Chapter 15 Using Him Again

• In the Fowler Residence, after Katherine asked Vivian to look into the owner of the Satana, she scrolled on her phone for a little while, and it was already time to go out for a walk. However, when she walked down the stairs slowly, she saw an unexpected guest downstairs.
• "Ptui, ptui! What kind of coffee is this? It tastes disgusting!"
• "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss Linda. Do you need me to make another cup for you?"
• "Never mind! You've made so many cups, but it still tastes disgusting! Do you think my mouth is a garbage can?"
• In the living room, there was a girl in a red miniskirt sitting on the couch. She looked like she was 18, but she had heavy makeup on her young face, making her look a little unkind.
• At this moment, she used her finger, which had beautiful nail art on it, to poke the few maids in front of her as she scoffed, "I was just out for a few days, but all of you are already treating me as if I'm nothing. You can't even remember how I like my coffee? What's wrong? It looks like some cheap people who recently moved into the house gave you the wrong idea. That's why you're all treating her like a valuable treasure and have forgotten who the true patriarch of this house is!"
• When Katherine heard that, she stopped almost instantly. Someone is coming for me!
• As expected, when Linda Fowler on the couch heard some noise, she turned around to look at Katherine.
• The next second, she asked the maid in front of her enigmatically, "Can you tell me when did the Fowler Residence become a three-star hotel? The last time someone came to our house, they were at least of status. Since when did our house become so low-class that there is no condition for people to come in anymore? How can any Tom, Dick, or Harry stay here?"
• Meanwhile, the maids just lowered their heads. How would they dare reply to her? They were so awkward that they wanted to bury themselves in a hole.
• After a few seconds of silence in the living room, Linda acted as though she had just realized Katherine was there. She put her hand on her mouth dramatically with a guilty look on her face. "Oops! Don't misunderstand me. You are not the Tom, Dick, or Harry I mentioned. Don't take it personally. Oh, right, you must be the legendary Katherine, who's married into our family with a baby!"
• Tsk, this person is quite the drama queen! Katherine tilted her head and looked at her in confusion. "You are…?"
• When Linda heard that, she was speechless, and the expression on her face froze. Then, she side-glanced at the maid beside her as she cleared her throat.
• Seeing that, the maid understood immediately and quickly introduced her to Katherine. "Mrs. Fowler, she's Miss Linda, the daughter of Old Mr. Fowler's eldest son."
• "Oh." Only then did Katherine react. "I'm sorry. I've never met you before, so I didn't recognize you."
• Hearing that, Linda scoffed and pretended to complain. "It's all Uncle Daniel's fault! No matter how much he dislikes you and feels that you can't be shown to people, how can he not organize a wedding ceremony? He just signed the marriage certificate without saying anything. I'm afraid we wouldn't even know there's a new member in our family if Joyce hadn't told me!"
• Katherine nodded. "Right. Your Uncle Daniel doesn't like to publicize everything, so even when getting married is an important event, he just informed people who have close relationships with us." What she meant was that 'You didn't know only means that you're not important at all.'
• At this moment, Linda's face turned blue, and she couldn't continue acting. She slammed the table as she stood up. "What are you trying to say? Do you really think that you're the matriarch here when you've just moved in for a few days? I'm the granddaughter of the Fowlers' eldest son, and I've lived here for 15 years! What are you? You're just a woman who used a child to get in here! How dare you satirize me? You're nothing!"
• "Yes. I'm nothing." Katherine put on a calm smile and wanted to walk out of the house.
• However, her oblivious attitude made Linda feel as though her anger was let out into nowhere, so she reached out her hand unhappily in front of Katherine to block her. "Where are you going?"
• "Do you still need me here?"
• "Of course!" The furious Linda asked as though she was interrogating, "Let me ask you. On what grounds did you fire Joyce from our house? She has worked diligently for more than 30 years here. She's the one who raised me and my siblings. She's like a kind elder to us! Who gave you the right to fire her?"
• Oh, so she's actually here to stand up for Joyce. Katherine was suddenly enlightened. Then, with a smile, she said, "Oh, I didn't know Joyce was so important to you. It's a good thing that she left the Fowler Residence then. You can take her with you so that you can honor her and pay her back for raising you."
• Hearing that, Linda had no comeback. Although I'm the one who said that Joyce is our kind elder, why do I feel weird when I hear the word 'honor' from this woman?
• Just then, she snapped out of her daze and raised her neck. "It's one thing if I want to take Joyce with me, but it's another thing for you to fire her so arrogantly! I'm asking you on what grounds did you fire her? Don't try to divert the topic!"
• "But Daniel's the one who fired her." As Katherine blinked, she put on a puzzled look. "Also, your Uncle Daniel said that Joyce is just a hired maid in the Fowler Residence, so I don't need to give her any special treatment. I can fire her if I feel like she's not good. Miss Linda, if you have any complaints, why not tell him yourself?"
• When she mentioned Daniel, Linda's eyes glinted, and she bellowed, "Joyce has taken care of him for three years. How can he say such cruel things?! He's just like his biological mother! So ungrateful!"
• After she said that, the living room turned into pin-drop silence, and the temperature around them felt as though it had gone lower.
• Realizing that Katherine wasn't giving her any reaction, she raised her head with a frown. Only then did she see that Katherine had her eyes widened and was looking in the direction behind her with an anxious look.
• At this moment, she felt her heart skipping a beat. She turned around and saw that Daniel was actually standing at the door. No one knew how long he stood there, but his good-looking face was covered with coldness.
• When Linda saw that, she trembled a little as her face turned pale at once. "U-Uncle Daniel."
• Daniel's eyes were slightly narrowed, and he was looking at her coldly as though he was looking at a dead person.
• Just then, he took a step forward with his long legs and walked toward her. "What did you just say?"
• "I-I didn't mean it, Uncle Daniel. I really… Ah!"
• Terrified, Linda took a few steps backward, making her calf knock on the side of the coffee table. Then, she lost her balance and fell back!
• "Ah!" The few cups of hot coffee on the coffee table spilled, burning her left arm. Instinctively, she hugged her arm and shouted in pain.
• "Miss Linda!" The maids, who were trying hard to be invisible, finally started moving and rushed to her when they saw that. One of them held her up frantically, and another ran to look for the medical kit while some were cleaning the table. The scene was chaotic.
• Meanwhile, Daniel just glanced at her coldly without stopping down and headed toward the stairs.
• Yet, just as he stepped on the first step, he suddenly turned around and looked at Katherine with a deep and cold gaze.
• While biting her lip, Katherine looked down in guilt. Did he sense anything?
• Luckily, he didn't say anything in the end, as he just turned around and continued to go upstairs.
• "Ouch! It's so painful! Do you know how to do it? Be gentle!" Linda scolded the clumsy maid while she turned around secretly to take a look. At the moment, she could only see Daniel's tall figure from the back, walking up the stairs.
• Seeing that, she heaved an unnoticed sigh of relief, as if she had just exited the entrance to hell. I thought he was going to kill me just now!
• When she dropped her guard, something came into her mind. She glared at Katherine and asked, "Did you purposely make me say those words just now? You were standing opposite the door, so you've surely seen Uncle Daniel there already! I didn't know you were such a scheming person. You despicable woman!"
• Katherine didn't want to argue with her anymore. Her gaze was fixed on the direction upstairs with an unexplainable look.
• Did I cross the line just now? But I didn't know that Linda would bad-mouth him and even drag his mom into it!