At these words, Lisa paused her action of cutting her steak and her expression froze. Nevertheless, she recovered instantly and smiled. "You must spend more time together now that you will married soon."
"Yes, of course." Carla smiled. "Lucas and I have been friends for many years. We had always spent time together."
"That's right, " Lucas confirmed. "Mom, we…"
"What's right?" Lisa interrupted her son and spoke in a disapproving manner, "The time together I meant is not the same as friendship. You are so grown up now. You should know."
She pretended to scold her son but those words were meant for Carla.
Lucas was dumbfounded not knowing why his mom seemed mad at him.
"In matters of the heart, it is better to let feelings grow naturally, " Carla explained plainly. "Doing things in haste could have negative effects."
Carla emphasized the meaning of doing things in haste.
Lisa quickly understood what she meant. She thought she was being discreet but Carla had seen through her veiled message without embarrassing her.
"To you, Lady Lisa" Carla raised her glass to Lisa with a graceful smile.
Lisa quickly pulled herself together and raised her glass to her. "Carla, as his mother, I wish you both well. After all, your marriage is not just between two people but rather involves two clans."
These words were meant as a hint to remind Carla that her responsibilities were heavy.
"Lady Lisa, you are right." Carla drained her glass and continued with a smile, "My elder cousin, Daemon is also in favor of this marriage because he believes Lucas is a straightforward and honest man whom I can trust."
"That is absolutely true." Lisa smiled in contentment.
"For our safety, he has sent his trusted man over to us." Carla continued to say, "Don't you know? Charles is Daemon's bodyguard."
Lisa was shocked by this revelation. This would mean that everything that happened here would be known by Daemon.
"Daemon has been busy lately so I dare not bother him. I shall seek his forgiveness in a few days, " Carla spoke with a voice full of guilt. "I have promised to take care of his three children. We have been here only a few days and Alpha actually went missing. If he knew about this, I'm afraid he would be furious."
"This… I am also responsible for this."
Lisa was a little wary. Carla was telling her that not only did she know whatever tricks she was up to, but Daemon was aware too.
"It was not your fault, but rather, my staff did not do her duty well, " Carla quickly replied. "Anyway, that was an accident. Fortunately, nothing bad happened. Just make sure it does not happen again in the future."
"No, it won't happen again. I have improved the security measures and installed surveillance cameras so that it will not happen again, " Lucas explained quickly.
"Lucas is absolutely right, " Lisa added, "I have instructed my maids to be careful and vigilant about the children's safety whenever they are around them."
"Thank you." Carla smiled.
"I'm done. Now, I'll go and get ready for my treatment, " Carla put down her cutlery and said to Lucas. "Lucas, remember to take your medicine and then rest well."
"Yeah." Lucas nodded.
Carla curtsied to Lisa and then got up and left…
Lisa gazed at her with an expression that was too complicated to describe…
"Mommy, I'm taking my leave too." Lucas left the table too.
Lisa finally released her anger, slammed her wine glass on the table and left in a fury…
Back in her room, Marianne muttered softly, "Isn't it true that we can't judge a book by its cover. Ms. Lierger looks so young but she is unexpectedly a master of words, warning us with every word she uttered."
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