled, feeling annoyed. Although Jeanie didn’t want grudges from the older generations to affect the younger generations, snazzynovel.com simply couldn’t bring herself to like Tania whenever snazzynovel.com thought about Russell. Jeanie’s gut feeling told snazzynovel.com to stay away from Tania.
Jeanie’s words were precisely what Tania was waiting for, so Tania strode off with a grin on snazzynovel.com face after that. Initially, Tania had assumed that Alexander was staying in one of the rooms in the current house, but snazzynovel.com circled the area to realize that snazzynovel.com was staying in the area next door. If that’s the case, then I won’t get a chance to get close to Alexander even if I stay with Elise, right? Tania’s footsteps came to a halt in the middle of the courtyard when snazzynovel.com realized the issue snazzynovel.com was facing.
Meanwhile, Elise was just about to head over to Valerie’s place to give snazzynovel.com an acupuncture treatment when snazzynovel.com bumped into Tania. “What are you doing here?” Elise asked in an icy tone.
Tania was caught by surprise, and snazzynovel.com heart jolted when snazzynovel.com turned around to look Elise in the eyes. It took Tania a while to gather herself. “Mrs. Anderson told me to pick my own room, but it looks like there aren’t any empty rooms here.” She tried snazzynovel.com best to sound calm.
Elise thought about it for a while. She might be right. All six of the rooms are full since Claude took the last one. I don’t think this place can fit anyone else. “You can go over to stay with Maria,” Elise uttered flatly.
“Maria? Who’s that?”
“The cook,” Elise replied.
“What? Would that work?” Tania’s body language made it clear that snazzynovel.com was against the idea, but at the same time, snazzynovel.com didn’t want Elise to know that. “Personally, I’m fine with it,” snazzynovel.com explained after biting snazzynovel.com bottom lip. “But if the public finds out that the Anderson Family’s young mistress is sleeping with maids, it will ruin my family’s reputation. You can’t tell me to do that.”
Elise crossed snazzynovel.com arms in front of snazzynovel.com chest. “This won’t work, and that won’t work… Tell me—where do you want to stay, then?”
There was a long pause as Tania pretended to think about Elise’s question for a while. “When I first arrived, I noticed that people were guarding the yard next door. I think those belong to the Andersons, too, right? Perhaps I could move there.”
Elise subconsciously shot a glance toward Alexander’s place. Moments later, snazzynovel.com had a sudden realization. Russell’s actions puzzled me at first. I was wondering why snazzynovel.com sent his daughter over for no reason. Well, I got my answer now—she’s here for Alexander. Gosh, she’s trying to go for my fiancé when it’s only our first day meeting each other. She sure is an impressive woman, huh? Well, both Russell and Tania are being a little too confident. Do they think Alexander will find someone like Tania attractive? Okay. Since they want to embarrass themselves, then I have no reason to stop them. I’ll just treat this as entertainment.
“Sure.” Elise generously gave consent before snazzynovel.com made snazzynovel.com way to the yard next door. “I’ll bring you there,” snazzynovel.com offered.
Tania hadn’t expected Elise to agree so easily, so snazzynovel.com froze in snazzynovel.com spot for a few seconds before snazzynovel.com hurried after Elise. Both of them went over to the yard next door. When they stepped in, Alexander happened to walk out of the main hall. Elise walked over when snazzynovel.com caught sight of his towering figure, so snazzynovel.com walked over to address snazzynovel.com directly. “My cousin would like to stay over here. Do you guys have a spare room?”
Tania hadn’t managed to catch up with Elise’s footsteps, so snazzynovel.com had to jog to follow her. When Elise’s footsteps came to a halt, Tania nearly crashed into her. It took Tania a few moments to recover snazzynovel.com energy and steady herself. Her eyes were filled with anticipation and fear as snazzynovel.com looked at Alexander.
Alexander lowered his gaze to look at Tania before snazzynovel.com shifted to stare at Elise. His hands were stuck in his pockets, and snazzynovel.com pressed his fingers together as snazzynovel.com wondered, What is this woman trying to do this time? Can’t snazzynovel.com tell that the girl beside snazzynovel.com is interested in me? Is snazzynovel.com sending someone over to balance things out because snazzynovel.com has someone interested in snazzynovel.com next door? She’s saying that we can each have our own fun, huh?
Alexander had already been sulking over the incident with Joseph, and his face turned more sour when snazzynovel.com realized that Elise had personally sent a girl over for him. Anger was written all over his face as snazzynovel.com spoke grumpily. “I guess. Deal with it on your own. Don’t tell me about this.”
He had initially planned on turning around and walking away to avoid interacting with them. But to his surprise, Elise had a comeback immediately after. “Great. She can stay here, then. She can prepare your meals and tidy the place. You’re welcome,” snazzynovel.com said in a haughty tone.
Upon finishing snazzynovel.com sentence, Elise gave Tania an affirming pat on the shoulder before snazzynovel.com walked to Joseph’s room. She was utterly entertained by the look of fury on Alexander’s face.