Marriage And Love Again

Though Suny had not explicitly mentioned what Maisy did to her, Mr. Murphy knew exactly Maisy’s little tricks, for he was an experienced man who had survived the ordeals of life.

When Mr. Murphy was steadied by Suny downstairs, a frown line appeared between his eyes at the sight of Maisy, “Maisy’s not home for dinner?”

Instantly, Maisy faked a smile to flatter Mr. Murphy, stiffened, and managed to squeeze a sentence, “There’s no one at home.”

Mr. Murphy glanced at her. “Never mind. Have dinner with us.”

Though, he already made his attitude clear when he cast the question to Maisy when he just went downstairs.

Maisy’s brothers blushed with embarrassment. Apparently, they were facing a dilemma that the Murphys were reluctant to have them in their house and it would be impolite for them to leave at this moment.

For a moment, Maisy was rendered speechless.

Suny helped Mr. Murphy into his seat and then just seated herself next to him.

Seeing that, Maisy glared at her, “Miss Holland, I believe that’s where Robert should be seated.”

Before Suny spoke, Robert interjected drily, “We don’t have so many rules.”

With another slap in her face, Maisy glared intensely at Suny like a green-eyed monster.

Their sister’s multiple setbacks from Suny aroused the boys’ interest in Suny. “Mr. Murphy, could you introduce us Miss Holland?”

“She’s the granddaughter I found.” Mr. Murphy replied casually though he was telling the truth. But apparently, Maisy and her brother did not believe it.

Hearing that, Maisy glanced at Suny, saying to herself, ‘How lucky she was to be appreciated by Charlie Murphy.”

Lily changed the subject. “The fish tastes good.”

As she was saying, she picked a chunk of fish.

Without thinking, Maisy held up the empty plate to catch the fish picked by Lily.

However, Lily was a step faster to put the fish on Suny’s plate, “Here, Suny. I’m good at making fish.”

Suny replied with a smile, “Thank you, Aunt Lily.”

While on the other side, Maisy took back her plate, nibbled her chopsticks, and slid into a shittier mood. She could not figure it out. Were the Murphys crazy? No matter what plot she was secretly planning in her mind, she was a Murphy, wasn’t she? She had been close to them for years. Why were their attention all shifted to this Suny? She was not even a blood-related granddaughter! Why did they treat her like some treasure?

But Maisy could never have imagined that Suny was indeed blood-related, even more, related than her. Though, she would not believe it. Watching the chunk of fish that was supposed to in her plate, she gritted her teeth, “Aunt Lily, I like fish too.”

Lily smiled and moved the plate before her, “Here, help yourself.”

Maisy, who was hoping that Lily could pick it for her, was again speechless.

Suny took a bite. Aunt Lily was right, it tasted good. She threw a glance at Maisy, who was pissed off and felt the fish more delicious.

It made sense that concubines in the past liked competing for the love of the emperor since people did extract certain amusement from that.

Suny enjoyed the dinner very much while Maisy found it hard to swallow. She barely ate anything, for she was busy observing how the Murphys talked with Suny.

Before the presence of Suny, Anut Lily always talked to Maisy and picked dishes for her. Now, Aunt Lily barely looked at her, let alone picked dishes for her. She could not figure out where she did wrong?

Lily always wanted a girl, but she could not conceive one, for she was too weak after giving birth to Robert. Now that she had reached a certain age, she had left behind these ideas. That was why Maisy would come to her once in a while to chat and go shopping with her as a daughter would do. Though, meanwhile, Maisy had received many gifts from Lily and even much lucky money at festivals.

Thanks to the special treatment from Lily, although Maisy’s family had separated from the Murphys, everyone would show respect for her in D city.

Since Robert was the only male Murphy, Maisy thought it would not go wrong if she kept flattering Lily. That explained why she was panicked at Suny’s appearance and did much to turn Lily against Suny. But to her surprise, in the end, Lily kept a distance from her.

Did Lily find what she had done? Thinking of that, Maisy stiffened.

Not far from her, Suny was talking to Mr. Murphy. Maisy could not hear what Suny was saying, but Mr. Murphy just burst into laughter.

It had been five years since Maisy came here to butter him up, but Charlie had never laughed like that before. And on the other side, Lily was talking with Suny while Robert came with a tray of fruit in his hand. It seemed so peaceful, just like a family.

Maisy gritted her teeth. “Suny, do you mind walking me out?”

Her sudden speech drew everyone’s attention. Frankly, her speech was a bit shameless, but since she had put the word, it would seem inappropriate if Suny refused.

“Sure,” Suny smiled. She stood up from the sofa.

Maisy smiled at them cordially, “It’s time to go home. I will drop by days later. Goodbye, Aunt Lily, Mr. Murphy, and Robert.”

Lily nodded.

Maisy probably would not come again.

As Suny approached her, Maisy turned to her, “Thank you, Miss Holland. Actually, I have a question and I hope Miss Holland could provide the answer for me.”

As she was saying, they went downstairs. Suny glanced at her, “And what’s that?”

When they arrived at the corner, they could not see the Murphys anymore.

But Maisy did not ask until they were downstairs, “I heard Miss Holland went back to Mr. Johnson.”

Suny lifted one eyebrow, “Is there a problem?”

Maisy smiled, and headed for the pond near the garden instead of the gate, “No.”

It was not bright in the garden, but it could see clearly that Maisy was not smiling anymore.

She gritted her teeth. “I was just curious why you are flattering the Murphys in D city while you had a wonderful life in J city?”

Suny stared at her with a half-smile. “What’s Miss Murphy’s opinion?”

Of course, Maisy had no idea. If she was as half happy as Suny, she would not come to flatter Lily. It was undeniable that the Murphys had a loud name, but Mr. Murphy was as stubborn as a rock. There was no way to flatter him.

Maisy was more crossed seeing the casual expression on Suny’s face. “I have no idea why you came. But Miss Holland can have a guess if the Murphys would treat you the same if something happened to me under your accompany.”

Suny lifted her eyebrow. “Miss Murphy, what are you trying to do?”

Maisy thought she was scared and laughed smugly, “The pond is behind me.”

“Be my guest, please.” Suny snorted, looking at her peacefully.

Maisy meant to threaten her but filled herself with anger at the sight of Suny’s expression. It would be not worth it if there was just her jumping into the pound. She glanced at Suny and wrapped her fingers around her wrist, trying to drag her down.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.