Exposing the Charade of Deep Affection - Season 3 Episode 24

Walter nodded, responding, “Alright, I’ll follow the schedule for the next couple of days.”

The conversation heated up, and the atmosphere improved. Before long, all the dishes were served.

On the large round table, there were dozens of dishes scattered about. The old lady was happy, smiling

and inviting everyone to taste the cook’s skills at home.

If Gianna hadn’t come, probably no one would have noticed her. Seeing her suddenly enter the kitchen,

the old lady was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked Dale to arrange for the guests to be

seated.

Because she arrived late, no one noticed that such a guest had come to the house. Everyone hurriedly

greeted and took care of her. After all, she was a guest, but the family members were neglected.

It was somewhat embarrassing.

Emma saw the old lady blaming the Hinton family brothers for not taking good care of the guests. She

quickly spoke up, “It was Gianna who ran around. Don’t blame William and Walter, they have a lot of

things to do. It’s my fault for not considering everything. Grandma, don’t blame them.”

Gianna sat down, already changed into clean, warm clothes, probably chilled from falling into the water.

Her voice was a bit hoarse as she spoke, looking at the old lady with a feigned gentleness, “Grandma,

don’t blame the two brothers, it was my own curiosity that led me astray.”

It was a joyful day to begin with, so the old lady naturally wouldn’t

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really blame the two Hinton brothers. She smiled slightly and served Gianna some food, saying, “This

house is big, if you like it, feel free to come and visit often.”

Upon hearing the old lady’s words, Gianna happily nodded and looked at the old lady with a smile,

saying, “Okay, thank you Carley. I will come to see you often in the future, don’t mind my chatter.”

“No, no, I, I was just hoping that you all could come often, that’s what made me happy.” The old lady

was genuinely pleased, her face was filled with smiles all night.

Holding her bowl and chopsticks, Gianna listened to the old lady’s words and gave a slight smile. She

then turned her head slightly to look at me, as if she had something difficult to say. In a low voice, she

said, “But if I come often, I don’t know if it will upset people.”

Emma, perhaps knowing her too well, furrowed her brows at her and lowered her voice, saying, “Eat

your meal properly.”

She didn’t care and sniffed deeply. Coupled with the fact that she was already feeling cold, this action

inevitably attracted the attention of the people at the table. For a moment, the old lady looked at her,

out of an elder’s concern for the younger generation, and quickly asked, “What’s wrong? Are you

feeling cold?”

Gianna slowly put down her chopsticks and bowl, pulled out a tissue, nodded slightly, and sniffled, “I

must have caught a cold when I fell into the water earlier. It’s okay, I’ll take some medicine later and I’ll

be fine.”

Upon hearing about the drowning, the old lady was taken aback and said, “How on earth did this

happen out of the blue?”

Afraid that she might cause trouble, Emma quickly interjected, “There are many ponds in the backyard

of this house, she might have slipped

in while playing and caught a chill. Grandma, don’t worry, after we finish eating, I’ll take her to get some

medicine and she’ll be fine.”

Upon hearing this, the old lady felt slightly relieved and nodded, saying, “Hmm, you must hurry up

later…”

Before she could finish speaking, Gianna’s voice, filled with grievance, rang out, “It wasn’t me who slid

into the pond because I was playing around, I was… pushed in by someone.”

After speaking, she even raised her hand to wipe away her tears, looking so pitiful.

The old lady and the crowd were stunned upon hearing this. “Pushed in?” The old lady spoke up,

looking at her and said, “Who would dare to do such a thing?”

Gianna wiped her tears, looking at me with a pitiful expression. She carefully pointed at me, her voice

barely audible, “It was her, I accidentally bumped into her, and she just…”

She didn’t say the words that followed, but everyone could understand what she meant.

Emma frowned, looking at her and said, “Gianna, don’t talk nonsense. I brought you to the Hinton

family, not to cause trouble.”

After she said that, Gianna felt even more wronged, her voice hoarse as she said, “I didn’t talk

nonsense, nor did I cause trouble. It was her who pushed me into the pond. Cousin, why do you always

help outsiders and not me? It’s clear that I’m the one being bullied!”

After speaking, she burst into loud tears.

The originally pleasant dinner was now made somewhat embarrassing.

After all, Gianna was a guest. Seeing her repeatedly pointing at me and

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saying that I was the one who pushed, the old lady turned to me and said, “Tabatha, what on earth is

going on?”

Looking at Gianna, who was crying pitifully with tears streaming down her face, I calmly said to the old

lady, “I didn’t push her.”

“You lied.” I had just finished speaking when Gianna glared at me with red eyes, hoarsely saying, “The

water in the pool was so cold, do you think I’m a fool? To jump in myself? It was clear that I heard you

telling our cousin that you had already divorced Walter, and you both conspired to deceive Carley. I

wanted to tell Carley about this, but you wouldn’t let me, so you pushed me into the pond, trying to

drown me.”