Chapter 17 No Food?
“I think you’re strange.” Renee looked at Klein with wide eyes. “You said that only Joanna was your sister just now, but now you tell me that I’m also a member of the Fletcher family. What do you want?”
Klein also felt he was off. He shouldn’t have come here.
In frustration, Klein pinched Renee’s cheek again and said, “Anyway, you should never bring shame to the Fletcher family.”
“Oh.” Renee shook his hand away. “I understand.”
Then she continued eating the peach.
“Stop eating.” Klein ordered.
Renee didn’t wanna talk to him and said in a pitiful tone, “I’m hungry.”
Klein frowned tightly and took the peach from Renee’s hand, which annoyed Renee. Not only was Klein brainless, but he also took her food away. Renee tried to grab the peach back, but Klein, being taller, held it above his head and said. “You even dare to eat the offering for Tristan. Aren’t you afraid of him coming after you?”
Tristan came to Renee last night, and Renee believed that Tristan wouldn’t be so petty.
Seeing Renee’s pitiful look, Klein grumbled. “What a disgrace! Come with me.”
“Where are we going?” Renee asked cautiously.
Klein impatiently pulled her along and said. “You’ll know when we get
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there. You are so noisy!”
Rence stumbled as she was pulled into a resting room. It was prepared by the Duran family specifically for the Fletcher family, and Joanna and Minna were not there since they were having a conversation.
Klein let go of Renee and said, “Take a seat.”
“Okay.” Renee obediently sat down.
“What would you like to eat?” Klein asked.
Renee thought for a moment and said, “Turkey.”
“Anything else?”
“No, that’s it.”
Klein found it unbelievable. “Just so?”
“Yes.” Renee nodded. “Whenever my family cooked turkey, they always gave it to my little brother. I rarely had the chance to eat it, so I want it.”
Klein took a deep breath. “Are you crazy? It’s modern society now, but you say that you rarely eat turkey?”
Klein thought that Renee must be pretending to be pitiful. What a scheming girl! He regretted bringing her here for a meal.
But since they were here, Klein couldn’t just take Renee back. He instructed the servants at the door to prepare lunch.
The hot and steaming food was quickly served. Besides turkey, there was roast pork, beef stew, and oysters with vegetables.
“Eat.” Klein sat on the opposite sofa with his arms crossed and stared
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at Rence in disdain. “Doesn’t the Duran family give you food?”
“No.” Renee held her fork and ate with great concentration. She took a moment to comment on Klein, “Because you offer me food, I’ve decided that I won’t dislike you as much.”
Klein couldn’t believe it. “You dare to dislike me.”
How could Renee dare to do this?
Renee continued eating without answering, and Klein slammed the table. “Speak! If you don’t speak, I won’t let you eat anymore!”
Only then did Renee respond while biting her fork, “You were mean to me the moment we met. And you said I’m not your sister. Why can’t I dislike you?”
Klein was on the verge of anger, but upon careful thought, he realized that she had a point.
However…
Klein remembered what Miranda said. Renee even agreed to marry a dead person just to return to Ampleshire. Who would believe that she wasn’t after Joanna’s identity?
When Tristan was alive, he held immense power. What he left behind after his death was coveted by countless people. To marry Tristan, how much risk would one have to take?
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