Chapter 81

The next day. Elizabeth was watering the flowers out in the yard, not really doing much else, when she heard Amelia call from inside the house for breakfast. She replied casually, just about to head in, when a man and a woman appeared at the gate. The woman's face was twisted in disgust, and the man didn't look too friendly either—clearly not here for a good chat. "Tsk tsk, Elizabeth, you're still technically the eldest daughter of the Kaiser family, yet you're living in a dump like this? Way to embarrass Mr. Kaiser." It was Valerie, the same woman Elizabeth had dealt with during the shooting competition. Ever since Elizabeth crashed the engagement party for Isabella and Victor, everyone knew things between her and the Kaiser family were... tense. Valerie bringing it up right away was clearly a move to stir things up. Elizabeth narrowed her eyes, something sharp flashing behind them. "Who let stray animals in? Go back to wherever you crawled out from. This isn't a place for trash like