Chapter 164

Someone recognized Ophelia and said in surprise, “Isn’t this the Ophelia from sophomore year? How did she end up here?”

Elva heard these words and met Ophelia’s icy gaze. Her heart nearly jumped out of her chest, and her palms were covered in a layer of cold sweat.

“I…”

Suddenly, she saw Bryson behind Ophelia, her eyes lit up, and she called out for help.

“Bryson!”

Bryson let out a “tch” sound, feeling somewhat troubled. He and Elva had some acquaintance, but now Elva was on the opposite side of his Ophelia! He was troubled, not knowing whether he should speak up, but Ophelia had already anticipated this and coldly said to Elva, “Get out! Don’t let me see you again next time!”

Considering that Bryson was her husband’s good friend, she didn’t want to make things difficult for him, and she still had to give him an injection, so she didn’t have much time to waste on Elva.

Elva felt as if she had been granted a pardon and hurriedly left with her companions. When she passed by Ophelia, she was so guilty that she didn’t even dare to lift her head.

“Ophelia, thank you,” Bryson said.

He knew that Ophelia was doing it to give him face. Ophelia was too lazy to say much. Elva’s name, like Bessie’s, was something she didn’t even want to mention, as it felt unlucky to her.

“Let’s go, let’s go upstairs to give the injection first. I still need to hurry. Back later!”

After finishing the acupuncture, I came downstairs, and the servants had all returned.

“Where did you all just go?” Ophelia walked down the stairs and asked.

The servants were surprised to see her return and hurriedly replied respectfully, “Madam, Bertha just called us out for a lecture!”

I didn’t know how Bertha suddenly had such an idea, and she lectured for two hours straight!

“Bertha?” Ophelia squinted her eyes, her gaze sharp and cold. She snorted coldly and instructed, “Send a few people upstairs to see if anything is missing!”

The servant did not know what had happened but still obeyed the order to go upstairs.

Ten minutes later.

“Madam, nothing was lost!”

Ophelia nodded, and just then, Bertha came in. Upon seeing Ophelia, her expression changed slightly. “Why has the lady returned?”

Ophelia’s gaze fell on her, and her tone was slightly cold. “Bertha, did you know what just happened?”

Bertha lowered her head, her demeanor appearing respectful, but her tone was neither warm nor cold. “I just sent someone out to give a lecture; I don’t know what the lady was saying,” she said.

Ophelia snorted coldly, “So you didn’t know that Elva came in with a bunch of people causing chaos? I won’t even mention whether you took good care of your daughter, but as the steward of Sunset Vista, how could you be so negligent?”

“So many outsiders ran in and even went upstairs, didn’t you know anything about it?”

“There was also Mr. Winford’s study upstairs, with so many important things. If something were to go missing, could you take responsibility for it?”

In front of a crowd of servants, Ophelia showed no intention of giving Bertha any face and scolded her sharply. Bertha’s face turned pale and looked very unwell. She had been with the Pruitt family for so many years that even Glenda wouldn’t say that about her; Ophelia was still the first!

The servants beside them held their breath, and no one dared to make a sound. Ophelia snorted coldly, completely ignoring Bertha’s ugly expression, and finally warned, “If you still want to be the housekeeper, don’t let me find out about this a second time!”

“Additionally, I said to Elva that she was not allowed to come to the main building anymore. Who gave her the confidence to bring so many people over? If Bertha couldn’t discipline her daughter well, I wouldn’t mind helping you with the discipline next time!”

After saying that, she glanced at the time; it was almost time for Winford to go back. She didn’t say another word and left.

Bertha stood in place, receiving the servants’ subtle glances, nearly fainting from anger!

On the other side, Elva led the people out of Sunset Vista and finally breathed a sigh of relief. But just as she had relaxed halfway, someone beside her asked—

“Elva, isn’t that Ophelia from sophomore year? Why was she here?”

“Yes, wasn’t this your home? And how could she dare to speak to you like that!”

Elva looked up and found that everyone was looking at her with suspicion. She felt a sudden jolt in her heart.

“Of course, this is my home,” she huffed angrily, “but some people just can’t help but act like the mistress!”

The information in this sentence was too much, and everyone immediately asked, “What does it mean?”