Devilish secretary - Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Chapter 127 Orphan Chapter 127: Chapter 127 Orphan Grandma Bria glared at Sebastian, her face a mixture of anger and disbelief.

“You would choose her over your own family?!” “Family?” Gray’s voice was icy now.

“A family that disrespects the woman I love isn’t a family I care to listen to.” “You!!!

How dare you disrespect me for some random woman!!!” Grandma Bria shouted, her voice echoing through the ward.

Her face was red with anger, her hands trembling as she pointed accusingly at Gray.

“I swear I will never accept her as the daughter-in-law of the Carter family!!” Gray’s expression darkened, but before he could respond, Ethan, who was now standing casually next to Rose, piped up, his tone dry and sarcastic.

“Don’t accept her, then.

Anyway, Grandma, let’s be honest-you don’t exactly have a lot of days left on your account to worry about who’s marrying into the family.

Rose clapped a hand over her mouth, her shoulders shaking as she tried to stifle her laughter.

Lilith raised an eyebrow, clearly amused.

Grandma Bria looked like she was about to combust.

“YOU USELESS, DISRESPECTFUL BASTARD!!” she shouted.

“You’re all worthless!

The only smart one here is Sienna!

She’s the only one in this family with a functioning brain!” Everyone in the room froze momentarily, then slowly turned their blank, unamused gazes toward Sienna, who was sitting primly beside Grandma Bria, her hands folded in her lap.

Sienna, trying to appear modest, lowered her head slightly and smiled sweetly.

“Grandma, you don’t have to say that… I’m just trying to do what’s best for the family,” she said in her most angelic tone.

Ethan let out a dramatic sigh, shaking his head.

“Of course, of course!

Only Sienna is smart, the shining beacon of intelligence in this family.

Why don’t we just hand over the Carter fortune to her?

She can run the company and the household!

Let’s rename the company to Sienna Enterprises while we’re at it.

Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it?” Rose burst into giggles, unable to hold it in anymore, while Lilith crossed her arms.

“Shut up, Ethan!” Sienna snapped, her face turning red with frustration.

“She will do that too!!

She will run the company, but Sebastian has to marry her… and then she’ll officially become a Carter!” Grandma Bria shouted, her voice echoing through the room.

Her tone carried the kind of authority she assumed no one would dare challenge.

“That’s enough!” Ana’s voice, usually soft and gentle, was filled with rare venom.

She stood tall, glaring at her mother-in-law.

“I have always listened to you, Mom!

Always kept quiet.

But not anymore!

My son likes Lilith, and you cannot force him to do otherwise!” Grandma Bria’s face twisted with rage, her hand shaking as she pointed toward Ana.

“You!

How dare you speak to me like that?!” she spat.

“I know what’s best for this family!

If Sebastian marries someone like that… like her…” She gestured at Lilith with disdain, her lips curling in disgust.

“What will happen to our reputation?

A poor woman like her, who only knows how to seduce men?!” Lilith’s piercing blue eyes narrowed, but she remained silent.

Her aura, however, started to shift€“dangerously cold and sharp, filling the room with an chilling coldness.

“She doesn’t even know how to behave gracefully!” Grandma Bria continued, her words venomous and cutting.

“Can she play the piano like Sienna?

No!

Can she dance with elegance?

I doubt it!

Does she understand proper etiquette?

Of course not!

She doesn’t even have a proper background to speak of!” Her voice rose as she piled insult after insult.

“And what does she have to her name?” Grandma Bria sneered.

“I heard she’s an orphan.

Her mother was a single parent who raised her… but who knows who her father even was?

A woman like that, raised by a mother who probably didn’t even know the name of the man who fathered her!

Lilith must be just like her mother, seducing men left and right!

A nobody with no proper surname, no family, and no worth!” The air in the room grew heavy as the temperature seemed to drop.

Grandma Bria’s smugness faltered as her shivers grew more pronounced.

The atmosphere was chilling, unnatural, suffocating and everyone in the room could feel it.

Lilith’s whole presence felt different now.

Her piercing blue eyes had darkened, almost like a deep, endless void.

Power and danger seemed to surround her, even though she stood perfectly still.

Her calm face made her all the more terrifying.

“You dare…” Lilith finally said, her voice low and smooth, yet holding a power that made everyone freeze.

Her gaze locked onto Grandma Bria, and the old woman instinctively flinched as if she had been physically struck.

“You dare insult my mother?” Though Lilith had never met the original owner’s mother, the faint memories she had inherited made her cherish the woman’s kindness and strength.

For someone like Grandma Bria to speak of her so disrespectfully, to spit on her mother’s struggle was something Lilith could not let slide.

The air around her became colder, almost freezing.

Even Sienna, who had been hiding a smirk behind her hand, started to feel the chill seep into her bones.

She looked at Lilith with wide eyes, her confidence shaken.

Gray’s reaction was equally terrifying.

His dark eyes turned bloodshot with anger, his jaw clenched so tightly that veins bulged on his temples.

His hands, now fists at his sides, trembled with restrained fury.

“How dare you…” he growled, his voice unnaturally low and threatening.

“Mom, stop this nonsense!” Ana shouted, horrified at what was unfolding.

“You’re taking this too far!” But Grandma Bria was too terrified to speak anymore.

The aura coming from both Lilith and Gray had paralyzed her.

She could only stammer incoherently, unable to look either of them in the eye.

Lilith stepped forward, each step deliberate, each movement making the room colder.

Her lips curved into a chilling smile, her voice dripping with icy venom.

“I suggest you choose your words carefully from now on, Old lady.

Because if you speak ill of my mother or me again… I won’t just stand here and listen.” Grandma Bria’s lips quivered, and a bead of sweat trickled down her temple.

Her once loud and Sharp voice was nowhere to be found.