Chapter 1714

Chantelle made a cup of jasmine tea and placed it on the tea table. She prompted, "Here, have a cup of tea. Have a seat." Soon enough, Marika calmed herself down. Terence probably hadn't told her about it in fear that she would end up ruining his plans. After all, Chantelle raised Janet since she was young, and it was the Devereux family who owed it to Chantelle. If they acknowledged Janet out of the blue, it might give Chantelle the impression that they wanted to take Janet's custody away from her. Before Terence figured things out with Chantelle, Marika certainly couldn't acknowledge Janet. "Thank you." She sat down on the couch and took a sip of tea. She could sense how nervous Chantelle was. Chantelle spoke up first. "Mrs. Devereux, why did you come over to Deppland all of a sudden? Is something the matter?" Marika set her cup of tea down. After ruminating over it, she answered, "Chantelle, we were once family, so I won't really hold back with my words. Please underst