Chapter 406
Chapter 406 The Price of Schemes
Chapter 406 The Price of Schemes
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Elizabeth asked the butler to bring Anneliese over. The butler had already learned about Anneliese’s background from Selina.
She had grown up in an orphanage, was later taken back by the White family, but was never favored. The White family was only a middle-class family in Oceaton, not important enough to be noticed by the Fullbuster family. On top of that, the White family was about to go bankrupt.
In the butler’s eyes, Anneliese was no different from an orphan with nothing.
Elizabeth did not like her and looked down on her, and the butler knew it well.
He thought that acting superior in front of Anneliese was a way to help Elizabeth put her in her place.
To him, Anneliese was just an orphan who had managed to climb her way into a wealthy family.
He believed she would never dare to act arrogantly.
But to his surprise, Anneliese, who looked soft and delicate, had a fiery and stubborn temper. Without saying much, she had turned around and walked away.
The butler worried that Elizabeth would blame him for failing to handle such a small matter, so he exaggerated and pushed all the blame onto Anneliese. After all, only the two been there at the time.
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Elizabeth frowned when she heard this. She set her coffee cup down on the table with just enough force to show her displeasure.
“How outrageous. She hasn’t even greeted her elders or gotten approval, yet she already goes around acting like the young lady of the family and throwing her weight around. What on earth did Jonathan see in her p>
Meanwhile, after getting Anneliese’s hair, Selina went to the hospital to find Melanie. Timothy was still being held at the police station for questioning.
She wanted to get Melanie’s hair for a mother-daughter DNA test, but when she arrived at the hospital, she was told that Melanie had already been discharged.
Selina rushed back to the White estate, only to find that she could not even get through the gate.
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The servants who used to greet her respectfully now shut her out under orders. Some even pointed and whispered about her.
She refused to leave and shouted at the gate until Melanie, probably embarrassed
by the scene, finally came out with the servants’ help. Standing behind the iron gate, Melanie ordered Selina to kneel outside.
Selina had no choice and knelt.
The ground was cold and hard. The night wind was biting. Every now and then, passersby pointed at her.
She thought of how Anneliese had once been made to kneel in the yard all night because of her scheming.
That time had also been in winter. Selina had stood by the window with a cup of hot coffee in hand, watching Anneliese kneel straight-backed in the cold. She had felt smug and satisfied.
Her parents and brothers had all loved her then. She had taken a sip of coffee, sat at the piano, and played a cheerful piece called “Waltz of the Little Dogs.” She had thought of Anneliese as nothing more than a little dog jumping around for her amusement, never worth taking seriously.
But now, things had changed. Selina realized she had underestimated Anneliese.
Still, she believed she could turn things around. Anneliese had pushed her into this mess. she would never let Anneliese live comfortably either.
With sheer stubbornness, Selina knelt outside the villa for more than two hours until she finally fainted.
Melanie, feeling some pity, had the servants carry Selina into the living room.
Knowing how good Selina was at acting, Melanie went up and pinched her philtrum to wake her up.
Selina slowly opened her eyes, then threw her arms around Melanie and cried, “Mom, please don’t abandon me p>
While hugging her, she secretly pulled out a few strands of Melanie’s hair.
Melanie came to her senses and shoved Selina away. She stood up, furious.
“I’m not your mom. Your mom is that shameless Mikita. Since you already reunited with her and hid it from us, stop pretending in front of me. I find it disgusting p>
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Her face was filled with pain and hatred as she ordered the servants, “She’s awake and won’t die, so throw her out p>
Selina was thrown out of the White estate again. She looked back at the villa she had lived in for so many years. Her eyes were bloodshot as she turned and left.
That night, she rushed the hair samples to the testing agency and paid extra for an urgent result.
At the airport, Anneliese wore a burgundy silk blouse, a black wool skirt, and straight black boots. On top, she had a fitted long white cashmere coat and a white beret. She held a large bouquet of yellow and purple tulips as she waited at the arrivals gate.
When she saw the crowd coming out, she had not yet spotted Alexander and the others, but she already felt nervous.
She lowered her head to smooth her blouse, then looked up and finally saw Alexander and her four seniors walking out.
All four wore glasses, dressed casually in comfortable clothes, and carried backpacks. They looked tired from travel but still had a strong air of scholars and researchers.
Anneliese took a deep breath and was just about to go forward when she saw Clement and George slow down. They turned back as if waiting for someone. Even Alexander stopped walking and turned his head.