From Ruin She Rose novel Chapter 256

Chapter 256

The way Charles and Emily just did their own thing, acting like nobody else at the table even existed, made the Bennett Family feel unsettled. Especially Andrew, Lucas, and Lydia, they felt like they’d just put on a one-man show.

The only one who looked unfazed was Xavier, who was here for the show, watching the family drama unfold with a smirk.

‘Man, the Bennett family’s drama is even juicier than anything that ever happened in my family, Xavier thought, thoroughly

entertained.

In the harmonious atmosphere between Charles and Emily, Lydia cut in, “Emily, I remember you used to love seafood. Mom asked the maid to make this just for you. Give it a try!”

Lydia placed a piece of seafood onto Emily’s plate. Emily used to love seafood, but Lydia had noticed that ever since they sat down, she hadn’t touched any of it.

In fact, whenever Emily’s gaze happened to fall on the seafood, her eyes were full of obvious disgust and aversion.

Lydia didn’t care why Emily’s tastes had changed. All she knew was that Emily hated it, so she made a point of adding severa more pieces of seafood to her plate.

Emily’s face, which had been smiling and chatting with Charles, immediately darkened. She gripped her fork tightly, her face growing paler by the second.

Emily had loved seafood once, but things changed, and just the smell of it made her skin crawl and her stomach churn.

In Emily’s memory, there was a man with a black smiling mask who seemed to have just eaten seafood, and the stench of it clung to him as he walked toward her, like he was dragging her to hell. She would never forget that smell.

Emily’s hand holding the fork trembled. She pushed her plate a bit farther away, taking a deep breath to finally suppress the urge to throw up. “Sorry, I don’t like seafood,” she said.

Lydia spoke up, sounding aggrieved. “Emily, do you dislike me? I’m sorry. I didn’t know you disliked me this much…”

anymore.

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inwardly.

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Emily looked unfazed, but Charles lost his patience. “That’s enough!” he barked, then flung his fork onto the table, smashing a plate.

The food from the plate went flying, and Gale, Emma, Andrew, and Lucas all rushed to shield Lydia without a second thought, completely ignoring Emily on the other side of the table.

But in reality, the food had made it past the edge of the plate. They were overreacting for nothing. Charles’s face turned stormy at that.