Chapter 132: Esme Plays a Trick on Lila
"Look at how harmonious their family is. If you don't do something, you'll definitely lose your place in the Windsor family."
Lucy sent the video over.
Esme watched the video of the happy family together, so angry that her eyes turned red!
She stretched out her index finger and thumb, pinching to zoom in on the video, and saw Alexander and Felix's faces.
Why was even Felix there?
Did Alexander get called over by him too, with no choice but to join the Windsor family gathering?
If this continued, Catherine might really marry Alexander, and then whether in the Windsor family or the Howard family, there would be no place for her.
She had worked so hard for so long—was she really going to hand everything over to someone else just like that?
Esme tearfully handed her phone to Lila.
"Grandma, look, Marcus and Samuel are eating together. They look like the real family."
Lila weakly glanced at the video and nodded listlessly.
Seeing Catherine get physical during the day had scared Lila.
She was afraid Catherine would hit her again. She'd heard that several caregivers who got beaten by Catherine ended up in the ICU.
It was terrifying!
Her face was still badly swollen, and not a single caregiver had come to bandage it. Even after Esme came back, she hadn't noticed the injury on her face.
"Grandma, why don't you care at all? Mom and Dad have no intention of being good to you. They don't consider us family at all. For such an important occasion, they didn't even ask us to eat together!"
Lila nodded and mumbled: "Eat, eat together."
Esme frowned at her, only then noticing the injury on Lila's face. She let out a shriek and called for a caregiver.
"What happened? How did my grandma get hurt?"
"Lila hit herself."
The caregiver said expressionlessly, "Also, Mr. Windsor wants you to get ready. Tomorrow's flight to Novia. Lila's nursing home and your school are all arranged."
Esme almost dropped her phone!
The Windsor family was sending her and Lila abroad? And tomorrow!
After speaking, the caregiver turned and walked out without giving them another glance.
They were Howard family caregivers, not those bodyguards Lila had hired who did nothing but throw their weight around.
Everyone at the Howard Group had heard that this Esme wanted to be Alexander's wife!
Last time she even hit Annie and wanted to fire all the female employees at the Howard Group!
They weren't going to put up with that!
Esme was completely stunned.
The Windsor family was having their own gathering while sending her and Lila away?
They were too much. What had she done wrong all these years? Not one person in the entire Windsor family had a conscience. Despite staying by Lila's side, her status was lower than a maid's.
Tears fell from Esme's face as she tearfully replied to Lucy's message.
"I'm being sent away tomorrow. After that, everything about the Windsor family will have nothing to do with me."
Lucy quickly replied: "Esme, don't be so negative. Think about it—if something happened tonight, wouldn't you and Lila both not have to leave?"
"Plus, isn't there one person missing from this video? You and Juniper are both adopted daughters. As long as Juniper is willing to join forces with you, won't everything in the Windsor family be within reach?"
"Mr. Howard is only eating with them to save face. After all, the elders are old friends. Don't overthink it."
Seeing the message, Esme perked up immediately.
That's right—she could still do something! She had to do something!
Esme forwarded the video to Juniper, who was still doing experiments in Tranquil County. She wanted to see if Juniper would be upset watching the Windsor family happily eating together without her.
Juniper looked at the video Esme sent, zooming in several times to see Catherine.
She watched the video, talking to herself: "Who filmed this? Why film them? Can't they film Catherine? Who wants to see those people?"
She only wanted to see Catherine, okay?
Juniper quickly replied: "Send more."
Esme was overjoyed and quickly sent all the videos on her phone, but after waiting a long time, received no reply from Juniper.
Was she crying alone in Tranquil County because she was too sad?
Esme sent a message to console her.
"Juniper, don't be sad. We were never really family with them anyway. It's normal that we outsiders can't fit into their happy gathering."
"If you're upset, I can keep you company! Believe me, if we join forces, no one can hurt us in the future!"
"All of this should have been yours—why should Catherine take it all?"
Juniper replied: "Join forces with you? If I had an IQ of 300, together we'd still be negative 200. I'm not interested in idiots."
"I was never part of the Windsor family. Nothing in the Windsor family is mine, and it's not yours either, Esme. Listen carefully!"
"Those things originally belonged to Catherine!!"
The last sentence was Juniper's way of telling Esme not to overthink things.
Esme was so angry she almost smashed her phone!
Damn it!
She didn't believe Juniper wasn't jealous at all. Didn't she feel like her things were being taken away?
She didn't believe it! Juniper must be pretending, trying to please Catherine, thinking this way she could have a place in the Windsor family!
When Esme tried to send more messages, she found Juniper had blocked her.
She viciously threw her phone aside, her gaze falling on the still-trembling Lila.
"Grandma, you don't want us to be kicked out either, right? Since I'm your only granddaughter, you should do something for me, shouldn't you?"
Meanwhile.
At the warm Windsor Mansion, Bethany's phone rang with a beautiful ringtone.
Charles frowned: "Why does this ringtone sound like my mom singing?"
Aurora's face reddened. When did Bethany record her singing and set it as a ringtone?
What would business partners and the children think if this went off during business meetings?
Richard picked up the phone and saw a message from Juniper.
"I want to see Catherine eating!!"
Richard smiled slightly, casually filmed a video of Catherine eating and sent it over. At the end of the video, he panned past an empty seat next to Philip with Juniper's favorite set of tableware.
She couldn't come back, but the family was thinking of her!
Seeing the video, Juniper was satisfied.
Catherine was so adorable! Who wouldn't love such an adorable Catherine!
Her gaze fell on the tableware, and she chuckled, saving Catherine's photo and setting it as her phone wallpaper, her heart feeling warm.
After doing all this, she put down her phone and went back to observing her research data.
"How silly, why would I overthink? I'm just like all of you—I love everyone in the Windsor family."
They were all her family.
After finishing the call, Bethany looked at Marcus in confusion.
"The hospital called saying Mom had an accident and is being resuscitated now."