Chapter 439: Chapter 442: Surge of the Dark Tide (2)

Emma Shaw saw David Redington take his seat and was the first to start nitpicking.

“Ethan doesn’t know better, but Emily should at least have planned things properly. This banquet is just ridiculous! What’s with all these random people being allowed inside?”

As she said this, she purposefully glared at Rowena Gray, who was sitting right across from her.

The disdain in her eyes was barely concealed.

From the moment she had sat down, she had looked down on Rowena, who was constantly trying to curry favor with her uncle.

Moreover, the Gray family had always been at odds with her own.

“Emma, just keep quiet!”

Under the table, Dominic Taylor tugged at Emma’s sleeve.

“This is the Lucas family’s banquet, not the Taylor’s. Ethan and Emily must have had their reasons for arranging it this way.”

“I know it’s the Lucas family’s banquet… but at the very least, I’m Ethan’s aunt and Emily’s sister-in-law!”

Emma’s temper flared, and her voice gradually got louder.

“I said it before, Emily can’t handle everything on her own, but she refused my offer to help. Now look at this mess. All kinds of riffraff getting seated!”

Rowena Gray had always been a pampered young lady, and she couldn’t swallow her pride at these words.

Seeing that Emma didn’t hold much sway in the Taylor family, she didn’t bother to ingratiate herself.

“Mrs. Taylor, your words are laughable… Today’s banquet seems to be arranged quite well. Everything is well-ordered, grand, and presentable; nothing like what you’re describing.”

Rowena covered her lips with a low chuckle, and as she laughed, she playfully cast a glance at Simon Taylor.

She had an air of charm about her and a face well-maintained through the years.

“Hmph, of course you’d say that! Just look: actors and outsiders, all sorts of lowly people, are sitting up front.”

“Not necessarily. The seating at this banquet was arranged by seniority and the affinity between the guests and the host.”

At this, Rowena Gray gave a playful smile.

“Take yourself, for instance, Mrs. Taylor. You’re only sitting at the second table thanks to your relationship with Mr. Lucas’s aunt. Otherwise, considering the Shaw family’s standing, I doubt you’d be qualified for this table, am I right?”

Rowena’s words were heavy with provocation.

As soon as she spoke, everyone at the table could sense the hostility simmering beneath the surface.

” What did you say… Dominic, she’s insulting your wife to your face, and you’re not going to do anything?”

“Tonight is the Lucas family banquet, and we’re all guests. It’s just some idle talk between you women, don’t make it too ugly!”

If it had been any other occasion, Dominic would have defended Emma. But not this time.

This was his nephew’s banquet, and all Emma seemed to do was cause trouble.

Despite his numerous reminders and admonitions, she still managed to stir up problems.

He knew why Emma was picking on the Gray family members- – it was because she looked down on her nephew’s wife.

However, that was the wife that Aidan Lucas had chosen for himself.

Not to mention, as his uncle, he couldn’t necessarily interfere, much less this aunt who had no blood relation to him.

So, in order to teach Emma a lesson, Dominic simply chose to wash his hands off the matter and offered no help.

Seeing that her husband wouldn’t back her up, Emma could only vent her anger on Rowena Gray.

“Fine, you won’t help me? Well then, I’m not going to show any respect for the Gray family on Ethan’s behalf either.”

[Author’s Note] The fourth update is finished; continuing tomorrow afternoon ~