"But Lisa, the person you like hasn't got married yet, so you still have a chance, right? Don't be discouraged, you have to fight for what you want!" Rowen urged her, "As the saying goes, all efforts will pay off in the end."
Lisa so confused, she wanted to say something more but stopped. She had to keep her love for him a secret. She worried that if she told him they would never see each other again.
"What about you? Will you give up on your feelings for Kate?"
"Give up?" Rowen smiled bitterly, and asked, "Why would I?"
Lisa felt a pain in her heart as if she was pricked by a needle. When he confessed his love for Kate and she rejected him, Lisa hoped he would give up and move on.
"Do you think I am insane? Obviously, she won't leave Joseph, but I can still get to her," The smile on Rowen's face gradually disappeared when he realized what he was saying.
Lisa felt sad to hear he was so obsessed with his love for Kate, she felt sad for both him and herself.
"No, you don't have a chance," She smiled half-heartedly, "It is very difficult to forget one you have loved for many years. "
She could deeply sense his sorrow as she was experiencing the same feelings. Falling in love with someone who didn't love you back was completely heartbreaking.
As she left a short time later, Lisa's heart was crushed. She walked aimlessly along the road with the image of Rowen's hurting expression running through her mind. She didn't know what to do, he was not going to give up on his love for Kate, and Lisa would not give up on her love for him- another thing in common.
**
Since the argument between Kate and Daisy, Kate hadn't been back to the White mansion. Daisy went about her own daily life and was not affected by the situation. In the past, she had to be nice, work hard and serve the family, acting obediently to keep a secure position as part of the family. But with nobody home, she no longer took so much on and became arrogant.
"Come here!" Daisy called when she saw Anna walking downstairs. Daisy was laying on the sofa eating a bowl of fruit and watching TV. She turned her head to Anna, "From now on, you will do all of the chores!"
"Yes ma'am," Anna nodded her head. She was afraid of Daisy, so she never dared to look directly at her.
Daisy was thrilled with the feeling of asking others to do things for her, not to mention that the one person she was asking was Anna. She had bullied her for years, now Daisy felt it was her turn for revenge.
"It seems that we will be the only ones here in the future. From now on, I will be the owner of this house, so you must listen to me, or I will kick you out!" Daisy snarled coldly.
"Sister Daisy, please don't kick me out! I will listen to you from now on," Anna pleaded.
Daisy smiled triumphantly, "It depends on your performance around here. If you do well, of course I will let you stay. If not, you will be gone!"
"I will behave perfectly and do what you want!" Anna panicked as if she was begging for her life.
Seeing that Anna was really afraid of her, Daisy was satisfied. She sat up from the sofa, looked at the pomegranate in her hand, and said, "I don't want to peel this. You can do it for me!"
"Okay," Anna knelt in front of the table and peeled the pomegranate obediently.
Daisy was overjoyed, she never dreamed that she would be able to retaliate for the awful way Anna and Dora treated her.
"Sister Daisy, the pomegranate is peeled," Anna reached out her hand.
Glancing at it, Daisy shook her head and then opened her mouth, signaling to Anna to feed her.
After understanding Daisy's gestures, Anna picked up a spoon and patiently fed her the pomegranate.
"I don't want to eat anymore. You can have the rest," Daisy felt she was being kind for leaving her some.
Anna down and smiled, "Thank you, Sister Daisy!"
"Don't pretend to be pitiful! I will not buy into it as Kate did!" Daisy exploded with anger.
Anna was so scared that her hands trembled, and the bowl holding the pomegranate in her hand accidentally fell to the ground. She quickly bent down to pick it up.
Upon seeing this, Daisy became even more infuriated. She kicked Anna, "Did you throw it on the ground on purpose? Why can't you hold on to a bowl?"
"Sister Daisy, I didn't mean to. It was an accident! I will get the carpet cleaned up immediately!" Anna started to cry.
Seeing her down on the floor, cleaning the carpet like a maid, Daisy grinned, "How pathetic you are now! Times are definitely different! You are no longer the apple of your mother's eye. Your egotistical and domineering mother is in jail, and nobody is here to support you. You can't count on your father anymore either. You are no more than an orphan just like me!"
Anna put her head down even further and continued to wipe the carpet vigorously. Her scattered hair stuck to her tear-streaked face.
Daisy stood over her, insulting her further, "No matter how clever, your mother was, you two still lost the battle in the end! You are now insane and abandoned like a little girl nobody wants! No one cares about you!"
Ignoring Daisy's hurtful words, Anna cleaned up the mess then went to her room.
**
Kate had finished lunch and all of her work was done. She was about to relax when the front desk called to say Daisy was there to see her.
She thought for a moment and then agreed, "Let her come in."
A few minutes later, Daisy appeared in front of her. There was still tension in the air so neither said anything for a long time.
In the end, Kate broke the silence between them, "Did you have lunch?"