"Dad, please don't do this."
Michael Marshall was angry, but he kept suppressing his fury.
Even though he had gotten enough of his father's sulkiness and fuss, he still pacified him with a mild voice.
After a while, the old man remained stern, refusing everyone's persuasion. Finally, Bella Thompson suggested, "Let dad rest for a while, and he can have his porridge later."
Left with no other choice, Michael Marshall helplessly sat aside to wait.
The butler brought the burn ointment, and Bella Thompson, regardless of her real intentions, could only apply the medicine in front of Michael Marshall.
...
After just a few glasses of red wine, Olivia Jenkins and Abigail Anderson both felt oddly dizzy.
It was strange; the wine seemed to be getting stronger, Olivia Jenkins even felt her face heating up.
Nevertheless, the meal tonight was quite enjoyable, a bit wild, a felt liberating.
Plus, the seafood feast was well worth it.
