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The moment Aisha entered the scene, their chatter died down. Their eyes instantly landed on her, expressions shifting quickly from elation to displeasure.

”Sister!”

Unlike the two girls who blatantly showed their dislike of her, Irene rose from her seat quickly and rushed forward with wide, glistening eyes. ”You’re finally home. I was so worried about you that I could barely sleep.”

She reached her hands out, as though she was going to hug Aisha, but just shied away from touching her arms.

Aisha looked at her silently.

Before she could even respond, one of the girls scoffed.

”Irene, don’t waste your concern on someone like her. ”The girl with the short, black hair crossed her arms over her chest. ”Everyone already knows what kind of person she is. When did she ever consider your feelings? She ruined your birthday party last week and made everyone else worry.”

The other girl beside them giggled, nodding in agreement. ”It’s too dramatic. Honestly, it’s like she’s been begging for attention.”

Aisha Novalis would have already screamed by now. Aisha remembered in her memories how she once made a scene in front of everyone else after hearing such insults before. Today, too, she was being mocked, and yet, contrary to how they expected her to react, Aisha only curled the corners of her lips into a small, gentle smile.

With the magnanimous grace of a saint, she glanced down at her younger sister and said, ”I didn’t know you’ve been worried sick, Irene. You don’t need to fret over me like that anymore. I’m perfectly fine now.”

Her hand gently patted Irene’s outstretched hand before stepping aside.

Irene hadn’t expected Aisha to respond like that. The image in her head was for Aisha to jump in anger and curse at them, then everyone will see that she’s still the problematic person in their family. Caught off guard by this, she wanted to recover and hold Aisha’s hands to display her sisterly affection in front of others. But Aisha didn’t give her that chance.

She could only say awkwardly, ”As—as long as you’re okay now, sister. That’s all that matters to me.”

The two girls behind Irene frowned. They clearly felt something weird, but neither could pinpoint what felt off. They could only turn to Irene and, as expected, they were once again amazed by her kind-heartedness.

Aisha didn’t care about the performance Irene wanted to start, turning to Daisy, who stood a few steps behind her quietly, she said, ”Daisy, take my things up to my room.”

”Yes, Miss Aisha.”

Daisy hurried up the grand staircase without hesitation. It took only a few minutes before she came rushing back down, her expression slightly off and flustered.

”Miss Aisha,” she breathlessly said. ”Your room... It’s gone. It seems like what the madam said is true.”

Hearing the maid, the black-haired girl laughed and clapped her hands together as if she were delighted by something. ”Oh my! Isn’t that unfortunate? You just came back, and you no longer have a room to stay in? Irene, don’t you have other rooms in your house?”

”Ah? We have... but they’re all locked.” Irene looked troubled as she continued speaking, ”My father said we don’t have guests coming over, so he locked all the rooms. Sister, do you mind if you stay with Daisy for now until Father returns and unlocks the rooms?”

To allow her to stay with Daisy, wasn’t this the same as having the same status as her maid?

At this moment, the front door opened again, their mother stepped inside, and saw all of them in the living room.

Irene happily rushed toward her and snuggled close to her mother. After showing such an affectionate display between the child and mother, Irene continued the interrupted discussion. ”Mother, where will sister stay?”

”Aren’t there other rooms in the mansion?” Erika frowned at the question. ”She can stay there.”

Irene shook her head, innocently replying, ”But Father locked them already.”

Remembering that it was indeed the case, Erika was slightly troubled. She completely forgot that her husband had locked all the other rooms in their house, saying that there was no need to keep them open when there were no guests. They can be cleaned out once a week instead.

”Then, where will Aisha stay?”

Irene suggested, ”Daisy’s room is twice as large as the other servants’. Why don’t we let her stay there for now? As for the maid—”

”Mom.”

Suddenly, a gentle voice came from the other side. Irene saw Aisha staring at their mother, completely ignoring her.

”You remember your promise, right?” Aisha said.

Erika frowned and nodded. ”Yes.”