Spoiled by the President novel Chapter 296

The maid glanced at Jean, then at Nell.

She clearly sensed the tension between the two women but dared not ask a thing.

She merely responded obediently with “Yes” and came over to help Jean.

Jean was fuming with rage as she eyed Nell’s calm and expressionless face. The latter’s words, “I’ll be true mistress of the Leiths”, kept playing in her mind.

She had an uncontrollable urge to pounce on Nell and rip her to shreds!

Still, she took a deep breath and suppressed her fury and displeasure with all her might.

“Fine, very ballsy of you to speak to me like that! Well, we shall see! Nell Jennings, let me advise you as well. Wives can be changed at any time, but not aunts!

“I’ve watched over Deon ever since he was a child. No matter how much he loves you, his feelings for you are just temporary. Just you wait, your days of glory will be over! One day, I’ll kick you out of the Leith family!”

After that, she held the maid’s hand and stormed off.

Nell found it easier to breathe once Jean was gone.

She looked up and inhaled deeply. It felt as if the anger within her was about to escape from her throat in the next second.

Some time passed before she cooled down.

She turned around and strode outside.

Gideon noticed something wrong with her when she got into the car. He frowned.

He placed the magazine he had been reading aside and asked her, “Why? What did she say to you?”

“Nothing.”

It was not that Nell did not want to tell him what Jean had said but she found it unnecessary.

At any rate, she trusted Gideon. Conveying this to him would not make any difference.

She breathed in and instructed Matthew, “Drive!”

Matthew nodded, started the car, and drove away.

Gideon stared at her intently in silence.

He had good eyesight and a keen and sharp sense of observation, so he could tell that she was hiding her emotions.

The woman’s sullen expression and reddish eyes blatantly revealed that she had been wronged.

No doubt, Jean had said something nasty to her.

Gideon became solemn.

He got out his phone and said, “I’m going to call her now!”

Nell raised her eyebrows and stopped him immediately.

“Don’t.”

Gideon furrowed his brows.

Nell paused, calmed herself down and spoke, “She has never liked me. She thinks that I’m using this issue to retaliate against her and chase her out of the Leith family.

“This is a total misunderstanding. If you call her, it doesn’t matter what you say. She’ll only think that I’m complaining about her to you and picking a bone with her. Doing so will only cause a bigger rift and it won’t solve anything, so there’s no point in calling her.”

Gideon muttered, “But you’ve been wronged.”

Nell forced out a smile.

“Not really, those who care will say that they’ve been wronged, but those who don’t won’t feel a thing.”

As she spoke, she looked out of the window and gazed at the quiet road in the night.

Her words ached Gideon’s heart. He held her hand and pulled her into his arms.

“Nelly, I’m sorry. You were wronged because of me.”