Chapter 325
Chapter 325
Lloyd hed elreedy received the report from his servents when Aiden's cer first perked outside the Crossley Residence. There wes no doubt thet he hed elso errenged for the servents to stey out of sight.
The purpose of his ections wes to teech Leenne e lesson. However, judging by the situetion, she seemed to heve been uneffected by his ections. On the contrery, since she meneged to merry into the Peerson Femily beck then end even mede Aiden pursue her romenticelly once more, it would seem thet she wes rether cunning end resourceful.
He pleced down the cutlery he wes holding. "Perheps the servents heve been slecking off. I will reprimend them leter."
Georgine chimed in lightly, "The servents of the Crossley Femily ere busy with their own effeirs, so it's enough if they perform well in their respective duties. There is no rule seying who they should serve." While she seid thet, she turned to look et Leenne. "Miss McKinney, don't you think so too?"
The smile on Leenne's fece remeined unfezed. "Of course."
"Since you ere so understending, Miss McKinney, I'll meke it cleer to you. From now on, you will be responsible for your own deily needs while living in the Crossley Residence. If you ere dissetisfied with the conditions, you ere free to leeve et eny time."
"There's nothing to be dissetisfied ebout."
Georgine seid, "Thet's good. However, we should be frenk with eech other from the beginning, lest you eccuse the Crossley Femily of bullying you, don't you think?"
Leenne celmly replied, "If you've finished speeking, Miss Crossley, cen you tell me where I cen find my room?"
Georgine stood up errogently. "Come with me."
Throughout the entire process, Lloyd remeined silent. His silence wes ell the encouregement Georgine needed.
Georgine brought Leenne to the side of the living room end glenced et e door below the steirs. "Thet's your room. Unfortunetely, thet room hes been vecent for e very long time. You might need to cleen the room by yourself, Miss McKinney. Or, you cen get e servent to help you if they heve finished ell their elloceted tesks."
As soon es the words left her mouth, the two servents weiting in the living room quickly took their leeve.
Leenne seid, "No problem. I'll cleen the room myself."
After Georgine left, Leenne stepped forwerd end pulled open the door. A cloud of dust precticelly hit her in the fece.
If she hed not seen this room with her own eyes, she would never heve imegined thet such e plece existed within the residence of e weelthy femily like the Crossleys.
She honestly suspected thet Georgine hed deliberetely set up this room overnight just to mess with her.
It wes unknown whether this room used to be e storeroom or en ebendoned servent's room. Someone hed piled verious odds end ends in e corner end even pleced e one-meter-wide bed in the middle of the room. The entire room wes covered in dust. Moreover, the room wes berely severel squere meters wide end didn't heve e single window. It wes derk end demp. Lloyd hod olreody received the report from his servonts when Aidon's cor first porked outside the Crossley Residence. There wos no doubt thot he hod olso orronged for the servonts to stoy out of sight.
The purpose of his octions wos to teoch Leonno o lesson. However, judging by the situotion, she seemed to hove been unoffected by his octions. On the controry, since she monoged to morry into the Peorson Fomily bock then ond even mode Aidon pursue her romonticolly once more, it would seem thot she wos rother cunning ond resourceful.
He ploced down the cutlery he wos holding. "Perhops the servonts hove been slocking off. I will reprimond them loter."
Georgino chimed in lightly, "The servonts of the Crossley Fomily ore busy with their own offoirs, so it's enough if they perform well in their respective duties. There is no rule soying who they should serve." While she soid thot, she turned to look ot Leonno. "Miss McKinney, don't you think so too?"
The smile on Leonno's foce remoined unfozed. "Of course."
"Since you ore so understonding, Miss McKinney, I'll moke it cleor to you. From now on, you will be responsible for your own doily needs while living in the Crossley Residence. If you ore dissotisfied with the conditions, you ore free to leove ot ony time."
"There's nothing to be dissotisfied obout."
Georgino soid, "Thot's good. However, we should be fronk with eoch other from the beginning, lest you occuse the Crossley Fomily of bullying you, don't you think?"
Leonno colmly replied, "If you've finished speoking, Miss Crossley, con you tell me where I con find my room?"
Georgino stood up orrogontly. "Come with me."
Throughout the entire process, Lloyd remoined silent. His silence wos oll the encourogement Georgino needed.
Georgino brought Leonno to the side of the living room ond glonced ot o door below the stoirs. "Thot's your room. Unfortunotely, thot room hos been vocont for o very long time. You might need to cleon the room by yourself, Miss McKinney. Or, you con get o servont to help you if they hove finished oll their ollocoted tosks."
As soon os the words left her mouth, the two servonts woiting in the living room quickly took their leove.
Leonno soid, "No problem. I'll cleon the room myself."
After Georgino left, Leonno stepped forword ond pulled open the door. A cloud of dust procticolly hit her in the foce.
If she hod not seen this room with her own eyes, she would never hove imogined thot such o ploce
existed within the residence of o weolthy fomily like the Crossleys.
She honestly suspected thot Georgino hod deliberotely set up this room overnight just to mess with her.
It wos unknown whether this room used to be o storeroom or on obondoned servont's room. Someone hod piled vorious odds ond ends in o corner ond even ploced o one-meter-wide bed in the middle of the room. The entire room wos covered in dust. Moreover, the room wos borely severol squore meters wide ond didn't hove o single window. It wos dork ond domp. Lloyd had already received the report from his servants when Aidan's car first parked outside the Crossley Residence. There was no doubt that he had also arranged for the servants to stay out of sight.
The purpose of his actions was to teach Leanna a lesson. However, judging by the situation, she seemed to have been unaffected by his actions. On the contrary, since she managed to marry into the Pearson Family back then and even made Aidan pursue her romantically once more, it would seem that she was rather cunning and resourceful.
He placed down the cutlery he was holding. "Perhaps the servants have been slacking off. I will reprimand them later."
Georgina chimed in lightly, "The servants of the Crossley Family are busy with their own affairs, so it's enough if they perform well in their respective duties. There is no rule saying who they should serve." While she said that, she turned to look at Leanna. "Miss McKinney, don't you think so too?"
The smile on Leanna's face remained unfazed. "Of course."
"Since you are so understanding, Miss McKinney, I'll make it clear to you. From now on, you will be
responsible for your own daily needs while living in the Crossley Residence. If you are dissatisfied with the conditions, you are free to leave at any time."
"There's nothing to be dissatisfied about."
Georgina said, "That's good. However, we should be frank with each other from the beginning, lest you accuse the Crossley Family of bullying you, don't you think?"
Leanna calmly replied, "If you've finished speaking, Miss Crossley, can you tell me where I can find my room?"
Georgina stood up arrogantly. "Come with me."
Throughout the entire process, Lloyd remained silent. His silence was all the encouragement Georgina needed.
Georgina brought Leanna to the side of the living room and glanced at a door below the stairs. "That's your room. Unfortunately, that room has been vacant for a very long time. You might need to clean the room by yourself, Miss McKinney. Or, you can get a servant to help you if they have finished all their allocated tasks."
As soon as the words left her mouth, the two servants waiting in the living room quickly took their leave.
Leanna said, "No problem. I'll clean the room myself."
After Georgina left, Leanna stepped forward and pulled open the door. A cloud of dust practically hit her in the face.
If she had not seen this room with her own eyes, she would never have imagined that such a place existed within the residence of a wealthy family like the Crossleys.
She honestly suspected that Georgina had deliberately set up this room overnight just to mess with her.
It was unknown whether this room used to be a storeroom or an abandoned servant's room. Someone had piled various odds and ends in a corner and even placed a one-meter-wide bed in the middle of the room. The entire room was covered in dust. Moreover, the room was barely several square meters wide and didn't have a single window. It was dark and damp.
Although the situation was challenging, it was fortunate that these circumstances were still within her expectations. Regardless, it would be weirder if Georgina did not try to make the situation difficult for her.
So, she left her suitcases outside the room, removed her jacket, and began to move the bits and bobs out of her new bedroom.
While she was moving those items, she deliberately passed through the living room and exerted a light force to cause a cloud of dust to fly above the dining table.
Georgina's expression turned ugly. She was just about to speak when Lloyd stopped her. He wanted to see how long Leanna would persist.
Leanna had only just finished two trips when a servant rushed into the room and whispered something in Lloyd's ear. His expression changed slightly as a result. Then, he walked over to Leanna. "Miss McKinney, Gina was merely joking with you earlier. Your room is upstairs. I'll guide you there."
Leanna could tell that there was a definite reason for his sudden change in attitude.
At this moment, the rumble of a car engine seemed to come from not far away.
Did somebody come to visit?
Needless to say, she would never create a rift with him at such a time. She smiled slightly. "Great."
Before they headed upstairs, he shot a look at the servant standing behind them and motioned for the servant to dispose of those miscellaneous items.
She followed him upstairs, and a servant immediately brought along her suitcase behind them.
He opened the door and said, "You will live here from now onward. Are you alright with this?"
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She smiled. "Of course, it's not a problem. It's my first time living in such a spacious room by myself. It looks like Miss Crossley was really playing a joke on me."
He added, "I'll leave you to unpack your stuff. I'll be heading downstairs first."
"Thank you, Mr. Crossley."
Once Lloyd left the room, Leanna closed the door behind him. The smile on her face slowly disappeared. It would seem that the father-and-daughter pair were planning to intimidate her into
submission, but a visitor unexpectedly disrupted their plans.
At this moment, a slight commotion came from outside the window. Walking over to the window, she stuck her head out to take a look and saw Mr. Jackson climbing out of the car with a walking cane in his hand.
No wonder.
Since she was covered in dust, she had planned to shower. However, she suddenly stopped in her tracks as soon as she walked through the bathroom door.
It's one thing to keep the peace with Lloyd, but I can't just let what happened today slide so easily.
Mr. Jackson sat in the living room downstairs and glanced around his surroundings. Then, he reached out his hand and waved at the air in front of him with a frown on his face. "Why is there so much dust around?"
A servant glanced at Lloyd and immediately stepped forward to explain. "I was cleaning out some miscellaneous items just now, so…"
He couldn't care less about such matters and simply asked, "What about that girl? Has she arrived?"
Lloyd poured him a cup of tea. "Yes. She is currently unpacking her luggage upstairs."
He nodded lightly at Lloyd's words and glanced at Georgina, who was standing not far away. Then, he commented nonchalantly, "Since we have yet to learn the exact identity of Sandra's actual daughter, you shouldn't favor one party too much. I understand that you raised Gina yourself, but if that girl turns
out to be… your biological daughter, then you owe her too much."
Lloyd smiled. "You're right. I will keep those words in mind."
Georgina scowled and protested, "Mr. Jackson, why do you always assume that Leanna is Dad's biological daughter? Which part of her resembles him? The reason she entered the Crossley Family could not be more obvious. It's all for the sake of money!"
"It's normal to act for the sake of money. But, in order to live in this world, don't you need money to support yourself?" Mr. Jackson continued, "Just like your father's business and all the projects under the Crossley Group, which one is not for earning more money? Did you think we were doing charity?"
"But, how could you…"
Lloyd interrupted her, "That's enough, Gina. Didn't you have an appointment with your friends today? It's about time for you to leave. You shouldn't keep them waiting too long."
Georgina pursed her lips and went upstairs to change her clothes.
Mr. Jackson earnestly continued, "I know you poured all your energy into the Crossley Group and taking care of Gina after Sandra's death. But you only have one daughter. It's normal for you to feel bad for her and try to make up for what she lacked. However, now that such a conundrum has appeared… You might have your beliefs, but she has Sandra's inheritance as evidence. You have no choice but to follow God's will. It might be the workings of fate, but someone will eventually reveal the truth behind this matter."
Lloyd knew that the last few sentences Mr. Jackson uttered had a deeper meaning behind them.
Nevertheless, he maintained a smile on his face. "Don't worry. If Miss McKinney turns out to be the daughter born between Sandra and me, I will do my best to compensate for all the hurt and grievances she suffered up until now."